I'm extremely skeptical. A family member studied Columbus's diaries back in grad school and has long suspected he was a Converso, but this is clearly the worst

I'm extremely skeptical. A family member studied Columbus's diaries back in grad school and has long suspected he was a Converso, but this is clearly the worst kind of sensationalist journalism. And we already know for a fact that other members of the expedition were Conversos and they were partially motivated by their desire to get out from under the thumb of the Spanish Crown. Academics have long examined the confluence of the expulsion of Jews and Muslims from Spain and the Columbian Exchange, and Columbus's heritage doesn't really change any of it.