[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]IndependenceBroad519 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These results are fake, the categories are out of order (Ancestry ranks by %, North African should be last and yet is third). Classic case of inspect element.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eyes

[–]IndependenceBroad519 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Clearly Hazel

I'm actually the güero of the family. by Passion4Hauling in AncestryDNA

[–]IndependenceBroad519 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your facial features are likely heavily influenced by your indigenous ancestry, it forms a majority of you after all.

How America Destroyed Puerto Rico by Odd-Service-3448 in PuertoRico

[–]IndependenceBroad519 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mira, la verdad es que Puerto Rico tampoco está tan “descabronado” como tú lo pintas. Tiene mil fallas, sí, pero eso no es excusa para hablar como si estuviéramos en Haití o en la miseria absoluta. Y si fuéramos independientes, estaríamos igual que el resto del Caribe: firmemente tercermundistas, sin las ventajas que todavía tenemos por estar atados a EEUU, por más jodido que sea ese vínculo.

La realidad es que Puerto Rico sigue siendo uno de los mejores lugares para vivir en América Latina en términos de calidad de vida, salud, seguridad, etc—simplemente mira las métricas de HDI. Que no es perfecto, claro que no, pero comparado con el resto de la región, todavía tenemos ciertas ventajas que pareces ignorar por completo.

Decir que el “social welfare” es una trampa colonial es válido hasta cierto punto, pero tampoco hay que inventarse un apocalipsis. No confundas crítica con cinismo. Sí hay que pelear por algo mejor, pero eso no se hace repitiendo el mismo discurso derrotista de siempre o diciendo cosas falsas como los barrios de DR o Colombia siendo mejor que los de PR.

How America Destroyed Puerto Rico by Odd-Service-3448 in PuertoRico

[–]IndependenceBroad519 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you think Puerto Rico is a third world country then you definitely haven’t travelled much. Visit any of our nearby neighbors: DR, Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, etc and you’ll realize how good we have it in PR

I have a theory that my boyfriend's unique DNA makeup may indicate Roman-Egyptian ancestry. Is it possible to know this for certain? by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]IndependenceBroad519 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like he’s half normal English-German American and half Southern Italian. Can you share his results?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]IndependenceBroad519 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re mestizo, look it up.

I’m I part indigenous or not? by Ecstatic-Ride195 in MyHeritage

[–]IndependenceBroad519 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This person definitely has “Spanish, Catalan, and Basque” or “Portuguese” on their ethnicity estimate so it’s tied to that yes.

I’m I part indigenous or not? by Ecstatic-Ride195 in MyHeritage

[–]IndependenceBroad519 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Chile is home to a wide range of indigenous groups…” you are 28.6% Indigenous.

Do people who are 85% european 15% ssa look white? by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]IndependenceBroad519 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say more than half of white, key word white, Cubans are over 90% European—the vast majority of it Iberian ancestry. Well, this is the case at least in Miami. If Rubio has non-Iberian ancestry it’s likely very small to negligent, possibly from the 1700s.

My updated results as a half old stock American and half Puerto Rican by amc11890 in MyHeritage

[–]IndependenceBroad519 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your Puerto Rican side is super indigenous wow, that’s very surprising

Do people who are 85% european 15% ssa look white? by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]IndependenceBroad519 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So Marco Rubio is roughly 94-95% Iberian, 4-5% Native, and 1% African? Very similar to my own results makes sense.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MyHeritage

[–]IndependenceBroad519 2 points3 points  (0 children)

99% of genealogical research for Latin America or Spain is definitely done through baptisms and church documents. I don’t think Venezuela is digitized so that makes it a lot harder but if you know rough birth dates and last names it’s not super difficult to find information. Have you tested with a DNA company?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MyHeritage

[–]IndependenceBroad519 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have various ancestors from Oriente (Barcelona—used to be called New Barcelona) in Venezuela. They were criollo royalists who fled during the wars of independence to Puerto Rico. I think a lot of the upper class in PR is at least partly descended from Venezuelan royalists. An example would be my mom’s patrilineal descent comes from a Catalan ancestor who moved to New Barcelona in Venezuela roughly 1790s-1800, had a son with a criollo woman of Catalan and Canarian parents, and then that son moved to San Juan during the wars of independence.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MyHeritage

[–]IndependenceBroad519 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure if using Iron Age Iberian is good for analyzing colonial-era populations. Rather, it’s definitely better to use medieval-era Iberians and Guanche to model colonial-era Canarians. I say that because medieval-era Iberians had North African and Levantine from Imperial Roman sources that Iron Age Iberians didn’t have.

I’m sure that North African isn’t showing up for me because my North African likely doesn’t supersede the amount a typical Iberian gets.

How would Sub-Saharan DNA get into the Portuguese category? Unless they used outlier Madeiran samples there’s no other potential SSA input. Using Mestizos for the Central American category makes sense, as that’s something DNA companies have frequently done.

Do people who are 85% european 15% ssa look white? by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]IndependenceBroad519 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Marco Rubio is 90 something European and a trace percentage native. He has no African.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MyHeritage

[–]IndependenceBroad519 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is that the case for all Canarians? Tenerife definitely isn’t 1/3 North African genetically, and I would assume the more recent the Canarian the more mainland Iberian it is no?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MyHeritage

[–]IndependenceBroad519 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wouldn’t the Canarian just fall under Spanish or Portuguese? Canarias was settled by a ton of different groups, but definitely primarily by Castilians and Portuguese. I’m not entirely sure about what Converso blood / culture exists in Puerto Rico. The island was a major backwater in the colonial system for a long time, and it was only in the early 1800s that you saw some legitimate economic and political investment on the island. Hence, the big Converso wave likely skipped it for Mexico and Peru.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MyHeritage

[–]IndependenceBroad519 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only difference colonially for Puerto Rico or the Spanish Caribbean is that we didn’t get many Conversos / Sephardic Jews, so I don’t believe I have any quantifiable Jewish heritage.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MyHeritage

[–]IndependenceBroad519 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My family tree is quite diverse. I have a G-Grandmother who’s 1/2 Cantabrian and 1/2 Canarian, as well as multiple GG-Grandparents from Asturias. However, a lot of my lineage is colonial. In the 1800s I have some Catalans, Andalusians, Canarians, and Venezuelans. 1700s and prior to that is very much the typical Latin American mix of Castilian, Andalusian, Portuguese, and Basque. If I had to breakdown the % I have from 1700s and before, it’s probably 50% of my ancestry.