A new DNA analysis of remains belonging to several direct descendants of Christopher Columbus may have uncovered a history-changing truth about the explorer's origins. For centuries, historians have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christopher Columbus was once lauded as a national hero for supposedly discovering America. But much of his legend was pure hype.

People stand around the fallen Christopher Columbus statue at the Minnesota state Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Credit: Evan Frost / Minnesota Public Radio via AP The BDN ...