Miguel Lorente, a forensic scientist who led the research, said on Thursday: 'Today it has been possible to verify it with new technologies, so that the previous partial theory that the remains of Seville belong to Christopher Columbus has been definitively confirmed.'
For the past two decades, they have been comparing DNA taken from the samples with that of relatives and descendants. The relative's bones were also much larger than the fragments found in Columbus' burial.
Many experts have believed that the tomb inside the cathedral has long held Columbus' body, but it was not until 2003 when Lorente and historian Marcial Castro were granted permission to open it, finding the previously unknown bones were inside.
The advancements in DNA analysis could also reveal whether or not the explorer was Italian, which has also been debated among the scientific community. Researchers said their findings on Columbus' ancestry are due to be announced in a documentary titled 'Columbus DNA: The true origin.'
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