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Yupster

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3. I always thought it was about

Reply to Crunchy Frog (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 10:59 AM

Dec 2016

95 % Native American and 5 % other.

Even is you could trace your lineage back to the original conquistadores, they didn't bring women across with them.

As an aside, I met one of these guys in Peru. He was a descendant of the original Spanish soldier who was given the valley after the Inca conquest. In the 1970's he had to give 2/3 of his land to the farmers working it. He still kept a beautiful hill with a high end restaurant on top. He had a family museum going back to the 1500's. I got to hold real Inca weapons.

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Aren't Hispanics mostly Native American Yupster Dec 2016 #1

Most Hispanics are a mixture. Crunchy Frog Dec 2016 #2

I always thought it was about Yupster Dec 2016 #3

It's not just the original conquerors. Igel Dec 2016 #4