The article "Columbus Probably Spanish and Jewish, Study Says" by BBC news discusses new research suggesting that Christopher Columbus may have been of Spanish origin with Jewish ancestry. The study reexamines historical evidence, indicating that Columbus might have been a converted Jew fleeing persecution in Spain, rather than the commonly held belief that he was from Genoa, Italy. It is said in the article “Around 300,000 practicing Jews lived in Spain, before they along with Muslims were ordered to either convert to Catholicism or leave the country in 1492, the year Columbus landed in the Americas. This theory could explain certain aspects of his personal history and the timing of his voyages.
