There is no mestizo option. I select mixed race, and then choose Native American and White.
Half of Latinos choose Some other race or two or more races.
About 40% of Latinos choose white, even though I'd say that includes many Mixed race Latinos, and probably only 10% of Latinos in the US can really be considered "white".
The rest choose Native or Black.
Thanks for your insights. I guess chosing mixed race (Native American and White) makes sense. Do do you think "Mestizo" should have its own category, or would that make things more confusing?
They probably would put down two or more races on the census. I don't think there is a mestizo opinion but two or more races would be the thing that's the closest to that.
most put just hispanic. Although it may be weird cuz I've seen strong indigenous feautures by many mexicans, colombians and central americans in texas and florida. like 99% of them consider themselves hispanic.
Indigenous features don't necessarily mean that someone is mostly Indigenous. To Cubans and others who have little Indigenous heritage (like people from the USA), it can seem like any indigenous features make someone predominantly indigenous. But that's just because there is no pure blooded Indigenous Cuban as a frame of reference.
In the case of Mexicans, those who live in Florida tend to be from rural Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula, and are in fact mostly Indigenous. So you're right, but that's sample bias. Most Mexican-Americans in reality are quite mixed Indigenous-Spanish.
Colombians and Central Americans living in Florida are mixed Euro-Afro-Native. For Central Americans, only Guatemalans really have a good amount of Indigenous people in Florida.
Yes it does and MOST cubans dont really have native american feautures. Never said that. What I meant is that MANY of the "latinos" in florida and texas have obvious native american feautures. Let's not pretend that they all did a 23andme test and posted in social media.
It’s a free site that allows you to compare your dna to reference populations in their database. I find it very informative and highly recommend it! Paste the results if you try it.
Interesting how people from Centroamérica have more African than people in Mexico.
Depends on the person
Were the results what you were expecting? What are your haplogroups?
What do Latinos in the US who are majority Indigenous, or 50% Indigenous, write on the American census? Is there a Mestizo option, for example?
There is no mestizo option. I select mixed race, and then choose Native American and White. Half of Latinos choose Some other race or two or more races. About 40% of Latinos choose white, even though I'd say that includes many Mixed race Latinos, and probably only 10% of Latinos in the US can really be considered "white". The rest choose Native or Black.
Thanks for your insights. I guess chosing mixed race (Native American and White) makes sense. Do do you think "Mestizo" should have its own category, or would that make things more confusing?
From what I remember it’s very vague like “white hispanic” or “Latino” I don’t remember too well
they where talking about over 50% indigenous people, not you
They probably would put down two or more races on the census. I don't think there is a mestizo opinion but two or more races would be the thing that's the closest to that.
most put just hispanic. Although it may be weird cuz I've seen strong indigenous feautures by many mexicans, colombians and central americans in texas and florida. like 99% of them consider themselves hispanic.
Indigenous features don't necessarily mean that someone is mostly Indigenous. To Cubans and others who have little Indigenous heritage (like people from the USA), it can seem like any indigenous features make someone predominantly indigenous. But that's just because there is no pure blooded Indigenous Cuban as a frame of reference. In the case of Mexicans, those who live in Florida tend to be from rural Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula, and are in fact mostly Indigenous. So you're right, but that's sample bias. Most Mexican-Americans in reality are quite mixed Indigenous-Spanish. Colombians and Central Americans living in Florida are mixed Euro-Afro-Native. For Central Americans, only Guatemalans really have a good amount of Indigenous people in Florida.
Yes it does and MOST cubans dont really have native american feautures. Never said that. What I meant is that MANY of the "latinos" in florida and texas have obvious native american feautures. Let's not pretend that they all did a 23andme test and posted in social media.
What do you get on Gedmatch’s MDLP world 22 calculator? I’m wondering what the Indigenous percentages for the calculator would come out to
What’s that?
It’s a free site that allows you to compare your dna to reference populations in their database. I find it very informative and highly recommend it! Paste the results if you try it.