Why do some Mexicans look Asian?

[@TheGoodContent37]

As a Mexican once in a london airport a security guard smiled at me and asked "hindi?". He was indian, with turbant and all and I said, "no, I'm mexican" and his face got so confused 🤣

[@Candyrock15]

Ha. That's kind of adorable. He looked at you and said "hey, a brother"

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

🤣😂 im in los angeles with a large mexican population.... i seen a few i thought were india-indian

[@ataibsaleem7419]

Im from a Pakistani background, some of my friends think I look Guatemalan 😂😂😂

[@TheGoodContent37]

@@Candyrock15 Yes, his face lighted up when he asked me that. I got he was happy seeing someone from his country. It was an old man. I felt kind of bad telling him I was mexican xP Now that I think about it when I was doing street photography in London I took photos of people with turbants and long beards and they all smiled at me in a friendly way when I snatched a picture of them. Perhaps they all thought I was one of them xD

[@PranaysReviews]

When i went to Los Angeles back in 2002 there were a few occassions where ppl thought i was actually Guatemalan.

[@christopherantonio3612]

I'm Mexican. When I eat at an Indian restaurant, the waiters speak to me in Hindi or their regional language lol

[@arealpersona715]

Do you look Indian?

[@Cid_Hi]

@@arealpersona715 When I went to Turkey, they speak to me in turkish and some people had hard time to believe I was mexican.

[@arealpersona715]

@@Cid_Hi true, Mexicans, middle easterers and indians look similar

[@odettecintatovilla9575]

@@arealpersona715 "True Mexicans"??? .... So Mexicans with "white" skins are fake Mexicans?

[@arealpersona715]

@@odettecintatovilla9575 im sorry, that's not what I meant. I forgot to add a coma. What I was tryna was that what he said was true.

[@buttercup5470]

Both my parents are Mexican. Growing up in the USA I was always mistaken for Filipino. I am very proud of my heritage and I admire the Filipino culture.

[@jtozuna]

You are filipino now 😂

[@kwizzeh]

Welcome to the Filipino delegation!

[@casius2275]

Once a random guy aproached me speaking filipino, I was like 😅

[@Winters777]

Filipinos are also mixed race back then during 15th century there was a Galleon Trade of Mexico to Philippines for trading Purposes so in the Philippines you can heard those Mexican surname but they are Filipinos

[@gorganhorn6872]

@@Winters777 Filipinos are not a mixed race. This is a common misconception, since the Filipino culture itself is heavily influenced by other nations. I.E. Spanish last names from conversion to Catholicism. Ethnically Filipinos are Asian Austronesian which is the same peoples of Native Taiwan. The largest admixture of Filipino people is Sinitic(Chinese) with as much as 40% of Filipinos have Chinese ancestry, only about 2% have Spanish ancestry.

[@CissyDaje]

I'm Asian and Mexicans think Im Mexican. We are all one! ✊️ You are beautiful.

[@Mr-pn2eh]

Flipino are you?

[@prmpatti]

You do not look Asian. You definitely look Mexican. 👍🏽

[@KayKapone1]

What Asian country r u from?

[@Raymund38TVM]

Mexican is much similar looks to Filipino 😂 it's the same looks both side man and woman because of Asian Blood and Spanish Blood.

[@elliana01819]

@@Mr-pn2ehIdk what type of stereotype you have, but Indonesians, filipinos, thai, and malaysians just look the same. It’s like saying Some mexicans look a bit southeast asians (SEA). But hey, mexicans looking asian is a compliment for mexicans since most of them are obsessed towards asians lol

[@blacksanto9981]

Another fun fact about the Philippines and Mexican link is we have Nahuatl Aztec words in the Tagalog Filipino Language. This is due to the Philippines Islands trading consistently with Mexico under Spanish authority.

[@iutub619]

Under mexican authority, it was a bi kingdom

[@audiovideando1592]

​@@iutub619 Virreinato bajo la autoridad de España. Dejen de mentir.

[@blacksanto9981]

@@iutub619 LOL, under the authority of Spain, actually.

[@based344]

All Native Americans have their origin in Asia, the native peoples crossed the Bering Strait thousands of years ago and settled in America there, creating the various native peoples. Of course they changed, but the Asian characteristics are still present.

[@goddycarino6747]

Like the word Palengke, it's an Aztec word, which is Filipinos used it also or borrowed

[@fafddzfaf]

O sister, I'm from Viet Nam and when I traveled to Mexico in 2013 I had my own identity crisis! Not only everybody thought I was local, everything in Mexico looked like home and felt like home to me, both figuratively and literally. Generic descriptors like "colorful cultures" or "flavorful food" don't faithfully reflect the similarities between Mexico and Southeast Asia. Even the nuances are the same. I have found the same Mexican color palettes in far-flung corners of Indonesia. Tasted the exact flavor profiles in food all across SEA and during that trip to Mexico, most surprising of course was finding for the first time in my life another country's food tasting exactly like street food in Ha Noi. Quesadillas and bánh tráng nướng must have gone through convergent evolution. I even had the latter in Sai Gon after going to Mexico, and immediately named it the Vietnamese quesadillas. The sounds of the streets in Mexico brought me right back to the Philippines. I found beach towns in Mexico reminiscent in every way of beach towns in Malaysia. Every since that trip I've been missing Mexico so very dearly. Really hope to spend a few months exploring my accidental 'homeland' after this pandemic is over, this time with my kiddo in tow to show him this so very dear people and land. Stay safe! x

[@Handle_Edit]

You obviously don’t understand the history of food...during colonial days and how fruits, vegetables, chili peppers n such travels. What is Vietnamese food today compare to 1k years ago? Same with Mexican/indigenous food. The food are not the same as 1k years ago. From Alaska to South America, there were no pigs, chicken rice, citrus, etc. same with the rest of the world who doesn’t have corn, chili peppers and so on from the Americas.

[@chivoleon]

Vietnamese and Mexicans use similar ingredients like cilantro & lime

[@kirani111]

Makes me want to visit Viet Nam and experience what you went through but in reverse!

[@aldap69]

Tu ya eres mexicana

[@sizzle_falco]

not every country in southeast asia has the same flavor palatte. The phillipines doesnt have spicy food for example

[@MishaElRusito]

Yes, your video is correct. The people in russian Siberia look similar to the indigenous people in the americas. Also many people from Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan and other stans (lol) look similar to some indigenous people in the americas. For example in Cancun Mexico they really look like tajiks and I studied with many tajiks)

[@tyree3774]

Omg yes there’s a guy I always see who works at Trader Joe’s and I can tell he’s Russian because I’ve heard him speaking a Slavic language but he looks Asian! It’s so cool

[@efimeraexistencia.enunpequ9663]

@s Indigenous people???Samis or Lapons are caucasians Indigenous ... How does you assume looks a Indigenous people?

[@PaulinaPoriskova]

@s Yes they Do!

[@tdog4044]

I think uzbeks and tadjiks look more persian

[@MishaElRusito]

@s bla bla I live in the south of Mexico and the people here look like tajiks

[@georgizhivkov]

I am from a Slavic Balkan country but I have a dark-skinned great-grandmother, I went to study abroad in Scandinavia, and some other international students were coming to me from time to time and started speaking in Portuguese. Turns out I had a Portuguese or Latin-American doppelganger that I had never seen. I was so confused by random people acting warm to me. :D

[@Hattori_Keiko]

Stop lying ur just plain and white and pale as cream cheese be proud of that

[@happyalphonse1456]

I'm an afghan with mongol descent and the amount of times I've been mistaken for a mexican is crazy. I love it though. Love Mexico 🇲🇽 ❤

[@porothashawarma2339]

You're a Hazara right ? :)

[@briantafolla2247]

Thank you😊

[@LockheedmartinF22_]

BROOO SAME LOLLLL

[@raquelespino5088]

There are secretly saying you're very beautiful. ❤🙏😊

[@becazapatero2477]

Thaaank you! Mexico loves you too! ❤️🧘🏻‍♀️

[@davedaniels4967]

I'm African American, but after watching your channel on this subject, it makes me wonder how diverse the world really is!! Your information was amazing to hear. I think you can have many cultural stories to tell. Keep going!!

[@davedaniels4967]

@@sleeplessgamingct4227 I never thought of it that way!! You are right!! Thanks for taking me back to the original time.

[@parrotletsrunearth1173]

It's incredible that this much diversity came from one woman who lived about 150,000 years ago in East Africa.

[@melanieanne2066]

If you have the chance, TRAVEL! Go everywhere! The more you do, the more amazed you will be. There is more we have in common than differences. There are GOOD people all over the world. :)

[@melanieanne2066]

@@parrotletsrunearth1173 Yes, "this is good" (I speak, read, write Japanese - was born/raised in Japan). I was proud of my nickname, "hen na gaijin" LOL. Culturally, I am very Japanese. Appearance is DEFINITELY hakujin. I actually had culture shock when I moved to the USA. And you are right. It is fascinating we all originated from the same woman.

[@davedaniels4967]

@@melanieanne2066 Yes, Melanie Ann. I wish we could convince all the people that you are right! You have a good and open mind.

