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]Regnum] The famous navigator Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew, according to scientists from the University of Granada in Spain. Their conclusion is based on DNA analysis of the traveler and his son Hernando, reports the Spanish TV channel RTVE.
The documentary "Columbus, DNA. His True Origins", presented by the channel on October 12, tells about the study of the remains of Columbus, kept in the Seville Cathedral. For 22 years, they were studied by specialists under the direction of forensic expert and university professor Jose Antonio Lorente.
"After studying hundreds of bones and documents, it can be said that Christopher Columbus was Jewish," the channel said in a publication about the documentary.
Genetic evidence suggests that Columbus was born in Mediterranean Spain among Sephardim, a sub-ethnic group of Jews who formed on the Iberian Peninsula through migration. Traits consistent with Jewish ancestry were found in the male Y chromosome and in the maternal mitochondrial DNA of the explorer's son, Hernando, Lorente explained.
According to him, it is safe to say that Columbus was born in Western Europe.
According to the most common version, Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. Some associate his origins with Poland or Spain, and there are also suggestions that he was Scottish, Catalan, or Jewish.
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As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier scientists confirmed that the remains in the Seville Cathedral belong to Columbus, who died in 1506. Doubts about their identity were due to the fact that the navigator's body was transported from place to place more than once. For identification, scientists used the remains of the navigator's son Hernando and brother Diego, buried in the same cathedral.
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