What Race are People from the Hispanic Caribbean (Genetics of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic)
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Published 2017-11-06
Go ahead and let me know your thoughts on the region, and tell me in the comments whether you have ancestry from any of these 3 nations, and whether you identify as White, Black, Mestizo, Mulatto or something else all together. Thanks for watching!
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Sources:
www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/History/Cuba-histor…
www.usa-tenerife.com/en/canaries_cuba.aspx
www.worldatlas.com/articles/major-ethnic-groups-in…
www.census.gov/quickfacts/PR
voices.nationalgeographic.org/2014/07/25/genograph…
All Comments (21)
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I am Cuban, and I love to my Caribbean brothers Puerto Rico and República Dominicana!!🇨🇺🇵🇷🇩🇴
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I'm boricua = (puerto rican) Thank you for explaining to the world who we really are, and why we are of all colors, black, white, mestizos, etc... It's a common mistake to treat us as a homogeneous group, when we really are a palette of colors. Proud to be from 🇵🇷
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I’m Cuban, and what annoys me a lot is that in the US I can’t say I’m Caribbean. I don’t like the term Latina or Latinx because I grew up in a place where no one uses such terms, and culturally we are all so different. Caribbean is the best I can get. But in the US people don’t seem to know that Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, and they tell me that if I’m not black I can’t be Caribbean. It’s so frustrating! Anyway....Thank you for your video! I’m a new subscriber.
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People from the Caribbean are a mix of rice and beans, fried plantains, and fish. Tobacco and coffee too.
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Youll find people of all races in the Caribbean.
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I am Dominican and me and my 3 siblings none has the same skin tone, height, hair or body frame. We are very diverse even whitin family, that's how mixed we are.
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I NEVER KNEW the difference between being black or white, UNTIL I CAME TO LIVE IN U.S.A.! My Caribbean brothers and sisters are just that; MY EXTENDED FAMILY!!!
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Am Dominican and I love my people Puerto Rican and Cuban so proud to be your brother I love when I heard Dominica republic Puerto rico and cuba love 🇨🇺🇩🇴🇵🇷
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So.....did anyone not already know the islands are mixed?🤷🏾♀️😆
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Yo soy cubano and I'm proud I love my Caribbean brothers and sisters
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I'm from Martinique (French West Indies)and I love Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.🇵🇷🇩🇴❤❤ I'm proud to be Caribbean.
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I'm Dominican, with my great-great grandmother emigrating here to RD from Lebanon in the late 1800's. Thank you for your insightful video and the mention of emigration from the middle east, asia, etc.
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Greetings from Puerto Rico.🇵🇷 Kisses and hugs for my brothers in Cuba an Dominican republic
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Dominican here! 🇩🇴🙋🏾♀️ 52% African, 40% European, 8% Native American 🙂
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I’m Dominican and my ancestry is 76% European - Mainly Portuguese 9% Taino 11% African 4% Arab and Turkish Just goes to show how diverse we are 🇩🇴 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
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I'm half Dominican, took ancestry test, it said my ancestors were African, Asian, Native, Spanish, and Portuguese, wondered how did that happen, pretty cool info, thank you!
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I am Puerto Rican and when people here in the us ask what i am i always explain Spaniard, indian (taino), and african which gave me this great head of curls! ;) we all look different even within the same family i am one of four children we all look different from our skin color down to hair color and texture i think its a beautiful thing!
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I’m Dominican born and raised in Santiago and I was surprised that I actually was more Italian than Spanish! I have ~55% European, ~25% African, ~12% Taíno and 8% Middle Eastern! So it’s so interesting that we come in all colors and heritage!
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I'm so proud of my islands!! 🇵🇷 🇩🇴 and 🇨🇺 people. I love you guys!! Stay true!!
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Thank you for this info. I’ve done a dna ancestry test after my grandmother told me she was from the Caribbean. I have found that I have family from Mexico, Panama, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti and South America. My mind is blown as I fell that I know so very little. I will continue to dig deeper into this lost history. I feel somewhat cheated to not have known all my life. Thank you again.