[@Neverseenstars]

As a Mexican-American I’ve gotten these comments before, and a lot of my classmates assumed I was Asian for years without even asking me, I think I inherited spanish traits like light skin but I have strong indigenous facial features that people mistake for Asian features

[@andresgallegos1830]

Same, but all my class mates know I'm mexican

[@andresgallegos1830]

I think a lot of mexican are born light skin but when they grow older there skin gets brown because of the sun that's why people call mexicans brown because a lot of mexican work out in the sun

[@Neverseenstars]

@@andresgallegos1830 Thats true, I can get brown if I go outside but I don’t 🤣

[@germanbarcenas1516]

Wow me too! People thought i was Chinese. My parents called me güerito (:

[@TwoWorldsToo]

Mistake for Asian features? Asian features are prevalent in Mexico due to exactly what the video host outlined. Do your DNA. Mexico may be your nationality but not your entire ancestry.

[@danaswann639]

I always thought many Filipino and Mexicans that I've met in life had similar features. There are so many reasons why and i just think it's pretty cool! I've also been called China (CHEE-nuh) bc my eyes are smaller but this runs in my family. The history is interesting but sad...i didn't realize there was persecution of Japanese in Mexico too. Thanks for sharing all this.

[@a.r.t.allrawtalentent.7664]

Very beautiful ❤️

[@sangreantigua9452]

sorry 😥, it was actually wartime🇲🇽

[@hchuang05]

My dad is Taiwanese and pretty dark-skinned, and people tend to mistake him as Mexican. When my parents went on vacation in Mexico, they thought he was Mexican. My brother and I are mixed, and people think we're Mexican. It's gotten to the point where people come up to me asking for directions in spanish.

[@tr3ynag4ta]

😂😂

[@natashamoneasmith8297]

I listened to a Mexican lady speak Spanish the other day and some of the words she used sounded as if they were from Asia. I thought that was very interesting and wanted to know more.

[@alfredogutierrez6549]

Maybe you're mexican, maybe you're adopted

[@moo422]

Similar. I'm taiwanese, and when I was more tanned, I definitely had ppl come up to me speaking spanish in Chicago.

[@danma647]

I know! I’m Chinese too and that happened to me so many times

[@fulanodetal9102]

I'm Mexican but people in the usa often think I might be Filipino. One day I went to a grocery store and I swear the self identified filipino cashier looked exactly the same as my mom when she was younger. Maybe I have Asian heritage :)

[@ersmilata6014]

Indigenous people who settled the Americas and make up your ancestral background came over from Asia on the land bridge 16,000 years ago. We share a common ancestor with Asians. That's why you look Asian.

[@Lee_Xian-]

Hehe as a Filipino myself I found your story's really cool.. but of course Mexicans is mexicans and filipino is filipino😁

[@scooterbob4432]

We are Filipinos and my best friend and former classmate in college looks 100% Mexican and speaks fluent Spanish. His other brothers and sisters, however, have very fair complexions and look more like Spanish mestizos.

[@xaquariix]

you'll never know unless you take a DNA test

[@ivannamiranda2355]

I’m Ecuadorean and sameee

[@armynurseboy]

I would have guessed Filipina. Your accent even has a slight Filipino lilt to it.

[@andresc5915]

Who conquered the Philippines and named it after their king? ☠️ Boom, filipinos are technically hispanics too. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@HuangHwei]

@@andresc5915 Not all islands and tribes in the Philippines were conquered by Spaniards.Possibly the 250 years Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade gives a thousand reasons for many similarities between Filipinos and Mexicans.

[@andresc5915]

@@HuangHwei ofc, but the overall culture of the Philippines was influenced by the Spanish. Even in terms of money and language. But the Spanish also loved to mix and match people all over their colonies. Transporting people back and forth. They brought indigenous Mexicans to the Philippines and indigenous Filipinos to the americas. It’s very interesting

[@andresc5915]

@Lucky Charm Hispanics isn’t a blood or race, it’s a culture/ethnicity

[@min.j7817]

@@andresc5915 Filipinos are not "technically" Hispanic. And not conquered either, rather colonized until National heroic Filipinos who fought for the independence of the country to fight back for the land and of the people. Yes there is strong history with Philippines and Spanish but despite all of that Filipinos prevailed to fight back for their land. And just like the other comment, there are islands and tribes that still exist which speak more majority now than what history has done. Philippines is in Asia. The people are Asian. There is no technicality.

[@miriammanolov9135]

I'm middle eastern with mostly mix of Persian, Levant, and Caucasus DNA. My husband is Slavic (Macedonian/Bulgarian) and when I attended his family church, many members (including Russians) tried to speak to me in their native tongues assuming I was from their countries. They were suprised when I told them I was Iraqi amd only spoke Arabic (well, along with English). When I take photos with his relatives, many people that I'm either their cousins or my people think they are my cousins. That's just my mix 😊

[@lulycz]

I think we are a mix of a whole bunch of races!! I was actually surprised when I got my dna results, I have a bit of Chinese/Vietnamese in me. 🤷🏻‍♀️😌🇲🇽

[@marianao79]

Mexicans have more indigenous features ... Uruguayans and Argentines have Italian and Spanish features. Therefore, Argentines and Uruguayans are more European

[@lulycz]

​@@marianao79 Most of us do have indigenous blood, some have more or less and usually mixed with other races. I don't know why you felt the need to bring up Argentineans or Uruguayans or the fact they look more European when I never mentioned that in my comment.

[@magiboy100]

@@marianao79 mexicans from north of mexico have more European blood and the south of mexico is more native American and even African and Asian roots.

[@TheHailstorm77]

That’s interesting. I’m Asian let’s have a baby now and see how our kids turn out.

[@leligar5717]

@@marianao79 who tf cares that Argentines and Uruguayans are more European? You still have that colonist mentality, and for your information in Mexico there’s a lot of white people. And the people who aren’t, they are absolutely beautiful

[@honusblanco1259]

I’m Filipino and my ancestors were from a town along Manila bay where the galleons docked. One of my ancestors came from Acapulco via one of these galleons. Now that I live in the States, I’m often talked to in Spanish because people assume I’m from Mexico or Colombia. I was once in an elevator in a hospital with two Filipino nurses who were talking about me in Tagalog saying I was cute (☺️). Of course I blushed, but they were redder when I said “salamat po” (thank you) before I stepped out upon reaching my floor.

[@fernandocifuentes9258]

jajaja chida anécdota!

[@jondoe-ki6rv]

What are you wearing?

[@nenabunena]

pinoy di alam pinoy ka? nye

[@honusblanco1259]

@T Jelani Alkebulan you didn’t get the point. That I don’t look like the typical Filipino.

[@honusblanco1259]

@@nenabunena I think you need to get out more to know the world around you.

[@ssikpup7126]

I'm Mexican and people constantly ask me if I am Asian, they have even told me that maybe I am adopted lol

[@fabiansanchez10000]

I'm full Mexican as well and I swear people mistake me for anything but Mexican especially Asian and Native American lol

[@alertafayermonki]

@@fabiansanchez10000 most Mexicans have Native American blood so yeah that’s probably why

[@Eleni_GMC]

Me too...

[@PhilUpOnThis]

@@mia6470 I'm Filipino American and I can agree with you there... Generally Mexicans don't look East Asian unless they have recent mixing from Asian Mexicans (Chinese, Japanese, Koreans) from Baja California or Mexico City. Native Americans are thought to be a mix of ancient ppls from East and West Asia coming in separate waves through the Bering land bridge, so they have a pretty unique look. Though I would never mistake a Mexican as an East Asian, I taught English in Japan, and I have seen some Japanese that look eerily SE Asian... but that's probably due to more Jomon admixture ahah

[@elini9218]

@@mia6470 many Mexicans look more south Asian

[@KimiHayashi]

U look very filipina. I think you may have filipino ancestors because a lot of filipinos travelled to Mexico when the Philippines was under the Spanish rule.

[@noelramirez1551]

No, the reason she looks "Filipina" is because she's mostly indigenous, and indigenous people have Asian features. When someone says a Filipino looks "Hispanic," what they really mean is that they look like an indigenous person from Latin America. If you see indigenous people from Central America, they have Asian eyes or faces.

[@Juan-gs2by]

I’m a Mexican-American growing up I was mistaken for a Chinese kid. Then when my skin started to tan in High school my Filipino peers would come up and ask if I was Filipino and it would happen not only in school but at my job as well when an elderly couple form the Philippines asked the same thing but I did have a basic conversation in Tagalog with them because I was mistaken so much at school,but I’m studying Japanese

[@ivorysteele]

That’s because people from Asia travelled across the Berin Strait into North And South America. Why would you not know your origins ?

[@ArsonHQ]

​@@ivorysteele: Really very Interesting plus not to also even mention again on the same video I've commented already on twice and three times already while now currently leaving my fourth one about the 200 hundred million years ago's Plate Tectonic Tectonic Plates's Continental Drift that formed up the oceans that many years ago while Canada was Connected to East Asia and the United States was Connected lower East Asia and upper Southeast Asia based from the map earlier below Syria Russia in Alliance with China while Central and Latin America was connected to Southeast Asia before as I've already explained back on my three other comments, yeah so good but yet interesting question about him not knowing his own Heritage while I'm actually a Filipino Canadian who has family back living over in Souetheast Asia and has Visited them before in past recent years...Generally people who Look Filipino and are actually not are generally Latinos and while some people whoo look like their Mestizo Mexicans are actually Mestizo Filipino.!!! Not Mexican in which both are actually Awesome, it's just that some Filipinos are Mixed with Chinese but not Mexican so it's easy to get confused enough to mistake them for another Ethnicity and Ethnic Background including since because they were Connected millions of years ago before the Continents broke away and broke apart away from eachother forming up our oceans today.

