{"id":114079,"date":"2024-10-14T15:30:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T08:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114079"},"modified":"2024-10-14T15:30:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T08:30:59","slug":"christopher-columbus-was-secretly-jewish-new-dna-study-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114079","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Columbus was secretly Jewish, new DNA study reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div data-testid=\"nsc-wrapper-support-us\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root\" data-component=\"SupportNSCNative\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"base\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-0 jBfdop\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-1 hKRbzg\">\n<h3 data-testid=\"support-nsc-title\" class=\"sc-hez36s-2 cKIkhp\">Your support helps us to tell the story<\/h3>\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-8 dWUzhG\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-13 doTReP\">\n<div class=\"sc-hez36s-12 iGXncB\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"support-nsc-collapsed-content\" class=\"sc-hez36s-7 hKrnEq\">This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent is trusted by 27 million Americans from across the entire political spectrum every month. Unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock you out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. But quality journalism must still be paid for.<\/p>\n<p><b>Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-hez36s-4 bErStG sc-hez36s-14 ggPDxB\"><span data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown-mobile-open\" class=\"sc-hez36s-6 jWuFRk\"><span class=\"sc-hez36s-5 vaVnf\">Close<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 kMSyUM sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-a5wy94-0 jhbxrS\"><use href=\"#ee6613da15642019\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"sc-hez36s-4 bErStG sc-hez36s-15 gibhIT\"><span data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown-tablet\" class=\"sc-hez36s-6 jWuFRk\"><span class=\"sc-hez36s-5 vaVnf\">Read more<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 kMSyUM sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-a5wy94-0 jhbxrS\"><use href=\"#ee6613da15642019\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/christopher-columbus\">Christopher Columbus<\/a> has found that the controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/explorer\">explorer<\/a> was actually a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish researchers announced their findings in a new documentary, titled <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rtve.es\/play\/videos\/somos-cine\/colon-adn-verdadero-origen\/16281015\/\"><em>Columbus DNA: The true origin<\/em><\/a>, which aired on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/spain\">Spain<\/a>\u2019s national broadcaster TVE. Since 2003, scientists have \u200b\u200btested samples of remains buried at Seville Cathedral in Spain, believed to be the final resting place of the 15th century explorer.<\/p>\n<p>In the documentary, Jos\u00e9 Antonio Lorente \u2013 professor of forensic medicine at the University of Granada, who led the research \u2013 said that his analysis revealed Columbus\u2019s DNA was \u201ccompatible\u201d with Jewish origin.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the 21-year investigation, DNA experts compared samples of the remains with those of known relatives and descendants. \u201cWe have DNA from Christopher Columbus, very partial, but sufficient. We have DNA from Fernando Col\u00f3n, his son,\u201d Lorente said, per <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/13\/world\/columbus-origins-western-europe-study-intl\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>. \u201cAnd both in the Y chromosome (male) and in the mitochondrial DNA (transmitted by the mother) of Fernando there are traits compatible with Jewish origin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Columbus was previously believed to be an Italian from Genoa, born in 1451 to a family of wool weavers. Over the years, historians have suggested Columbus could\u2019ve been Greek, Basque, Portuguese, or British. While researchers were unable to pinpoint Columbus\u2019s place of birth, they acknowledged that he had likely come from the Spanish Mediterranean region after analyzing 25 possible places.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-482ou5-2 eOHevC image align-none\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cpcmmN\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-482ou5-0 gidAoO\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/13\/22\/GettyImages-2639191.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/13\/22\/GettyImages-2639191.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/10\/13\/22\/GettyImages-2639191.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"DNA research suggests Christopher Columbus may have concealed his Jewish identity or converted to Catholicism to escape religious persecution\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-ohzviw-0 gdZNrl inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-2955\"><span class=\"sc-ohzviw-1 ewSUe\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 hiCdLa liXvvg\">DNA research suggests Christopher Columbus may have concealed his Jewish identity or converted to Catholicism to escape religious persecution<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 izyooE\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Getty Images<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe DNA indicates that Christopher Columbus\u2019s origin lay in the western Mediterranean,\u201d Lorente said. \u201cIf there weren\u2019t Jews in Genoa in the 15th century, the likelihood that he was from there is minimal. Neither was there a big Jewish presence in the rest of the Italian peninsula, which makes things very tenuous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 300,000 Jews were living in Spain before the era of the \u201cReyes Catolicos,\u201d during which Catholic monarchs King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella ordered Jews and Muslims to convert to Christianity or face exile. The expulsion of Jews from Spain occurred in 1492, the same year that Columbus made his first voyage to the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>Now, researchers believe Columbus either concealed his Jewish identity or converted to Catholicism to escape religious persecution. The term Sephardic Jew is derived from Sepharad, a Hebrew word that refers to the Iberian Peninsula, which includes modern-day Spain and Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the study, Lorente also confirmed theories that the remains in Seville Cathedral belonged to Columbus. \u201cThe outcome is almost absolutely reliable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Columbus died in the Spanish city of Valladolid in 1506. He had wished to be buried on Hispaniola, which is now divided into Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where his remains were brought in 1542. His remains were then moved to Cuba in 1795, and finally to Seville in 1898.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, Columbus completed four voyages for Spain across the Atlantic Ocean. However, his conquests \u2013 and the subsequent genocide and colonization of Indigenous people in the Americas \u2013 have been widely condemned. As a result, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/indigenous-peoples-day-columbus-2024-b2628491.html\">many states and cities in the United States have decided to rename Columbus Day<\/a>, the holiday in honor of the explorer, to recognize the violence committed against Native Americans since Columbus and his crews arrived on shore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/christopher-columbus-sephardic-jews-dna-b2628687.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. 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