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

A decades-long investigation led by forensics scientist José Antonio Lorente from the University of Granada in Spain has now ...

In 2003, José Antonio Lorente, professor of forensic medicine at Granada University, and the historian Marcial Castro, ...

For many years, guides leading visitors on tours of Jewish history in Spain have shared rumors that Christopher Columbus was ...

Spanish scientists have used DNA analysis to uncover the true origin of Christopher Columbus, claiming he was a Sephardic Jew ...

New DNA research has revealed that Christopher Columbus, who accidentally discovered the Americas, was a Sephardic Jew.

A new study led by Spanish scientists has revealed that Christopher Columbus may have been of Sephardic Jewish origin, contradicting the long-held belief that he was from Genoa, Italy. DNA analysis of ...

A recently televised documentary in Spain rekindles competing versions of the famed explorer's origins, but the scientific ...

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

In a devastating blow to Italian Americans all across the country, a new DNA study spanning 20 years claims that Christopher ...

MADRID, (REUTERS) – The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish ...

Columbus may have been genetically Jewish, but that doesn't mean he saw himself that way — or that Jews have cause to ...