Popular Mechanics is reporting a new DNA-based claim that Columbus was Galician.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a71041284/mystery-christopher-columbus-origins/
I saw the post from just yesterday making DNA based claims about Jewish ancestry, but that’s not referenced in this article, so Im not certain they’re the same.
Assuming the veracity of this new finding, what, if anything does this clarify? Or does this further confuse a question thats already rife with mystery? The article linked within the PM article about the various theories mentioned efforts to obscure his identity. What’s up with that? Where do we stand with respect to how he would have viewed himself and how he would have portrayed himself to others? What effect, if known to others at the time, would this possible Galician heritage have had during his life?
Thanks so much!