McFreedom

I wasn't aware of the controversy over Christopher Columbus' grave. Apparently, however, both the Dominican Republic and Seville, Spain "boast ornate graves that purport to hold his remains." Apparently Sr. Columbus wanted to be buried in the New World, but there wasn't a church big enough, so they ended up shipping his body all over the place and the Dominicans claim that when the Spanish shipped his body to Cuba in the 1800s the wrong box was shipped. The Dominicans took what they say are the real ones, buried them, and now claim them as their own.

All of this is brought up again because a research team dug up the Spanish Columbus and are testing the DNA of the bone shards they found against the DNA of bodies known to be relatives of the explorer. The interesting thing is that there is so little left that they basically can't tell with today's technology. Which leads me to wonder - if there isn't enough of him left to test, does it really matter if he's buried in that grave or not? I mean other than as a historical footnote?