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One of the ironies of history is that the Jews were thrown out of Spain when Columbus first sailed for America. I believe the las Jews left the same day CC did. I've read a fair amount about CC being Jewish. I don't buy the arguments, but there are some interesting ones out there. The most convincing one I read is that we actually don't know all that much about CC's background and childhood. And there's more than one family with a Christopher Columbus and other family members with the names of CC's. The other one had a lot of Jewish contacts. I know from my own genealogical studies that one of the most challenging things to do is to make certain that the names and families I find in the records is actually mine. It's sometimes much more difficult than you might imagine. I have not personally looked into the archival evidence about CC and his background, so I have no idea how credible these arguments are.

I have not personally looked into the archival evidence about CC and his background, so I have no idea how credible these arguments are.

I don't know either, but I do believe that any country who throws out the Jewish citizens is headed downhill. In the case of Spain, the New World obviously helped Spain become a world power for many years, but they did finally head down hill once the plundering ran its course. (Germany may have been a far stronger power if they had not killed or driven out their Jewish population.)

But as far as revision of history to give the New World to the muslims. (Ha Ha Ha...)