[@ArsonHQ]

That's because even way before Asian People started Migrating and Immigrating to parts of Central and Latin America and not just Canada and the US such as upper and lower North America for the US and Canadian Border, well there were already people living back down over in Mexico and other parts of Latin and Central America who already looked Asia due to the Fact that they were Connected 200 Hundred Million Years ago during the Plate Tectonic's Tectonic Plates actually Drifting away from eachother causing the Huge Earthquake that broke the Continents apart away from Eachother forming up our Oceans Today while not to also mention that there were Mexican Hispanic Latino Settlers in the Philippines back during the Spanish Period.!!! That's Exactly why the Philippines has more than ever when it comes down to Mestizos and Mestizas.

[@davidortega357]

I'm Chicano I work at a turkey processing plant in Turlock CA there about 90% Mexicans working there they told me I looked. Hawaiian of Filipino are they are Asian people I've been on native American reservations and some looked Asian and some look Mexican and some looked white

[@davidortega357]

I was in the Army in south Korea I.worked with Korean people they told me I'd pass for Korean I'm Mexican American but I do look Asian Siberians look like native American people Chukchi people

[@afghanempire1713]

Mexicans are beautiful 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽❤️💯

[@reneaguilar1000]

Your beautiful too

[@shanonkaur410]

So are Afghans ♥️♥️♥️

[@vic-torino8264]

Love to Afghanistan ❤🙏

[@afghanempire1713]

@ Vic-torino ❤️ I’m Peshawar 🇦🇫 Afghan

[@shanonkaur410]

@@afghanempire1713 wow I'm peshawar pakistan

[@kdm6732]

There's something amazing, beautiful and profound in having a face that represents / reflect many Nations.

[@sr2291]

@@savila1348 I know I get "what are you anyway?" a lot.

[@julesrandolph7910]

Beacause god intended for us to be mixed. Mixed people have better genes and less health issues also. My entire friend circle is mixed and married / had kids with people of other ethnic backgrounds. Growing up in northern NJ/NYC this is the norm.

[@xmxe4486]

That is their turkic-mongolic origin. You will find the connection in their Haplogroups.

[@blahco4tt]

Wow! I had no idea about that history. I appreciate your diving into it. You do look and even sound Asian (you remind me of both my Vietnamese friend and my Filipino acquiantances). I'll be sure to watch your DNA test video!

[@theocean6524]

Her DNA shows that she has Vietnamese in her. I agree she also sounds Asian as I have never heard a hispanic accent like this one when speaking english or even spanish.

[@etfluezu9161]

pathetic. every child knows about that

[@TheOtherSide777]

I’m Filipino and I get mistaken for Mexican almost every time I get Mexican food lol. We definitely share food dishes and Spanish words, names etc.

[@boristheanimal6942]

Well the Spaniard did conquer you guys for 333 years

[@dr.migueltorrezedd8651]

@@boristheanimal6942 so true.

[@mikeramirez4405]

While ordering Filipino for the first time I was surprised how familiar some of the dishes appeared. We are definitely brothers.

[@WhiteWolfos]

​@@mikeramirez4405 the dishes are so good and full of taste. It's funny how similar it is

[@rickrogue6993]

Like what Karen said, the Manila-Acapulco trade route brought the exchange of goods and people. My great-great-grandfather was an orphan from Mexico brought over to the Philippines, as told to me by my cousin, who was told by our grandmother. So I have 6.25% Mexican blood (father's side). A very few see my 12.5% Chinese blood when they ask if I have it. Off topic, I saw a video of a lady belonging to an indigenous tribe of Taiwan. She has very round eyes and had facial features that looks like a Filipina or Malay.

[@tikibrown4644]

I’m half Japanese, but I’ve been asked “are you Mexican” more often than I’ve been asked if I was Asian

[@thiagogustavo2830]

are you mexican?? lolololol

[@overpricedhealthcare]

then what's your other half?

[@crayonburry]

From watching street videos of Japan I was surprised to see so many tan individuals, especially people with facial hair. As a Mexican I’d probably mistake as well. Though I have mistaked some of my Mexican friends as Asian as well.

[@satan2182]

@@crayonburry wym they could be asians?Mexican isn't a race

[@chibiromano5631]

I was told by a Vietnamese if I was Philipino or Laotian. I had a wy girl lose her shi* when she heard me speaking Spanish, she thought I was Hmong I was told by many Chiuauans, Regio(monterrey) if I was Burmese or Navajo. I met a Korean girl that said I reminded her of her Korean cousin, when I met her brother, he reminded me of my uncle. When I went to Mexico City(hometwon) and told my friends that the Nortenos thought I was asian, they laughed their tail off. They were like.. have they never met a Mexican from Mexico City before? Plot Tiwst , i later did DNA test, 12% Japanese, 2% Koreanic 3% Khazak Altaic. No pinay at all , but 80% Haplogroup Q between Otomi and Mixtec. Otomi descend from Tibet and also related to Jomon and Ryukun/Okinawan Japanese. Also the 12% came from TULA , Tula is where the Toltecs were from. Toltecs had highest concetration of dna related to Jomon. My grandmas town was known as like a China town pueblo.

[@catplantASMR]

That's so interesting that you pointed about the Asian ancestry in Guerrero! My mom is from Guerrero and when she travels people often times asks her if she's from the Philippines.

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[@jovangonzalez4841]

@@Someone-zx7xd It’s the other way around Asains look Maya/Aztec

[@TheHunnyBeee]

Guerrero are primarily Mayan and not Aztec. Hence their strong Asian appearance. Whereas Aztec/Michoacán Indians look different

[@elysium76]

I get that too

[@randomvirus6747]

My mom is from Guerrero tooo

[@fredysanmiguel4488]

I live in Thailand i am from Peru,,,, and I been confused as a local in Indonesia and the Philipnes ,,,, there is some similarities with South East Asian Countries with Bolivia Peru Ecuador Mexico ,,,,,

[@setiawanyunus5605]

Yeah we have a similar face don’t you? I’m indonesian 😂

[@fredysanmiguel4488]

@@setiawanyunus5605 terimah kasih

[@raymondh7980]

I am from Indonesian and Dutch descendent (Indo), but live in The Netherlands. When I visited California, people really thought I was Mexican or from Peru. It was really funny and so interesting to see how we look so similiar/ familiar. When I was watching this youtube video, the lady looks so familiar to me.

[@kenssthriser133]

😂😂😂😂😂 México no se parece a nada a Bolivia y Perú, nosotros no somos indios y tampoco lampiños. Ustedes si tienen más similitudes con los asiáticos

[@kenssthriser133]

​@@raymondh7980in México no tenemos nada de asiáticos, menos la apariencia, en México la mayoría se ven como libaneses, turcos, son más barbones.

[@ruthgonzalez4789]

I’m Mexican. My grandma said we had Asian ancestry also. I don’t look Asian but some of my relatives do. I did the DNA test and it resulted me the Philippines and Siberia as some of my roots... amazing!!

[@AlquimistaD]

That’s so cool! Philippines was a colony of Spain...and Spaniards actually bought Filipinos to the USA and Mexico since they were really good sea farers...

[@OniMishima]

Filipino is not an ethnicity. Just like “Mexican” is not an ethnicity. The original inhabitants of Philippines are of Malay ancestry. Most modern day Filipinos are ethnically Chinese, with som admixture of other East Asians, South Asian, and Micronesian. Mexicans who have Asian ancestry are Amerindian, who can trace their ancestral roots to the Mayans, Aztecs and Incas who arrived to Central and South America from Polynesia and Micronesia.

[@angelbiscuits]

mexico and the philippines were part of new spain! interestingly, filipinos have their own versions of empanadas, tamales, chocoflan, etc.

[@LilieLira]

@@OniMishima I wouldn't say that most Filipinos are ethnically Chinese. Loads of people have part Chinese ancestry but not everyone. Certainly not the majority of people.

[@macaroni.ravioli]

Can u share which DNA test you purchased?.. There's so many. I would love to take the same one you did.... To see if there's a chance my Mexican roots pull up any filipino also. (as I am Mexican but I am fascinated with the philipines) ----Thank u in advance if u can share the Test Name

[@livenandlove1980]

This is the story of my life. I'm Mexican and people are always telling me I look Asian. Until 1 of my friends said you have very Indegenious features my features started to make sense to me. Then I started meeting Mayan people and it felt uncanny how similar my features are to them. I took a DNA test and yup, I'm 40% Native American. I basically look Native just stretched out. Lol

[@sciencenotstigma9534]

I’ve known people who look the same way, including my child’s father (he is from Chiapas). My family said, “They can’t be Mayan, or they’d be 5 feet tall.” HA! They were wrong. Height can definitely change in one generation. In fact, I can’t believe my family said that. My father is very tall and my mother’s side (even all the men) are quite short. What’s funny is the side with the “short” gene seems to be dominant. I was one of only two cousins who are tall! Because of my dad, I was tall. My children both have tall fathers, but my kids are short. All of my mother’s children, grand nieces and nephews are short. Her grandchildren are Native American (mesoamerican and Native American), black, white, and Latino. All of the grandchildren, grand nieces and nephews of my mom and her siblings are short! Maybe that’s why they thought my kids father would be short, if he had Mayan in him. 😂. Genetics can go either way, up or down, dark or light, in one generation.

