Why “The New  York Times”
hides the truth  in favor of Portugal?

 October 8, 2007

To the Editor

“The New York Times”

New York City

New York

Dear Editor:

The article by Amy Harmon  “DNA enlisted to identify Columbus” published by “The New York Times”,  on October 8, 2007, does not  reveal all  the truth about the  DNA results obtained  by Dr. José  Lorente of the University of Granada, Spain, concerning the nationality of the navigator Christopher Columbus.  

On Spring of 2004, Dr. José Lorente informed the world that he had extracted from long bones of Columbus’s brother and his son  their  Y chromosomes.

On December 16, 2006 Dr. Lorente announced that he had created three scientific teams in Italy, France and  Spain for the purpose of making comparative analysis of  the Y chromosomes  of 447 men  around Genoa,  southern France and Catalonia, around Barcelona,  who were convinced that they were directed descendents of the famous navigator Columbus.

Dr. Lorente further stated that NONE of the 447 men possessed a  Y chromosome that could be matched with the Y chromosome Columbus’s family!   This scientific DNA  conclusion means that Columbus could not have been  Italian, French or  Spanish!

If  these findings did not find DNA evidence that the navigator was Italian, Spanish or French, then  there is only one  country left: Portugal. Why did Dr. Lorente avoided forming a Portuguese scientific team? In science and medicine there are no frontiers. Total transparency is demanded. Why “The New York Times” did not give these result so conclusive to the readers? Why so much Portugalphobia?

Respectfully,

Manuel Luciano da Silva, M. D.

Bristol, RI  02809

To see the article published by the N. Y. Times click here