Everyone on the Christopher Columbus family tree
Each person on this Christopher Columbus family tree has a row. Choose a period to list the people alive in it.
All 15 people on the chart are listed.
| Portrait | Person | Years | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC | Domenico ColomboFather | Not recorded | A wool weaver. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| SF | Susanna FontanarossaMother | Not recorded | Mother of five children. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| BP | Bartolomeu PerestreloFather-in-law | Not recorded | Captain of Porto Santo. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| IM | Isabel MonizMother-in-law | Not recorded | Mother of Filipa. Sources4 | Find on the chart |
| B | BianchinettaSister | Not recorded | The only sister. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| GP | Giovanni PellegrinoBrother | Not recorded | A brother in Genoa. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| GC | Giacomo ColomboBrother | Not recorded | Known in Spain as Diego. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
 | Bartholomew ColumbusBrother, adelantado | c. 1461–1514? | Founded Santo Domingo. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
 | Beatriz Enríquez de AranaPartner | c. 1467–1521 | Mother of Fernando. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
 | Christopher ColumbusNavigator | 1451–1506 | Died at Valladolid in 1506. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| FM | Filipa Moniz PerestreloWife | c. 1455–c. 1484 | Mother of Diego. Sources4 | Find on the chart |
| FC | Fernando ColónYounger son | 1488–1539 | Kept his father’s books. Sources7 | Find on the chart |
| DC | Diego ColónElder son, admiral | 1479?–1526 | Viceroy of the Indies. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| MT | María de ToledoWife of Diego | c. 1490–1549 | Mother of Luis. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| LC | Luis ColónGrandson, duke | c. 1520–1572 | First Duke of Veragua. Sources8 | Find on the chart |
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- APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The Christopher Columbus family tree, from Genoa to the Dukes of Veragua. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/christopher-columbus-family-tree
- MLA“The Christopher Columbus Family Tree, from Genoa to the Dukes of Veragua.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/christopher-columbus-family-tree.
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- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Christopher Columbus Family Tree, from Genoa to the Dukes of Veragua. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/christopher-columbus-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
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Sources
Every source was opened on 10 November 2026. The Mariners’ Museum is cited for the family in Genoa, and Wikipedia for the dates, with the places where its articles disagree stated.
The Mariners’ Museum
Portrait credits
Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.
- Christopher Columbus, Sebastiano del Piombo, 1519.
- Bartholomew Columbus, Justin Winsor, publisher, 1889.
- Beatriz Enríquez de Arana, Unknown artist, 1878.
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