[@mrhadouken1013]

The native Americans ancestors are from different parts of Asia so there's reasons why they look similar

[@failyourwaytothetop]

If 40 percent is Native, what's the 60 percent?

[@bobriquardo5317]

Probably a bit of European like most Mexicans have. There's been 500yrs of mixing. I'm actually 60/40 native/europea and Im mexican@@failyourwaytothetop

[@pedrorojas0116]

It took a visit to mexico to make your realize that you have native blood and features lmaoooo, it's well known that we have native and spanish blood don't know why that came off as a shock to you

[@Wilson-sy5ze]

I'm a Filipino. As the trade routes of Spain as you mentioned, a lot of Filipinos settled in Mexico. You can certainly pass as a Filipina.

[@Ericwolf520]

She definitely looks Filipina.

[@mapiasal]

she even sounds Filipina @@Ericwolf520

[@bobtag1220]

started in Barra de Navidad, Mexico

[@brucehur2051]

you look KOREAN.....

[@puntacana7550]

@@brucehur2051not really

[@tigaspinoypower]

Im from the Philippines and our history said some Filipinos travel some parts in Mexico and live there i donno which part or state in mexico but said if you see a bunch of coconuts and make tuba then theres a Filipino descent there...

[@conradsmithlacsina27]

I'm from the Philippines, and you look a lot like any other pretty Filipina. By the way, this is an intelligent and insightful discussion.

[@exudeku]

I mean, we pinoys and the Mexicans have tons of trading during the Colonial Era

[@sumlem]

I've gotten scolded by a Filipino restaurant owner for not being able to speak Tagalog once, amongst other experiences of being racialized. My family is from Acapulco and have a deeper skin tone as well as curly hair. A lot of people outside of Mexico aren't aware about Mexico's multi-racial history or it's caste system

[@commitgetfit5677]

i dont think alot of mexicans are eitherrr, because they act like black mexicans dont exist

[@Elitecommando501]

I got curly hair and I get mistaken for Arab, Jewish, Italian, and black somehow 🤣 I think I got European curly hair not African coily type of curly

[@JesusMartinez-fy3yf]

Get back to Africa

[@ria0991]

African American hair can be wavy, loose curly tight curly and coily to kinky 😂😂 we’re not pure African by anyany means . I have 3 textures on my Head

[@AutoReport1]

It's rather simpler than that - as she says native Americans broadly related to North East Asian people, following migrations trends of thousands of years ago. Now recent migrations don't change much.

[@fashionispasion]

I'm Mexican and I'm always asked if I have asian ancestors. I only know my dads side of the family came from Oaxaca so the information you shared opened my mind to the Philippine/Asian ancestors that lived in that area around the time my grandpa was born . It breaks my heart a little that I'll never completely know their story, so much knowledge that was lost trying to hide their identity when they were being persecuted. Love your channel

[@DiarmuidHayes]

unlikely...most Asian looks in Latam come from Asian ppl that crossed into the Americans a few thousand years ago

[@joselira9342]

if your family are from oaxaca you’re probably very Native American that’s where you get those features. You can also always take a dna test and find out

[@matagringos999]

Very few filipinos were brought to mexico. It was really hard to seatravel during those times and it would take years. Not many filipinos came here. Recent immigration like japnese, chinese and koreans made a bigger impact on mexican genetic makeup.

[@mela6046]

probably in the future there will be a complete DNA test to see if U do have Filipino ethnicity... that IS how today ppL get DUEL citizenship etc. due to DNA also....

[@DiarmuidHayes]

@@matagringos999 if you're genes are so distant you are not going to get any papers... the real explanation i repeat is that indigenous ppl in Mexico are from long back Asian origin.. thousands of years back

[@ralphdominicroque6588]

Im filipino with long hair. I have been mistaken as an indigenous person a few times here in canada.

[@JoeSmith-ym5rv]

Fact: Native Americans have the Mongolian birthmark when they are born! So they are definitely descendants of the Asian-Siberians who crossed the Bering strait 15-35 thousand years ago!

[@Josehernandez-fl8vy]

That’s so true I did my DNA I got 10% Asian and 20% European 70%aztec mejica

[@anagomez9620]

Yes , yes and yes!!!

[@Night_Dragon11]

Siberia was a very important spot and meeting point for two migrations that came out of Africa, the West Eurasians (people where Caucasians came from) and East Eurasians (where East Asians came from), Native Americans are a product of the two being 14-40% West Eurasian and two thirds East Eurasian, who knows why humans chose Siberia, likely the weather.

[@Night_Dragon11]

@Katherine Wilson The term "Asian" is a very broad term, if you mean full East Asians came to America, that's inaccurate, it was Ancient North Eurasian (ANE) men with YDNA Q that took East Eurasian women with MTDNA D as war brides and brought them to the Americas. Native Americans are two thirds (at least 60%) East Eurasians, same ancestry as modern East Asians and 14-40% Ancient North Eurasians, so Native Americans were mostly Asiatic/Mongoloid and partially what we would call Caucasoid.

[@donguello2281]

Why are you screaming?

[@ivanalemann5055]

In Mexico there are people with Asian, Hindu, Middle Eastern and even Caucasian features with clear eyes, Mexico is very diverse in the features of its inhabitants, only that the stereotypes imposed worldwide by American cinema have made the world think that all We are Middle Eastern type with Indian skin color, being that Mexico is a mixed race country

[@hartthv542]

We’re basically mutts 🧍‍♂️

[@DF3R18]

Not Hindu - indigenous yes but not Indian lol We are the cosmic race indeed

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

I studied with kids from Guerrero who were as black as it gets, and kids with blonde hair and green eyes. All of them were as Mexican as nopales, there was no question about it.

[@calebgamer1720]

@@DonVigaDeFierro Mexican born yes especially the darker ones they are natives.. the white ones are Mexican born with European decent

[@janicejacome]

Remember this too .. yes any Latino can look ACHINAITO... n yes sometimes surely Arab. Go way back n Spain had connections w Arabic World. Even the words .. OJALÀ.. take it apart ( means hope to God) Oh Allah!!! More or less . All the "Al "n 'El' beginnings don't have a typical Spanish sound.. we're all cousins in the end, if not brothers

[@jungkookjuice3157]

My dad is Filipino and gets mistaken as Mexican to the point that a bunch of angry old Mexicans get mad at him for not speaking Spanish. Luckily, my mom (who is Mexican) taught my dad a lot of Spanish to handle these situations. Also, I have a few friends who are FULL mexican but look FULL Filipino/a. It's a total switch lol.

[@norvaz94]

Ha! Ha! I understand how your dad feels. They give me dirty looks too. It's because they think we're Mexican and we're just being rude that we're not speaking it. It doesn't help that my last name is Spanish now that I'm married to a Puerto Rican.

[@chestere.9049]

I'm Filipino and at times get mistaken as a foreigner by Filipinos. I haven't even opened my mouth to speak yet. When I do speak in English , they totally light up and tell other people in the area "I told you so". Hahahahah when I was in Hawaii,USA some years ago, Filipinos in Hawaii, were thinking that I was probably from South America. Until they see the Philippine Flag on my military uniform. Even Americans got confused, and asked me if I still know how to speak Filipino? Because my English was American. Sometimes some Filipinos were shy of speaking to me because they really think I'm foreign. Until I speak Filipino. Then they breathe a sigh of relief

[@carlosa7598]

Yeah, last names dont help at all because most of my mom's side of the family is Perez, Hernandez and Mendoza. And i met alot of people in Philippines with the same last names.hahaha

[@Nitzah]

If it makes your Dad feel any better - I’m Mexican/White and people get mad that I’m white washed and because I grew up with my white grandma didn’t learn Spanish as a kid. (Though our community is very Hispanic so my friends have taught me simple things and I’ve learned commonly cultural things by association)

[@espiritucallejero9127]

Lol its the reverse for my aunt. She lives around alot of Phillipinos and theyve gotten upset with her because theyre convinced she was and think she doesnr want to speak tagolog. Lol

[@didi1733]

I'm kazakh. About to do research of finding out that native Americans (before euro invasion) have common dna with us (kazakhs). I suspect Americans more alike with us rather than other Asians. Want to find out that there could be something in common between our mindsets and philosophy. Perhaps That's why this video came out to me as the recommendation.

[@dennismagno9651]

Im Filipino and I love Mexican, Viva Mexico. Visit the Philippines someday.

[@melanieanne2066]

I was sent to the Philippines for two weeks many years ago ( not long before the volcano blew). I took a walk one day, and out of the jungle came these people (Don't know which ethnic group they came from - Agta, Aeta, Ati, Ata or Batak). They just appeared out of nowhere, and were VERY friendly. They were very small, but VERY warm and welcoming. When I got back to the states I started researching them. I was fascinated and delved into anthropology more so than I had before. I really enjoyed it there and would love to visit again.

[@funlanguages7922]

@@melanieanne2066 They are the original settlers , Filipinos are mix of Malay and Indo.

[@paulinagomora1100]

Of course, yes

[@pikaheart5726]

@@funlanguages7922 I think youre referring to the Three Waves Migration Theory. I think that's been less popular among academics in recent years. More focus on the Austronesian Theory now.

