ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Was Christopher Columbus really from Genoa, in Italy ByThe Associated Press • 3 min read The Associated Press In this grab taken from video on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, Inmaculada Aleman, Professor of Physical Anthropology measures a bone from the alleged remains of Christopher Columbus and family members, at Granada University in Granada, Spain. Was Christopher Columbus really from Genoa, in Italy? Or was he Spanish? A definitive answer to the question of where the famous explorer came from could be just five months away as international scientists on Wednesday launched an effort to read the DNA from his remains and identify his geographic origin. (AP)