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José Antonio Lorente

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Oct 22, 2025
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WAS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS JEWISH?

Recent Spanish-led DNA analyses and a documentary have advanced the claim that Christopher Columbus was of origin from the Iberian Peninsula, proposing he concealed his identity to escape Inquisition-...

Dec 1, 2025

Can DNA analysis confirm Christopher Columbus's Jewish ancestry?

Recent Spanish-led DNA work says bone fragments from Seville — compared to remains of Columbus’s son Hernando and other relatives — show genetic markers “compatible” with Sephardic Jewish origins and ...