Oh no! Another reason for a lot of the Locals to be hating on Science as it blows up another myth of pride. It appears that Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe per Spanish scientists tested remains from his body and using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery. Many historians have questioned the traditional theory that Columbus came from Genoa, Italy. The testing is supporting the many theories range of him being a Spanish Jew or a Greek, to Basque, Portuguese or British. Next you'll tell me that Santa isn't an overweight white guy who worked for Coca Cola.