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When I was in elementary school, we were taught that Columbus was Portugese. In later years he became Italian. Will the real Christofer Columbus please stand up..

I live on the south tip of nova scotia, all those explorers sailed right by 100s of years ago...pretty cool. and thank you for uploading.

I had a phenomenal fourth grade teacher, who taught us that CC was Portuguese. I have always thought this. How interesting. This teacher won no contests for being pleasant, but this woman taught us so much, in public school. Those were the days. The most important thing she did for me was to recommend library books to me, one of which was Maya Angelo's, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. How did she know this book would touch my heart so?

Is it not great to live in a time when we can find out so much? and also find out by doing our own research what facts may be be not quite as they seem, when i think back to school circa 1970s i didn't learn anything compared to now. i think schooling is way more fun when your older and actually want to learn hahah / thanks for vid x

What about using oxygen isotopes from Christopher Columbus' teeth? This should be a direct link to the area a very young and growing Columbus grew up in.

I love historical mysteries like this.

His Jewish ancestry is probably true because there are many Jewish cemeteries in and around Jamaica. My Grandfather is buried Falmouth, Jamaica of which is a Jewish Cemetery. In the hamlet of Kettering, Jamaica a Cable and Wireless mobile transmitter had been installed over the burial site of his brother, Robert. East of St. Ann's, Jamaica, I stumbled upon a well that was built by the crew of members of one of his ships. I think it was La Nina. The locals, at the time were very upset because a German salvage team had discovered it's wreckage and had hauled up it's many treasures in return for 200 Mercedes buses - which didn't materialise! We must remember that Columbus never ever set foot on what we call present day America but he did live in Jamaica for over two years in and around Discovery Bay, Jamaica.

Absolutely riveting history. TBC…..look forward to a conclusion. In saying that the evidence and research gathered and presented is absolutely compelling.

Absolutely fascinating, please do a part 2 when more evidence comes to light.

History has to be checked all the time...in the past several thousand years, access to true information was not available to all and literacy became widely accessible only in the past 2 centuries. History has been written by the victors and often by book burnings, humankind lost lots of information about previous era.

I would think that the fact that Columbus’s own sons did not know the truth of their origins says a lot. There were questions even during his life that he would not clarify. To me that means any obvious answer can’t be right or he would have admitted it. Many Jewish families at the time “converted” but quietly continued to practice their private observances. Later generations had no idea these little rituals were Jewish traditions.

It seems odd to me that the person in question i.e. Christopher Columbus does not want to reveal his identity even on his death bed but here are we are spent so many time, effort, and money to find it.

Say what you want about Columbus, but it took some serious balls to sail thousands of miles into the abyss without knowing whether they would reach land

Let me guess..... by the end we still won't know anything

Evaristo’s sense of style, as seen by his choice in suit coat shown at the beginning, is on point! I’ll edit later if I have any other comments, but long coats should make a comeback!

Fascinating ! Thank you!

So many of these documentaries end with "we are awaiting the results of further testing". Why can't they just wait for the results before finalising the doco? Maybe they don't want to risk a result that would negate the whole doco. Not saying this is the case here or in all docos like this, but it's so frustrating. It's like "let's finish on the same mystery we started with", and maybe we can make another doco in the future.

I would compare him which another very mysterious character: Shakespeare. Both claimed this humble origin and I believe it is not true of either.

Christopher Columbus was an Italian Jew from Genoa. A 'Marrano' who was forced to convert to Christianity to avoid persecution.

Great eye-opener Thanks for this research!