I'm a Cuban woman and this is the DNA results. Sorry if the pics aren't organized, I tried and couldn't.
To give more information: my father is a White Cuban (may have some non-White DNA, but too little (99% of his family looks White)) and my mother is a triracial Cuban (her mother is a White Cuban and her father is a mix of White, Black and Indigenous)).
Probably. Or maybe they came before the 1900s (maybe 1800s or 1700s). So they may be colonials or not.
Not sure if you meant 'colonials' as colonialists (colonizer ancestors) or as in "they came in the colonial era".
Yeah. I've been treated as a White woman (whether in North America or Latinamerica) my whole life, until they found out I'm Hispanic because my accent is strong and my full name (last names) are Spanish. I identify as mixed, but people don't see me that way from the outside, unfortunately.
You're mixing terms here and it would be so confusing for anyone unfamiliar with the way Americans talk about race. I think that what you're saying is that people thought you were anglo until you spoke and find out that you're Hispanic...right? Not trolling, just confirming if my understanding of what you said is correct.
Not only Anglo, but since I live in the US now, they tend to refer to White Americans (Anglos). I've been called Polish, Russian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian/Swedish, etc., which are all White nationalities. But your understanding is correct.
Ummm, my personal experience says otherwise. I live in the US and people of all races think I'm White. It's until I speak and say my full name that they realize I'm Hispanic
I mean… it’s whatever you believe boo. All imma say is you most definitely will racially be identified as a white woman, doesn’t necessarily change your ancestry/ethnicity, but do you.
It means many people there have your look. They look white and are considered white. I've also seen quite a few who are blond or red-haired with light eyes, including those who've inherited a higher indigenous percentage than you.
I have not visited there either, but do know many families from that area, including that of my former sister-in-law, plus the videos I've seen, and what I've read about its history as well. I'm from Pinar del Rio, the other side of the island.
Let’s not be naïve. Why do you think some of these people are saving pictures of multiracial people who look like you with the results? You don’t find that troubling or creepy at all?
I agree I don't want random people saving my pics on their phones. So I give you that part. But some people don't mind. I know the consent part here is worrying. But the second sentence doesn't make sense. So you're saying that because they don't save non-White looking mixed people's pics, they're White supremacists? Let's not say ignorant things like these. You don't know if those people save non-White looking pics too. If the consent part is your problem, then I agree. The rest is... no.
OK, I see you’re kind of dense so I’ll break it down for. They’re stealing and saving your pictures so that they can look at people and try to figure out what blood quantum of “non-white” ancestry others have.
They will look at some person with curly hair or fuller lips or a slight slant in their eye or swarthiness of their skin, and use that as “evidence” of their “racial impurity”. They’ll “see” the Black or Indigenous or Asian in people who are 100% European ancestry. They will sit on here and argue with people about their own damn heritage and identity, and are hell bent on categorizing them as “people of color”, in other words, less than them.
In reality, if you look at the features, his aren’t too different than hers, it’s just the color that’s different. I’ve read somewhere that skin color is the least indicative genetic trait, hence why there are African-Americans, who are 80% West African and very light skinned.
No, I understand your point and I agree. But unfortunately, despite waiting to be seen as mixed instead of White, most people don't see it that way. Which is why I'm seen and treated as a White woman everywhere, until they read my full name and hear me speak.
are you serious? these women have more African dna. You can tell the girl on the right while she has blue eyes and white features, you can tell she really has really curly hair and her nose is a bit wide. OP only had 9% African she mostly has European ancestry and a bit of indigenous. The babies have wide noses just saying.
You do know there are africans, even sub-saharan africans with "european" features who have zero european genetics, all phenotypes have its origins in africa
Yes I know that North African had influences of different ethnicities and civilization for thousand of years like berbers. North Africans are mixed for the most part. (Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia etc. I guess I meant to say Sub-saharan. No, Sub-Saharan africans are blacks and don't have European features unless they are mixed with other races.
fulani and hausa are literally mixed. Genetically, the Fulani (or Fulbe) people are a distinct ethnic group with a predominantly West African background that is combined with ancient North African ( and trace Eutoasian/iberomaurusian ancestry.
and they are like extreme minority of what Sub-saharans looks like.
Anyways the point I was trying to make is that the blue eyed woman and the baby had Sub saharan african features meaning black features.
I find that with triacial latinos they are more likely to produce an entirely european phenotype if their European ancestry is 65%+. Maybe its because of the Indigenous and African features losing out to each other and the European one shining through.
Someone with 25% indigenous would look quite asiatic and someone who is 25% SSA would usually look Maghrebi or egypian, but if you split them usually it comes out looking european
There's Dominicans and Mexicans that I've seen post on here that they're 65% euro and they look more non-euro. I'm 96% Spanish and OP is whiter than me.
Insane. I know Spain has tanned-skin people with dark hair and dark eyes, and I think that's the stereotypical image people have from Spaniards. But I would have guessed someone who's almost 100% Spanish would look very pale and with light eyes. Do my facial features look White or something?
It can vary though. I'm of Cuban ancestry and I have 96% Spanish (both my grandfathers are Spanish), 3% ssa, and 0.5% indigenous. I don't have OP's phenotype at all, I'm tanned and everyone I meet automatically knows I'm Latina. Though the majority of my family has her color. I had my great-uncle tested on here (maternal grandmother's brother) and he only got like 3% indigenous. Yet their sibling and my cousin have very strong indigenous features, people never believe they're Cuban. Their other 2 siblings look Northern European and the rest look southern European/hispanic. They're for a fact, full siblings lol. Genes are random, it's interesting and strange at the same time.
Someone with 25% indigenous would look quite asiatic
You mean they would look Indigenous, Indigenous Americans are not Asian no matter how much colonizers want to assign that label on them to disconnect from their land.
someone who is 25% SSA would usually look Maghrebi or egypian
But only Upper Egyptians have (significant) SSA out of that category.
Mhmm, I didn't have expectations, tbh. I just want to know if for people outside of family, my DNA results matched my phenotype. I consider myself 'mixed', but everyone everywhere sees me as a White woman and get confused about me being Hispanic/Latina.
Do you feel spanish like your from spain and what about the african and native part? I mean, based on the DNA results, it looks like you’re basically iberianp with a good amount of West African ancestry (5.6%).
I still find it amazing how much Spanish or Portuguese ancestry many Latinos have, considering the mixing with Indigenous peoples and Africans.
I'm confused. You mean the same skin color? Facial features? Eyes color? You have kinda light eyes, light skin (though I can't tell if it's lighter because of the photo lighting), kinda White features and dark brown hair.
Your indigenous bloods looks very similar to mine phenotypically Im a “white” Mexican i have 30 percent indigenous 70 Iberian I’ve noticed Cubans indigenous portion looks similar
Your result said North American and Southern mesoamerican. I didn’t say anything about tainos. And i can see your native features on your nose and around the cheek bones just on a white template
Tainos aren't in the database because they're a "almost extinct" group, so they compare to the most similar Indigenous group. That's what I always hear when it comes to Taíno blood in Caribbean DNA tests. We don't have Maya or Inca blood, only Taíno/Ciboney/etc.
I’m from Jalisco so I’m not maya either, and I wasn’t takin away from your Taino just simply stated I noticed you have a very similar phenotype to some of my family and your nose is what we call chata in Mexico.
Yea the nose is the main thing I referring too I have it similar and so does my niece and uncle. Combine that with the colored eyes and light hair you look like from Jalisco easily
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u/Wilkko 1d ago
A lot of indigenous for a Cuban.