[@AndroxxxL]

My father is Filipino, my mother is Mexican. Yeeee..

[@jerryrios1227]

I saw a video from Dan Inosanto who is a Filipino Martial Arts instructor giving a brief history and how some Filipinos were shipped to Mexico and some Mexicans were shipped to the Philippines from the Spanish to try and control the people. It is pretty informative.

[@scrimshaw848]

what do you mean "shipped"? they werent shipped...MASSIVE numbers of people took paying jobs on spanish galleons and lots of people stayed in the countries they travelled to. there is truth and then there is a narrative meant to push an agenda.

[@enduring_the_struggle1319]

Yes thats so tru. Also alot of philipino words are Spanish. My grandpas last name was Vizcarra. He was Philipino.I know mexicans with the same last name straight from Mexico.

[@chibiromano5631]

They weren't shipped, they were part of the crew of the Manila Galleon. There were also Italian and Portugese in the crew. But it was Mayan of Yucatan, Tlaxcalans of Puebla and Mexica from Mexico City that joined the Manila Galleon. The majoirty of the crew was Native American. They settled in Santos City and over time the langauge of CHAVUCANO developed. It has 30% Nahuatl influence. It also trickled into Tagalog. Manila Galleon would sail from San Diego/ San Francisco California into Philipines then return to Acapulco Mexico connecting goods and people of E.Asia, N&S America, W Europe. I'm not sure why this is suddendly news. in California you have to read about about the Manila Galleon. I'm not sure why schools in Mexico & Philipines never taught this at school.

[@robertoh3633]

@@enduring_the_struggle1319 last year the president's last name of Perú is Vizcarra

[@lu0198]

@@chibiromano5631 my moms family is named Santos and they’re from Estado de Mexico. I wonder if there’s any relation to this?

[@johngoodman1540]

The reason why some Mexicans--and other Native Americans--look Asian is simple: because the migration that took place during the initial settling of this continent came from Asia via the Bering Land Bridge that once connected the two continents, meaning that the American continent's first people were of Asian ancestry. Add to it that for over three hundred years the Spanish colony in Manila communicated with Spain through Mexico because the Manila galleons that sailed annually from Manila to Acapulco, Mexico, so undoubtedly there were many Filipinos and other Asians who came from Manila (Manila was the center of the Spanish trade hub in Asia) and put down roots in Mexico via this trade route. There have also been many Chinese and Japanese immigrants who were brought over as cheap labor to work in agriculture and mining enterprises in Mexico (the Boleo copper mining enterprise, in Santa Rosalia, Baja California, comes to mind) I once had a Filipina wife and whenever we traveled in Mexico it was a regular occurrence that Mexicans we encountered along the way would automatically assume she was my Mexican wife (I'm a bilingual white American who grew up in Mexico) and would start speaking to her in Spanish...which usually got a giggle out of her as she doesn't speak the language.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

But why don't Native Americans look as Asian as a lot of Mexican Americans?

[@MusMasi]

Beat me to it man.

[@CGJUGO80]

There were humans in North and South America long before the Bering Land Bridge

[@CamiloAdaimeJimenez]

Exacto, los indigenas americanos provienen de Asia.

[@CamiloAdaimeJimenez]

Hubieron 2 corrientes migratorias que poblacion el continente americano: una provenia de Asia y la otra de las islas del Pacifico. Luego llegaron los europeos y los africanos@@CGJUGO80

[@MonicalovesTAEMIN]

I’m also Mexican and I’m told I look Asia. I lived in Japan for 6 years (2016-2022) and traveled throughout Asia, and people told me I truly looked Asian. When I told them I was Mexican, they looked confused. I never really paid attention to that when I lived in USA because there’s diversity in the gene pool population, but when I moved to Japan, it was mentioned to me constantly. I accepted and actually noticed that my whole family looks Asian 😆. I thought that was just my family’s normal look. 😅

[@EnidWellness]

It is.

[@Raymund38TVM]

Try to travel in Philippines 😂 because ask a filipino I already travel in Mexico, and Mexican think I am a Mexican too 😂 but I said no I am a Filipino then they start laughing to my accent because it's almostly same as Mexican Accents.

[@fernandoandres99]

¡Hola a todos! Soy de Filipinas y a mí me da gusto que unos mexicanos se empiecen a enterar que tienen raíces en Asia o en mi país. Llevo un año y 4 meses aprendiendo español e hice muchos amigos mexicanos. Nos tratamos como hermanos por mucha similitud de los dos países en la cultura, las costumbres, la religión, las comidas y la apariencia física de la gente. Una evidencia de los mexicanos que vinieron aquí es la creación de un idioma crillo que se llama "Chavacano". Hay algunos dialectos del chavacano pero se dice que el de la ciudad de Zamboanga fue originado del español mexicano. También hay una municipalidad en la provincia de Pampanga que se llama "Mexico". Ojalá la relación entre Filipinas y México vuelva a revivir. Les mando unos abrazos virtuales a mis hermanos mexicanos y Saludos desde Filipinas.

[@leothor7128]

Así es, tenemos muchos lazos históricos, pero se habían olvidado por décadas, hasta que llegaron las peleas entre Manny Paquiao vs Rafael Marquez je je je

[@fernandoandres99]

@@leothor7128 jajaja es cierto.

[@jennielarios7692]

Hola amigo Filipino!

[@gabrielfloreso4552]

hola soy venezolano en Costa Rica y tengo un amigo filipino,aprendi mucho de su tierra

[@fernandoandres99]

@@jennielarios7692 ¡Hola amiga mexicana!

[@viridianaalejandre318]

Soy mexicana, del norte de Veracruz. Viviendo en España y Alemania la gente me pregunta directamente si soy filipina, vietnamita o tai

[@carbonsnail014]

My sister-in-law is from Vera Cruz she looks Black and Asian.

[@---nj7hl]

I get a lot if I'm Fililina or if I'm mixed. Have family that was born in Veracruz.

[@carbonsnail014]

@Carlos Martínez: Stay safe and healthy during this pandemic my friend.

[@tandolorosathundersea4753]

Your face is a story, a history, of your family, your people, and above all, yourself! Tu rostro es un cuento, una historia, de tu família, de tu raza, y sobre todo, tú misma!

[@marcelow8947]

Beautiful

[@SonnyGulanesPH]

My Grandmother once visited her sister who immigrated to the U.S. They were near the border in SoCal when immigrations officers spoke to them in Spanish so they replied in Spanish. They were almost deported to Mexico had she not brought her Filipino passport. People sometimes forget that 3+ generations ago everyone in the Philippines spoke Spanish and not a word in English. You wouldn't be able to distinguish Mexican from Filipino back then. Same physical appearance, same language, and same Spanish names. Filipinos now speak English and have American First names. We retain the Spanish surname.

[@gabetiongco4783]

Lmao so US immigration officers saw your poor Filipina Lola just minding her own business visiting family in SoCal, assumed she came here illegally through the southern border, and then tried to deport her to Mexico cause she spoke Spanish??? Wtf America 🤣🤦🏻

[@AndreaHernandez-7722]

Wow facts

[@troyelam8978]

Filipinos on average do not look like Mexicans. They favor, but you can clearly see they are not the same race. So, as far as them being indistinguishable, that simply isn’t true. Also, Mexicans have far more Spanish blood than Filipinos have. I don’t know why that’s the case, but it obviously is.

[@WhiteWolfos]

​@@troyelam8978 not sure I guess it depends on the area. My family in the states get confused for Filipino all the time including strangers telling me too except we're from Mexico. DNA ancestry reveals that the native American side stems from Asia between 5,000-50,000 years ago. So perhaps that's why many natives can get confused for Asians as the face structure has similarities.

[@AndreaHernandez-7722]

@@troyelam8978 messed up that was true

[@markusberndkrause2858]

Thanks for the interesting facts. I didn’t knew them. Greetings from Australia.

[@grimeeeeey]

I'm Mexican and even Mexicans ask me if I'm Syrian or middle eastern. It happens so often that it makes me wonder if I have Middle eastern blood.

[@adorableaaliyah7004]

Same here sister! I actually found out I'm turkish as well.

[@serdnae]

Long ago, before the discovery of the Americas, much of Spain was conquered and ruled by Muslims. During the hundreds of years of rule, migrants came to Spain from many parts of the Muslim world (North Africa, Arabia, Persia, etc). Many Spanish immigrants to Mexico likely have the DNA of those Muslim ancestors that came to Spain. Mexicans truly are a mixed bunch lol.

[@mohamedgaiyte2808]

Muslim/middle Easterns ruled Spain for more than 800 years ,that was way before the discovery of South America , alot of Spaniards has middle Eastern blood , those same Spaniards colonized Mexico and Latin America, so there's alot people in Mexico with middle-East blood.

[@yuanruichen2564]

Lebanese?

[@juanmccoy3066]

The Moors conquered Spain and inter bred with the people of Spain long before the Spaniards came to the Americas. So long ago in fact that Spain was able to be conquered and retake their country before going on to conquer the Americas. This is why Spanish has a lot of arabic elements like the use of the words El or Al for example. Spanish and thus Mexican people even have arabic sur names like Ulibarri, Baca, and the suffix "ez" as in martinez and hernandez means "the son of" and was commonly used by moors at the time of the moorish invasion and became part of Spanish sur names. Martinez or "the son of Martin" So yes it is not only possible but quite probable that you and other Mexicans and latin American people share genetic markers with arabic people. Not enough to identify or label one as an arab or middle easterner but certainly enough to have a resemblance. My family is European based Spanish American and my father was often mistaken for being an arab man and one woman from the middle east even asked him to marry her so she could get her green card and not stray from her faith lol he obviously declined. This is a very important part of history, its a shame so many Mexicans have shunned the Spanish side of their history, Mexico as an independant nation is only a couple of centuries old. There is much more history to embrace. It belongs to you.

