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To: Roman_War_Criminal
I had a Mexican-American roommate for one semester in college whose surname was Chino--which means "Chinese." Padre Kino, the famous Jesuit explorer, was an Italian whose surname was Chino--but he changed the spelling to reflect the pronunciation and because of the Spanish meaning of "Chino."

I read somewhere that about 5% of the Mexican population is of African descent. Pio Pico, Mexican governor of California, was partially of African descent.

27 posted on 01/02/2017 3:57:57 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
Well Mexico always has Memin Pinguin. That full blooded African population is long gone I'd bet. There are a lot of mixtures the further south you go there though - like Central America. There are tiny Asian communities spread about Latin America no doubt about that. My Cuban wife's cousin is 1/4 Chinese and 3/4 Spanish. She & her kids look Filipino - those Asian genes are strong as heck.
28 posted on 01/02/2017 4:25:39 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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