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Central Asia (Green) ~ mixed Caucasoid & Mongoloid.
The Indian subcontinent (Blue) ~ mixed Caucasoid & Australoid.
Horn of Africa (Red) ~ mixed Africoid & Caucasoid
Polynesia (Purple) ~ mixed Mongoloid & Australoid.
Latin America (Orange) ~ usually Mestizo (mixed Caucasoid & Americoid) or...
An ethnic group is determined based on someone's race or racial admixture, language, religion, homeland, culture (music, Food, clothing, norms, values, etc), origin myth, & shared history.
Different ethnic groups have formed throughout history, in the Americas, New ethnic groups formed during &...
Biological Gender (also known as "sex") - determined by the chromosomes, if an individual inherits two X chromosomes (from both parents), than they are female, if they inherit a Y chromosome from the father, along with the X chromosome from the mother, than they are male, also, biological...
Mirandese are a very small Iberian ethnic group, found in the Portuguese region of Tierra de Miranda, lying on the Spanish border, they speak the Mirandese language, a Asturo-Leonese language, the main sub-race in this ethnic group appears to be Baskid/Dinaric.
Canarid is a Mediterranean phenotype native to the Canary Islands, it's also found in Moriscos & a minority of mainland Spaniards, its a mixture of Berberid with Iberian types, they tend to have olive or tan skin, usually dark eyes, & brown or black hair, many members of this type also have a...
Criollos are the unmixed or nearly unmixed descendants of Spaniards, they could have up to 1/8 Amerindian DNA, & still be considered Criollos, they make up around 35% to 40% of the population in the Jaliscan Highlands, nearly all Criollos in the region are of 100% colonial roots:
Criollos are the unmixed or nearly unmixed descendants of Spaniards, they could have up to 1/8 Amerindian or 1/16 Black DNA, & still be considered Criollos, Criollos make 35% to 50% of the population in the Paisa region, & the vast majority of Criollos in the region are of 100% Colonial roots...
As a tribute to the Day of the Assumption of Mary, I'm showing a Spanish Caste System, featuring Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Espanola + Indio = Mestizo
Espanola + Mestizo = Castizo
Castizo + Espanola = Espanola
Negra + Espanol = Mulatto
Espanola + Mulatto = Morisca
Morisca + Espanol = Albino...