[@amunra5330]

The ancestors of Native Americans were from Asia. Genetics have said that for years. Not sure why this is mystery.

[@andresc5915]

It depends... there was a land bridge, but they have been discovering different early human remains that bring that theory into question.

[@theman9048]

@@andresc5915 all the remains show they were from Asia.

[@theman9048]

@@andresc5915 no it's based off DNA and archeological evidence. Both of which support the land bridge theory.

[@theman9048]

@@andresc5915 u don't understand how DNA works. Taking different test to find ethnic identity isn't exact science when u talking about telling the difference between two close groups of Europeans in the past 500 years. Which is different from testing connection between people in the past 10,000 years. The markers are clear. DNA test vary from companies because of sample size not interpretation.

[@theman9048]

@@andresc5915 secondly if humans were in America before the strait u still have to explain were they came from. All modern humans came from Africa so u still have to explain how they came to America.

[@Araseli-s3n]

It’s like being Puerto Rican. Just 2 days ago I was asked if I was Persian by Persian ! I get asked if I am Indian by Indians and even if I am Armenian by Armenians. Mexicans are the ones that always know I am Puerto Rican. And Black peoples see the African in me. It’s so interesting how mixing African, Spanish, Portuguese with a little Taino Indian makes me look Persian. It’s like mixing the colors when I was a kid in Art class.

[@Solek95]

Os afrodescendentes enxergam todos os povos que não são descendentes de europeus como subsaarianos. 😅 Cristiano Ronaldo por ter nascido em português é branco pros Yankees, mas a irmã dele nascida no Brasil é "latina" . O Brasil tem a maior colônia de italianos sendo 80% do norte da bota em compensação os descendentes de italianos dos EUA a maioria são do sul e eles tem a mesma opinião sobre isso. A segunda língua mais falada no Brasil é o alemão e a terceira seria os dialetos italianos e a própria língua italiana.

[@jimbodice2672]

Yet as a white dude I get y'all browns mixed up and I'm rascist.

[@erne75]

@@Solek95 The German and Italian being spoken in Brazil is a more recent occurrence. Think after WW2. I know many White Brazilians with German last names...

[@Dan-the-man-]

As a Puerto Rican from the states people assume I'm from Trinidad or Italy.... Wepa

[@jakeg3733]

There are only so many possible phenotypes in humans I guess. Or, it could be thanks to Spaniard heritage. Spain having been under occupation by Berbers, Moors, Arabs, etc. for hundreds of years there has to be some middle eastern DNA in Spaniards

[@vivyanaconners4416]

I am asian, and people think I'm mexican sometimes. I met a lot of spanish people who talk to me in Spanish, and I feel so awkward sometimes because I only knew few Spanish haha and have to say I'm asian. 😅

[@techniguy]

look up a Mexican show called "Los que llegaron" explains how a lot of cultures got to Mexico including from asian countries

[@hectorcardenas2171]

Yeah, but those stories are relatively recent. 🙄 Not so much insight can be taken from that show.

[@tonyminutti5277]

@@hectorcardenas2171 most Asians in Mexico are recent migrants (from the 1800’s to today as in recent Mexican history)

[@hectorcardenas2171]

@@tonyminutti5277 50 to 70 years is recent history.

[@ninjareflex]

Lol I've watched every episode. Pretty interesting. I believe those episodes were filmed around 2010-2012 ish

[@vincedelfi3141]

Galleon trade between Acapulco Mexico and Manila Philippines for over 300 years!

[@DF-hl2ds]

I'm mostly Mexican (mestizo) by blood, but I really enjoy how "confusing" I look to other people. LOL. Indians, Arabs, and Persians think I'm one of them sometimes; every Latino thinks Spanish is my first language, especially when I travel; and the occasional African or European thinks I'm mixed with them (which is true, but many generations back). Oh the joys of looking kind of like everyone else.

[@thetrickster9885]

Wtf is your pfp a fricking socicitca

[@AYYYLMAOOOOO]

@@thetrickster9885 it appears to be a swastika from eastern religion. Hitler took it and turned it into a hate symbol. You can see the symbol in various anime.

[@thetrickster9885]

@@AYYYLMAOOOOO I know man, I am from that "eastern religion" better known as sanatan dharma, that above comment was written for the memes xD

[@AYYYLMAOOOOO]

@@thetrickster9885 ahhh lol. Wasn’t sure of the particular religion so I just said eastern haha

[@chrisk9613]

A Maori actor (Polynesian) played a very convincing Mexican gangster in Training Day. Lol.

[@shervinmarsh2456]

I'm teaching in Taiwan. I came here from Texas, where many of my students were of Hispanic heritage. I had expected my Taiwanese students to look sharply Asian (the stereotype I had in my mind) but they didn't. They just looked like all the students I had taught in Texas.

[@NEPALESE.AMERICAN]

That's not possible . Only if all the students in your class were Asian .

[@kevinportillo1971]

@@NEPALESE.AMERICAN his comment is a highlight of the resemblance of hispanic-native children and asian (south east) children. They do look alike.

[@Sporkonafork1]

That’s super interesting to hear as a Hispanic dude from Texas.

[@ashokathegreat4534]

Were you there to spread christianity under the poor?

[@spoopystories6772]

@@ashokathegreat4534 I think he’s a music teacher..

[@xtinafusco]

Very interesting!! Not in Mexico, but when I was in Argentina, many people mistook me as native/indigenous mix and were surprised when I told them I'm fully Chinese. When I'm tan, people often say Hola/Gracias to me in NYC too lol.

[@btd389]

My family is of 100% Japanese descents but some of us actually looks more like Latino or have Caucasian-like facial features. Our country consists of 4 distinctively different genetic groups of people, which are Jomon, Yayoi, Ainu and Ryukyu, and I am a typical Jomon, who meant to be hairier, darker, bigger boned and tend to have rounder eyes and more chiseled face. I now live in the US and regularly visit Southwest- the reservations, where I get asked if I am a Native American / Caucasian mix, while I have been spoken to in Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and oddly enough, in Danish once 😅

[@Alias_Anybody]

Danish probably cause Greenland Inuit which are quite closely related to the first inhabitants of Japan would probably understand it.

[@Orgruul]

Wonder how you'd look compared to the usual Yayoi Japanese haha. Kurosawa's films seemed to employ alot of heavy bearded Jomons on set including the famous Mifune and Nakadai

[@Solek95]

The term "Latino" doesn't make sense to most Brazilians because we have diverse origins, including the second language spoken in Brazil is German and then Italian dialects and we also have 2 million Japanese descendants.

[@Sixdioz]

@@Solek95It doesn’t make sense because Brazilian’s are not Latinos

[@aboogie797]

@@Solek95Yeah Brazil got taken over by the Euros long ago..

[@dswan1418]

Proof that we are all more connected than we think! Super cool history lession, gracias por compartir!

[@LaKarencitaMX]

Thanks for watching

[@lilyoaks]

Yes! This planet looks like more of a neighborhood every day.

[@dmoney1219]

As master Yodi would say. Educated she is. If we would fact check some of our suppressed history. We would find at Sanskrit is the old language in the world.And with that first human race.Indians were all over man continents.

[@balazskiss985]

@@LaKarencitaMX cuz they are from mongolia kzbin.info/www/bejne/hovSaIiYraiYnLM

[@angelusvastator1297]

Agreed

[@roblowry5672]

I am Vietnamese and am often mistaken for being Mexican (especially when I grow facial hair). During my recent vacation in Mexico, I had numerous locals speak to me in Spanish. Approximately 12,000 years ago, people from northern China migrated north and across the Baring Sea into Alaska, then trickled down through the Americas. This is why there are so similarities between all of these indigenous people from north through south America. We are all connected.

[@SMCwasTaken]

Learn Spanish it's a beautiful language

[@timothychung4811]

How come your name is not Vietnamese as Lowry is not? I was born in Vietnam and lived there until I was 8. It has been hypothesized that the Chinese sailed to the Americas long before Christopher Columbus as historians used the ancient architects of Central and South Americas as similar to the Chinese.

[@JohnnyDratewka]

Stop lying, Asians can't grow facial hair. Asian men so often look like little children till they get really, really old so you can tell with no doubt that they're old af

[@_ata_3]

It happens. You can understand this why it happens or get offended like some people do 🙄

[@nimaiiikun]

Siberia not China

[@ScreenPrintR]

The Karen Cita, One reason for me and some of my cousins, well, we're mixed. I'm 25% Japanese and my cousins are 50%. Yup, we all look like you. My junior high school math teach told me that Asians did migrate to south American before Spain, England, France and Italy came over. Thank you for your video. I struggle trying to learn Spanish, lol

[@chuyrox]

I am from northern México and people from Turkey spoke to me in Turkish, because they thought I was from their country. We are truly a mixed country.

