Spanish scientists announced in a new documentary that first aired on Saturday that DNA analysis shows the 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe.

Christopher Columbus was a Jew, according to new DNA analysis of his remains (Portrait of a Man, said to be Christopher Columbus, Metropolitan Museum of Art) ...

Mr Albardaner said his research has shown that Columbus was from a family of Jewish silk spinners from the Valencia region. Portrait of Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo Credit ...

The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. Several ...

Just in time for the long weekend. Genetic testing has finally confirmed the official resting place of Christopher Columbus, and scientists who announced the discovery say they also now know his ...

A documentary aired on Spain’s national television this month has made headlines around the world for its revolutionary claim that Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from the Iberian ...

SEVILLE, Spain — Conventional history states Christopher Columbus was from Genoa, Italy, but he may have been, in fact, a Sephardic Jew from the eastern Iberian Peninsula, according to a new ...

Christopher Columbus was Jewish, DNA experts concluded in a long-awaited investigation into the true origins of one of ...