Christopher Columbus He wrote that the century-old mystery of his origin was revealed through DNA analysis conducted by a group of Spanish scientists in a television documentary. Guardian. fifteenth. National broadcaster RTVE broadcast a program about the Jewish origins of the 19th-century explorer on Spain's national holiday.
A research team of forensic experts Miguel Llorente Under his leadership, he examined small samples of remains buried in the Seville Cathedral. The remains were compared with data from known relatives and descendants.
Beginning in the 1890s, Columbus led expeditions to America funded by Spanish rulers, and his discoveries paved the way for European conquests. The origin and final resting place of the controversial historical figure has long been a topic of debate in historical circles. Many historians have questioned the traditional theory that Columbus came from Genoa in northwestern Italy. It has been said, among other things, that he was of Spanish, Greek, Basque or Portuguese origin.
Llorente, who briefed journalists on the search results on Thursday, confirmed previous assumptions that the remains of Seville belonged to the explorer. He said:
Thanks to new technologies, it has become possible to prove that the remains of Seville belong to Christopher Columbus.
The researcher also stressed that the search for citizenship was difficult due to many factors, but according to him “the result is almost completely reliable.”
Columbus died at the age of 55 in 1506 in the city of Valladolid in northwestern Spain, but wanted to be buried on the island of Hispaniola, now part of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. His remains were also transferred there in 1542, but in 1795 they went to Cuba, and then to Seville in 1898.
