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Probably close to zero probability if you are from the Western Hemisphere. That's why I say these arguments are pointless. We're all mixed. Accept it. Move on.
Maybe they did ... maybe they didn't. No one knows. I am hypothesizing based on information that I know ... not stating any facts. If you care to read about the possibility, here's a book that discusses it:
There weren't any africans here before Columbus,There's no evience to support that there was, Most Scientists shoot disagree with that theory any way.
Let's say that's true. Then, how do you explain someone like me (whose family originated from Africa and the UK, and through the transatlantic trade wound up in the southeastern US) having Mayan admixture?
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Let's say that's true. Then, how do you explain someone like me (whose family originated from African and the UK, and through the transatlantic trade wound up in the southeastern US) having Mayan admixture?
You probably have central american(Honduran, Salvadorean,Guatemalan etc.) relatives somewhere down your family line.
You probably have central american(Honduran, Salvadorean,Guatemalan etc.) relatives somewhere down your family line.
I always thought we had Native American relatives, which seems more plausible than Central American. With so many Native tribes unaccounted for with the available science, whatever "Asian" I am is probably not clearly identifiable, and it defaulted to Mayan.
In addition, there were several gray markers on my ancestry painting and there are no clues as to what that is.
super mario is right the average dominican is mixed. But damn i've been to wash heights more than a little bit and i've seen some dominicans that look straight african
I always thought we had Native American relatives, which seems more plausible than Central American. With so many Native tribes unaccounted for with the available science, whatever "Asian" I am is probably not clearly identifiable, and it defaulted to Mayan.
In addition, there were several gray markers on my ancestry painting and there are no clues as to what that is.
Well, If your ancestry is really Mayan, then yes you do have Central american ancestors since thats where the Mayans are from.
super mario is right the average dominican is mixed. But damn i've been to wash heights more than a little bit and i've seen some dominicans that look straight african
The other thing with mixtures is to consider what you are mixed with. African-Americans are mixed with whites from the UK, mainly. Latinos are mixed with whites from Portugal, Spain, Italy, etc. We both have some Native/Asian admixture as well, which may be from different regions of the globe.
So, although many of us are mixed (African, European and Asian), we do not look the same. Most of the mixed Latinos I see have an identifiable Mediterranean look, which African Americans do not have.
I guess it's like baking two cakes that are similar but adding some different ingredients to each one makes them distinct and special.
And, just for the record, I think the African, Mediterranean, Native American mixture is gorgeous. I think Latinos and Latinas are beautiful looking people.
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The you must be a fan of Brazilians, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and Dominicans..because those are pretty much the only cultures in the world for such a mix (in varying degrees).
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