Researchers forensics from the University of Granada (southern Spain), led by the professor of Medicine Legal José Antonio Lorente, confirmed this Thursday that, according to their investigation, the bones of Christopher Colon buried in the Cathedral of Seville (southern Spain) effectively belong to the navigator.
This was communicated by Lorente during the presentation of the feature film documentary ‘Colon DNA. Its true origin’, by Story Producciones, that on October 12, the day that commemorates the arrival of Colon to American lands, RTVE will broadcast; a kind of historical ‘thriller’, which will resolve some unknowns after more than twenty years of research.
According to Lorente, in the studies of 2003, 2004 and 2005 there was talk of a “possible compatibility” that these bones were of Colonalthough it was a low probability, because there was not enough of DNA.
“Today it has been possible to verify it with new technologies, so that previous partial theory that the remains from Seville are from Christopher Colon“he noted.
At the event held at the Royal National Academy of Medicineas for its president, Eduardo Díaz-Rubio, it was “a historic day” for the scienceLorente explained that the data is “exact”, so the reliability from the point of view of the data genetic is “practically absolute” and has been replicated by different laboratories.
In addition, he announced that the research will be published by a magazine scientific international, which is what the researchers when they have a result they want to share.
The bones of Republic Dominican They can also be Colon
The event was also attended by one of the navigator’s descendants, the Duke of Veragua, the twentieth Christopher Colonwho nevertheless warned that the skeleton in Seville is incomplete, and that they also cling to this in Republic Dominican to say that they also have bones of the discoverer.
“Could it be that part of the bones are in Dominican and does it leave in Seville?” asked Dr. Lorente, who answered that according to the bones there are, yes, because “they are not all in Seville, nor are they all in Dominican“.
However, he also stressed that the remains that exists in the Caribbean country “have not been the subject of study” because, although when they began the investigation they went there, their authorities told them that there were no none doubt that they were from Colon
Regarding the question of the nationality of ColonLorente did not give an answer. The riddle is expected to be solved in the documentary that is issued Saturday 12, something that will allow “shedding light on the history and also to rewrite it,” according to the interim president of RTVE, Concepción Cascajosa.
The investigation headed by Lorente tries to shed light on the origin of the navigator, around which several circulate theoriesalthough the most widespread and internationally accepted is that he was from Genoa (Italy).
This work, as explained at the time by the professor of Medicine Forensic and project manager, includes the analysis of DNA of the remains bones that are available Christopher Colonhis son Hernando and his brother Diego.