[@Moniiuri97]

Yes! I recently googled this because I found so many physical similarities and it shooked me to know that there was a Turkish immigration during El Porfiriato and my thoughts were correct. I'm from the north of Mexico too (:

[@asterioduran7733]

@@Moniiuri97 mexico is a cross road country just like the Philippines that's why you could find different looking individuals, see Solomon's Gold some of it could be mere speculation while some are true

[@ninokikira3623]

Mexico’s international relations are based on helping other countries and support their sovereignty. Lots of countries who were in wars or slavery went here looking for job or go to USA. That’s why we are a mix of lots of nations

[@miraclemaiyaki8298]

si necesitas un hacker legítimo que piratee facebook, instagram y whatsapp y haga la recuperación de iCloud y sea honesto y no haga trampa, echa un vistazo (tanko_tools__) en instagram, me ayudó a poder verificar la cuenta de whatsapp de mis novios

[@cosmoray9750]

notícias da China kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpfHhp-Aib-XeMU

[@MBoy535]

My grandparents are from Guerrero and my mom gets asked if she's Philippine all her life! So informative! Thank you Karen. Saludos, besos y un fuerte abrazo

[@Sayuri_Morningstar]

I'm mexican and my family and friends have always talk about my Asian appearance but I never saw myself as asian-like, just a little. Everything changed when I went to China to study, I was shocked because many people thought I was Chinese.

[@AdanSensei]

Inguesuuuu! Sometimes I get asked if I'm Asian when I speak asian languages... never really thought deep about it, but now seeing that Guerrero had influx of indonesia and philippines makes a ton of sense. My family is from Guerrero so I'm pretty sure I have some part of this in me!!

[@TheRealBizWiz]

*I’m Mexican and people confuse me with all types of colors, ethnicities, races and backgrounds.* I’ve heard white, Asian, mixed, Iranian, I’ve been called all types of things. I don’t care what you call me as long as I have a seat at your dinner table to enjoy some of that cultural food. 😄

[@dustincana1906]

So your dalmatian now?

[@TheRealBizWiz]

@@dustincana1906 Eh?

[@iwaterboy2396]

GOOD ONE BRO!

[@Mtrl-newer]

You should be happy that nobody call you alien 👽.

[@-xnnybimb-9398]

Mexicans kind of do that to themselves by acting like they are a race

[@kp2xd340]

En México jamás faltará tu amigo o amiga al que le dicen "Chino" o "China".

[@soymanco3574]

La neta

[@jlm5078]

Por supuesto, todos tenemos un amigo a una amiga al que le digamos chino o china porque tiene los ojos rasgados.

[@Iunanec]

Es también el caso en Ecuador. De hecho, una compañera me contó que cuando se fue a Disneylandia, se le acercó una familia hablando en chino y ella les tuvo que explicar en su inglés masticado que ni era china ni sabía chino, jajaja.

[@sants2674]

Y es porque parecen chinos o tienen el pelo chino, siempre

[@allycooper4224]

Soy hondureña y conosco a varios "el chinito"

[@norvaz94]

I'm Filipino and almost everyone thinks I look Mexican. Like the comedian Jo Koy would say "Filipinos are asians that look Mexican."

[@yogitam2372]

LOL

[@suzanneseiple191]

Jo Koy’s a trip😂

[@freyafoxmusic]

Ahahaha so true ! I love him saw him live 4 times

[@marioguti9887]

You do look Latina from your profile picture

[@norvaz94]

@@marioguti9887 People have mistaken me for Mexican since I was a kid. There were 2 times in my life someone guessed I was Filipino and another asked if I was Asian. Ha! Ha! Sometimes when I smile you can see the Asian in my eyes and I have the big Filipino nose. :p. Ha! Ha!

[@Alpeueli]

We Love You, Asian and Mexican.🇹🇷

[@jessecanales611]

I’m what they call a “HAPA” I’m Hawaiian/Japanese on my dads side and 100% Mexican on my moms side. My moms family is from Tamaulipas and Oaxaca. A few of my dads family has met my moms side and they were completely confused. They wondered why my moms side looked just like them. Lol Asian or Pacific Islander. I’m very proud of my cultural backgrounds and don’t feed into one over the other. The only thing I find odd is how well my Japanese family related to my Mexican family. It’s like they knew each other from the start and even keep in touch till this day. All the peace and love from a proud Mexican/Hawaiian/Japanese boy. 🤙🏼

[@janetmcarthur5257]

There were likely some Polynesians that went to Mexico as well. They traveled very far by sea.

[@reii9554]

heyyy i’m japanese and mexican too. also you’re from hawaii aren’t you? if so, so am i :)

[@nickb839]

They could actually know each other from past lives or some shit and have a spiritual connection. anything is possible I’m not even oriental but 2% Native American and the shit shows up in my eyes.

[@marcor121088]

Wow what a beautiful mix of cultures.

[@jaysteve8048]

There is no such Mexican as a "100% Mexican"

[@dotdotdotdotdotdotdottod]

as an asian i would often make that mistake with a few of my "hispanic" friends. i invited one of my friends to my house and imidently my father thought she was from the phlipines or thailand it wasent untill he asked when she told us she was from mexico and we where all shooked😂

[@homerdada5533]

actually people from the philippines and mexico travelled back and forth for hundreds of years.... remember the galleon trade? some filipino sowed their oaths and the same the other was around

[@RoxanneGutierrez010]

Same! I'm second generation from South Texas. But I've been asked if I'm Philipina, Armenian or Persian... Very interesting.

[@veke_cc]

I'm Filipino/Mexican sometimes I get told I look to Asian or I look to Hispanic 😭 I'm like what is that supposed to mean😃

[@alegarrido8504]

My mother's family always claimed to be just basque and Spanish until I researched the origins and we're from an ancestor that was from the Philippines and came to Mexico from Chile in the 19th century Now everyone hates me because I proved we're not just white european

[@Czarina888777]

And they should be so excited to learn their heritage. But I understand. It was ingrained in some latinos that the more spanish passing they were the higher in society they could aspire. Colonialism really did a number on us all.

[@ritacampbell3833]

My grandfather was from the Basque Country in Spain. My parents were from Mexico. Once I really asked my mom over and over if I had any American Indian ancestors. Finally she told me Yaqui. They are as it turns out related to Athabaskan, from Alaska, and that is where I live now. When I visited Italy, especially Florence, I was mistaken for a Florentine. I have been mistaken for a great many nationalities, Pakistani, Israeli, Japanese, Greek, and so on.

[@ritacampbell3833]

@@Czarina888777 what you say is true, historically and as well by my life experience, I agree. Good observation.

[@RicochetForce]

@@Czarina888777 Yeah, Europeans did EVERYTHING in their power to portray anything and anyone that didn't have European blood or culture as backwards or non-human.

[@Jasmine0Brooke]

Mexican-Philippine trade

[@jeffl8725]

Great video. Thank you. So funny that in Nicaragua we also say “chinita” but in an endearing manner… in fact, that was my mother-in-law’s nickname. Filipinos always come up to her speaking Tagalog. 🤣

[@TwistedLyfofTV]

When I was in Spanish class my teacher told me my Spanish name was Chinita. Real name Chanese, but it wasn't until this video that I understand why she picked that name. 😊

[@Raymund38TVM]

​@@TwistedLyfofTV in Philippines all whiter Man and Woman called "Chinita if Woman" and "Chinito if Man" that is also Spanish words that even Mexican and Spain that understand by anyone. Just like "Iho" means young man, if girl "iha" means young woman. 😂😂

[@SyifaAdriana]

I just found your channel! Yes to more solo female travel creator :)

[@LaKarencitaMX]

Wow. I'd never imagined having a message from you. I've been following you since you were in Vietnam. 🤗 If you consider travelling to México, I'll be happy yo show you around.

[@SyifaAdriana]

@@LaKarencitaMX Oh really?! That’s so nice to know I didnt know that because I have never seen your comment. Yes I would loveee to go to Mexico once I venture out to South America. Thank you so much! I have subscribed to your channel. Are you currently in the UK? ☺️☺️☺️

[@LaKarencitaMX]

I think I wrote you a comment once. I'm one of those silent subscribers... I shouldn't be as I also have a channel haha. I'm in Mexico now. If you're interested, you're welcomed

[@khaiophirgrad7717]

Welcome to the "thank you stingray" world aka Filipina

[@tonilts7235]

@@SyifaAdriana sini ke merauke, cobain sate rusa dan kangguru..sekalian pelsiar ke perbatasan.

[@animeroxperiod123]

Im 3/4th black and a quarter Japanese my japanese side of the family were out into the camps here in America and it was actually helpful to my mom to be half black because she often was thought to be phillipino by others. I knew there was a huge japanese population in central and south america esspecially Brazil but i didnt know why. Thank you for making this video!

[@rezSH369]

I’m from Acapulco and I’m always confused with being Asian 😂 I see why now ! Thank you for the info 🌼

Hola, here from Acapulco as well. ♥️

[@vincedelfi3141]

Be aware you have primos in manila Philippines because of the galleon trade between Manila and Acapulco for 300 years!

[@TheTechiePinoyFoodie]

You probably have Pinoy/Filipino lineage just like yours truly.

[@dianaflores2483]

Here in Acapulco is like you're asian or Black hahahahaha

[@tanmngl7632]

Hey you have a filipino descent HAHHAH because Philippines and Mexican trade for 300 years HAHAHAHA

[@loreman7267]

The ancestors of American natives must have passed through Japan on the way to the Bering Land Bridge. I'm from the UK, but I've noticed resemblances between the Sioux and Japanese, just at first glance.

