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Why are our eyes colored?

Why do some Mexicans have light skin and colored eyes?

  • Most of my family members have light skin/hair, and colored eyes, i Know the whole Spanish invasion story, but my family doesn't come from any of the major Mexican cities and my grandparents say they've lived where they do since forever(?), and were not close to where the indians lived. They're from like the mountain ranges you'd find here in the U.S. not the tropical ones that Mexico sometimes has. just wondering...

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    Mexican is a nationality, rather than ethnicity although in a greater sense through the 19th-20th centuries the culture is what we recognize as mexican. Spanish and German/Austrians instead of natives I suppose. Do you or they live in the colonial highlands down around San Miguel de Allende? Mennonites and mormons down in Chihuahua? I'm amazed that so many seem unaware of Mexico's Hapsburg Austrian Emperor Maximilian. It's not that long ago! Really the only way to know is genealogy research.

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who cares! are'nt we all (except michael jackson) human?

blick

There weren't many blond-haired, blue-eyed Spaniards. And after 500 years it's not easy to believe their genes haven't been diluted. But there are several other groups that in the last 150 years have migrated to Mexico for any number of reasons. The Germans, French, Dutch, Lebanese (in huge numbers!) and Argentinians have a very large presence in Mexico. Their genes have found their way into the Mexican population, even in small towns, and are causing more fair features among the Mexican population.

GenevievesMom

Castillian Spanish frequently have light skin and blue eyes. People from Andalusia are distant cousins of the Moroccans. Mestizos are a mixture of Spanish and Indian. You would have to investigate your family history by starting with your parents and going back.

Shirley T

mexicans are mixed with Spanish people.

hottiecj *~♥~*~♥~*

Because they have Spanish conquistador blood. In the Andalucia region of Spain, the people have blonde hair and blue eyes.

Nick

spanish genes in them the others are natives

Michael C

its the spanish in the blood.

Adrian A

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