I was very interestd in this as a historical mystery. At present, it's a big nothing burger.
“My conclusion is that the documentary never shows Columbus’s DNA and, as scientists, we don’t know what analysis was undertaken.”
Rodrigo Barquera, an expert in archaeogenetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, said he was surprised the findings had been shared without prior scrutiny from others in the scientific community.
José Antonio Lorente ... “We have very partial, but sufficient, DNA from Christopher Columbus,” he said. “We have DNA from his son Fernando Colón, and in both the Y [male] chromosome and mitochondrial DNA [transmitted by the mother] of Fernando there are traces compatible with a Jewish origin.”
So is he 100% Jewish? 50%? 25%? Doubtful, as they wouldn't have used the word "trace." Trace usually means you're talking low single digits, meaning one ancestor within multiple generations.
I was very interestd in this as a historical mystery. At present, it's a big nothing burger.
So is he 100% Jewish? 50%? 25%? Doubtful, as they wouldn't have used the word "trace." Trace usually means you're talking low single digits, meaning one ancestor within multiple generations.