"Christopher Columbus Wasn’t A Christian From Italy" Topic

…, But Instead A Sephardic Jew From Spain, New Study Says

"New DNA research has confirmed that Christopher Columbus' remains lie in Seville Cathedral in Spain, solving a centuries-old mystery about his final resting place — while also uncovering that he may have been of Sephardic Jewish descent…"

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Armand

Being a Christian is not determined by DNA since Christian is not determined by your genetic makeup.

Shoddy revisionist history.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

Exactly.
Far too much "It's not what you really think!" going on here. And it's usually nonsense.

((The fact that I'm a 3rd degree Knight of Columbus is not relevant here… 🙄))

True BM, but the Jewish people do have a distinct family tree, separate from all other traditional Middle Eastern peoples (and literally every one else on the planet). Even European and Americans of Jewish descent can trace a DNA profile back to the earliest tribes of the Jewish Middle East.

So, you are correct, his family may have long since deviated away from a linear Jewish family tree, but there could have been significant ties to the Jewish people, nonetheless.

Just because his grandparents were Jews living in Spain doesn't mean he wasn't born in Italy.

But there is a lot of confusion about his origins, probably because he lied about who he was and where he was from, and probably for good reasons not related to Jewishness.

Interesting, but I'm still not a fan.

Thanks

Armand