New study solves mystery of Christopher Columbus’ origins and resting place

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A new scientific study reveals the final resting place of the navigator and colonizer. The mystery of his origins and resting place will be detailed in a forthcoming documentary, 'Columbus’s DNA: The True Ancestry' - out this weekend.

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00:00A 2022 year genetic investigation of the remains of Christopher Columbus has concluded that

00:08the famed explorer may have been a Spanish Sephardic Jew.

00:12Researchers at the University of Granada used DNA analysis to solve the 500-year-old mystery.

00:18The results of the investigation were announced in a documentary titled Columbus DNA, the

00:37true origin, aired to coincide with Spain's National Day.

01:07The most likely place of origin for the famed explorer is the Spanish Mediterranean or

01:12the Balearic Islands, the researchers found.

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