Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe

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18. So Spanish researchers are "almost absolutely" sure that Columbus was Spanish.

That "almost" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

After analyzing 25 possible places, Lorente said it was only possible to say Columbus was born in Western Europe.

On Thursday, Lorente said they had confirmed previous theories that the remains in Seville Cathedral belonged to Columbus.

Research on Columbus’ nationality was complicated by a number of factors including the large amount of data. But “the outcome is almost absolutely reliable,” Lorente said.

The Spanish think he's Spanish. The Italians think he's Italian. The Sephardim say "Please don't involve us."