Posted on 10/13/2024 12:46:41 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian
Columbus’ lineage unveiled through DNA analysis The centuries-old mystery of Christopher Columbus’ lineage has been solved. Scientists revealed the explorer’s roots after DNA analysis in a documentary aired on Saturday, October 10th on Spanish television.
Researchers, led by forensic pathologist Miguel Llorente, examined microscopic samples of remains buried in Seville Cathedral. They compared them to those of his known relatives and descendants. The DNA study confirmed that the remains of Christopher Columbus are indeed buried in Seville. Llorente, briefing reporters on the findings, confirmed this.
He specifically stated: “Today it became possible to verify with new technologies, definitively confirming the previous partial theory that the remains in Seville belong to Christopher Columbus.”
The ethnicity investigation was more complicated due to several factors, including the vast amount of data, but “the result is almost completely reliable,” Llorente added.
Christopher Columbus and the Spanish-Jewish connection There has long been almost conclusive evidence that Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew, meaning a Jew of Spanish and hence Western European descent. In particular, one element that had led scientists to this conclusion, even prior to DNA analysis, was the limited information available about his early years.
He may have actively hidden his Jewish roots to avoid persecution by the Catholic Spanish monarchs. In the 15th century, most Sephardic Jews were indeed Crypto-Jews. At the same time, historical evidence indicates that Columbus often made personal use of Jewish symbols.
Mystery of Christopher Columbus’s roots Writers have produced more content on Christopher Columbus than anyone else except Jesus Christ, yet his past remains shrouded in mystery.
The majority of historians generally agree that Columbus’ family was from Liguria. Christopher was born in the city of Genoa, the son of Domenico Columbo, a local weaver. However, the exact origin of Christopher Columbus has been a source of speculation since the 19th century. Recently, many published texts have claimed that the great admiral could have been Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, or Greek.
Is Christopher Columbus buried in both Seville and Santo Domingo? Columbus died at the age of 55 in the northwestern Spanish city of Valladolid in 1506. However, his last wish was to be buried on the island of Hispaniola. Both the Dominican Republic and Haiti share this island.
His remains were thus moved there in 1542 and then relocated to Cuba in 1795. Finally, in 1898, they were believed to have been moved to Seville, Spain.
In 1877, workmen in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, discovered a lead coffin buried behind the shrine in the Santo Domingo Cathedral. The coffin contained bone fragments, which the Dominican Republic claims are Columbus’ remains.
Llorente believes that the claim that Christopher Columbus is buried in both Seville and Santo Domingo could be valid, as the remains in both locations are in fact incomplete.
In my book, this now means criticism of Christopher Columbus should now be considered anti semitic.
Oh, Jeez, this means we have yet another Jewish holiday on our calendars. ;-)
Next we’ll find that Christopher Columbus invented astroturf.
Stan Freberg 1961 comedy album the United States of America, the Early Years had a skit of Columbus and his men negotiating with the “Indians” at the shore.
Columbus: Now that we have discovered this land....
Indian: No, we discovered you. We lived here and saw you guys coming here.
Later....
Columbus: Okay, let’s settle the deal. I’ll go to the bank and have my check certified and give it to you.
Indian: Can’t. Banks closed. Columbus Day.
This just in: Rep. Ilhan Omar declares an intifada against Christopher Columbus and all his descendants.
Big Tent.
A.K.A.: The water’s warm—anyone and everyone should jump in while the jumpin’s good.
Convert if necessary, revert if possible, and if it’s the faith of your birth? Stay the course, Ninã, Pinta OR Santa Maria.
Redman drive-um hard bargain.
“In my book, this now means criticism of Christopher Columbus should now be considered anti semitic.”
That was my first thought also.
Is it now anti semitic to oppose a Columbus Day parade?
Do Palestinian protesters show up at such parades?
Uh, as I recall, all this hate started with the Greeks so....
🤔👍 .
Hey, someone else with good taste in classic humor here. I knew I’d find one sooner or later.
So he WAS a Converso, as believed for many years.
Hey, LOTS of us listened to Green Chri$tma$ back in the day!
Does it matter?
So when did your race—determine your religion?
Thanx for the earlier links. Hadn’t had time to check them out yet, but I popped back in to FR and there’s this.
No, but the Aztlan idiots do. If Columbus was a Jew, then the leftists should be blaming the genocide of the indigenous people on the Jews! And now we have Palestinians in great numbers to blame the Jews for their perfidy and to urge freedom for Palestine! Note: blaming Jews for passing diseases on to the Indians and slaughtering them in great numbers and "freedom for Palestine" are not related but we are not dealing with particularly discerning individuals - Palestinian or Aztlan types.
Glad to hear it.
Whatever his roots, Columbus was a sincere practicing Catholic.
The Spanish monarchs did not persecute sincere Catholics, regardless of their bloodline. Nor did they persecute Jews. They did prosecute heretics, including Jews and Muslims who whose conversion to Catholicism was insincere.
Tomas Torquemada had Jewish ancestors, yet that did not bar him from becoming Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.
Saint Teresa of Ávila was another prominent, early 16th century Spanish Catholic with Jewish heritage.
There would have been no reason for Columbus to hide his heritage.
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