Several countries disputed origins of Columbus, the divisive explorer who led Spanish-funded expeditions from the 1490s onward.

Specialists criticize the absence of scientific evidence in the RTVE documentary featuring forensic expert José Antonio Lorente, who has not published any analysis since the exhumation in 2003 of the

A new genetic study by Spanish scientists suggests that Christopher Columbus, the renowned explorer, may have been of Spanish and Jewish heritage. This DNA study was undertaken to clarify the centuries-old mystery of Columbus’s origins,