A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus has found that the controversial explorer was actually a ...

DNA testing has confirmed that the remains in a Spanish cathedral belong to the explorer, but his exact origins are still ...

DNA from bones said to belong to the explorer were analyzed by forensic scientists to confirm his identity and where he came ...

Several countries disputed origins of Columbus, the divisive explorer who led Spanish-funded expeditions from the 1490s ...

The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, ...

DNA analysis reveals Christopher Columbus' true identity, uncovering his Spanish-Jewish roots and solving a centuries-old ...

Genetic testing has finally confirmed the official resting place of Christopher Columbus, and scientists who announced the ...

Christopher Columbus was likely Jewish, Spanish researchers have announced in a splashy new documentary aired on Spain’s ...

Theories have ranged from the 15th-century explorer being a Spanish Jew or a Greek, to Basque, Portuguese or British.

A 22-year investigation by Spanish forensic researchers concluded that Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe.

Spanish scientists believe he was born into a Sephardic Jewish family from Western Europe and converted to Catholicism.