[@antoniotottojr]

im from the philippines (i have brown skin.. not the light one) and when i was travelling in south america, i feel like i blend in perfectly. hehehe i dont stand out in the crowd of latinos and latinas which is great. i can easily walk around without being noticed. hehehe

[@ajalbetjr]

My wife is Mexican (I'm American), born in Oaxaca (Tierra Blanca) and we've had deep discussions about Mexico's AMAZINGLY DIVERSE population; many many Americans have no clue whatsoever about Mexico's history which easily explains this richness... Thank you for this video! My wife spoke to me about Mexico's large Chinese population that occurred as America's rail system was established at the end of the 1800's... Another example: many people also are not aware of Mexco's large Lebanese population (or the large Lebanese presence in South America in general)... There's so much history to discuss!! Thanks for this video!!

[@workingrich8464]

Shakira

[@CalienteFrijoles]

Wow, I didn’t know that! That’s fascinating. Thank you for sharing

[@virginiacreager4331]

My husband is from Mexico but his great grandparents were Syrian and Turkish Jewish refugees who fled with many other to Mexico around the First World War. They did not even speak the same language because it was an arranged marriage so Spanish became their common language.

[@tornaperinso1484]

We own Taquitos al Pastor to Middle Eastern immigrants.

[@WheresMiguel]

Very true , peso pluma himself is Lebanese

[@jumpiam8477]

Yep! It's very common for people to confuse between Mexican and Asian. I'm Thai. It's many people talk to me in Spanish. Some people even thought I'm a Native American or I come from Alaska or Hawaii 😅

[@dquarks]

Muchas gracias por la historia de Mexico ! Me gusta mucho !

[@elizasanchez9840]

Thank you for the story of Mexico, I loved it.

[@southernguru1455]

Im mexican. Ive always felt we were long lost siblings somehow i just couldnt point it out. This is something very nice to learn about. Much love to all my brothers and sisters in the phillipines!

[@RusticRonnie]

I thought it was common knowledge that humans cane over to the Americas very recently, The indigenous people came across an ice bridge not that long before the Europeans, only like a thousand years

[@southernguru1455]

@@RusticRonnie man brother school misinformed us alot. The more undeniable truths come out the less everything they taught us makes sense whatsoever. At this day and age how do they know exactly how long ago what event took place etc etc. The one and only thing that helps us piece the puzzle together is like I said real genuine undeniable evidence. The things that simply cannot be discredited is what's telling us the real story. But hey we're all learning

[@dulcebautista1437]

I worked at the LAX airport for a while and the number of people that would come up to me and speak to me in different languages then ask if I was Philippina, Indian, mixed Chinese, vietnamese, Cambodian... nope, Mexican 😘.

[@michaelbautista5803]

Im from the Philippines...you look like one of my cousins. My lastname is also Bautista😉👍

[@d4yz44]

@@michaelbautista5803 I'm mexican and my last name is Bautista too😳hey cousins

[@michaelbautista5803]

Hi cousin Daisy! Whats funny is Im Asian but my name is American (Michael) my moms lastname is Rubio (which is a Hispanic name) and my dad is Bautista (also Hispanic name). Im pretty much screwed and mixed up 😂🤣😂🤣

[@dulcebautista1437]

Hi cousins! Lol

[@michaelbautista5803]

Do you guys have facebook?

[@gustherealtor9876]

I was born in Acapulco, Guerrero. Now it makes sense 10% Filipino with indigenous features. No wonder why they spoke Tagalog to me in Manila. They thought I was embarrassed of being Filipino. Thanks for sharing your video.

[@Ste.fun.e]

Both my parents are also from Acapulco and once in Europe a group of Filipinos spoke to me in Tagalog 😂

[@gustherealtor9876]

@@Ste.fun.e 😅 did you know there's also afro Mexican roots out there?

[@iskinder008]

A good percentage of people in Guerrero shows this DNA connection with he Philippines. Some people in GUERRERO even have native Philippine last names.

[@iskinder008]

@@gustherealtor9876 Yes indeed, but the MAIN subject of this video is the arrival in MX of people from Asia and the Philippines in more recent times.

[@komander2534]

There was a Filipino governor of Guerrero in 1951 to 1954, His name is Alejandro Gomez Maganda..

[@Kami84]

Indigenous people came from Asia over the Bering land bridge as you said. You are beautiful.

[@gordonlewis9377]

Not all of us.

[@callen8908]

I really enjoyed this. It’s wonderful that there is diversity, but also connection between different ethnicities. All one big family

[@georgejesson1944]

All one race, the human race.

[@Rulyo38]

​@@georgejesson1944This politically correct non-sense has been debunked already by serious specialists. One human specie but several races.

[@vandysfam]

@@georgejesson1944 yea - perhaps if we eventually colonize Mars - and perhaps in hundreds of years reach other galaxies - we'll simply be called earthlings - humans. Then all confusion will be gone when compared to aliens (assuming any are out there...)

[@Rulyo38]

@@vandysfam I used to think same but just as thinking that if all humans mix together, there will be no more racism, this idea is utopic. It will just divide us more again.

[@norrisbethke7770]

Working for an airline and have traveled a lot..so many cultures look like other cultures and races..very interesting to do an ancestry test..I was mistaken and very surprised about my own..thx for the vid 🙏🏻🕊

[@samatrein8212]

Yep, as the video states lots of latinos look like south asians; but others look middle eastern, and some even hindi, pakistaní or Afro. I think racial diferentiation is something mainly cared about by old colonial powers that build their sense of superiority from race or skin color, in the global south we are all brown.

[@norrisbethke7770]

@@samatrein8212 yes, surprised Crayola didn’t take the black, brown, red, and yellow out of their crayon boxes 😮

[@henryperez606]

@@samatrein8212 I believe they did it just to confuse the crap out of Americans

[@meenki347]

I'm a half Korean and half Scott Irish, Norte Americano. And people say that I look Peruvian. Which is fine with me. Subscribed!

[@piedramultiaristas8573]

Some Perivuan has japanese ancestry and maybe chinise allmost all country have chinise ancestry lol

[@markjakker2091]

Well you do look Peruvian

[@meenki347]

@@markjakker2091 Thanks!

[@thexingfu443]

I’ve heard that biracial people are smarter than their counterparts. Would that be something you would agree to!?

[@meenki347]

@@thexingfu443 I'm certainly not stupid enough to say that I'm smarter than anyone else. However, I was raised by parents that had in some cases, two diametrically opposed positions, So, I did have to rectify my personal position on these matters, Which eventually lead to the proposition of seeing the "grain of truth" in everyone's position. And hence to the Postmodernist hypothesis that everything is more or less OBJECTIVE!

[@tahiryandrianiriana]

There is no more confusing face than ours Malagasy people (from Madagascar). Because of a large variety of settlers from around the world (mainly from Indonesia/ Malaisie, West africans, and ancient arabic tribes) we have so many facial features that can be related to many races. In one day I can be confused as a philipino, a mexican or an indian. When I worked at front desk of a hotel, we once had guests from Thaïlande and I saw in their eyes that they wanted so much to speak with me in thaï. Everytime I enter in a little grocery shops (they are usualy owned by indian or pakistanese people here in Paris) they always ask if I am from Bengladesh ahahah

[@deniseroquefranco5298]

Yo soy de Puebla y todo el tiempo me dicen que parezco Japonesa, Coreana o China. Soy maestra y por mucho tiempo mis estudiantes creían que venía de Asia.

[@luisalexisponcerojas8389]

De hecho yo tengo una profesora en Puebla qué tiene orígenes koreanos yo le preguntaba si tenía orígenes asiáticos y me dijo que sí qué curioso

[@rcortez911]

I’m Mexican, when I went to the Philippines everyone thought I was Filipino

[@philjones3824]

Mabuhay!

[@maggiemonroe7299]

That’s probably because you’re Spanish and Asian… if you go back far enough, same difference

[@pepey1253]

Even she looks Filipino 😂

[@dennisconrad6124]

Well I was going to get on and leave a comment but then read yours. When people say “Asian” I think they mean like Filipina. Both Mexicans and people of the Philippines if you go back 5-600 years, basically have a lot of the same ancestry. I was married to a Filipina. I’m in Mexico as I’m writing this. I see women all the time and think,, she looks just like my ex-wife.

[@rcortez911]

@@philjones3824 cómo estás

[@izzie.bellie]

I’m Asian- and for the longest time I also thought that John Quinones (from the TV show “what would you do?”) was Asian too 🤣

[@green_eye_gossip]

His last name throws me off

[@omardogknifemartinez2751]

His nickname as a child was Chino. In fact, Chino is a common nickname in Mexico. Lots of Asian blood in my Mexican peeps.

[@XDmrcookiemonster]

what if he changed his last name too XD

[@prosimian]

He looks very Native American

[@tyme2067]

@@omardogknifemartinez2751 yes bro, my dad has friends and I have friends nicknamed "Chino" or "El Chino" he even has him as that for his contact name

[@aliasmari]

I❤love Mexico and Mexicans, I used to live in California where I had a lot of great close friends

[@karla4799]

Very interesting video. I love how Latinos don't have one specific look. I had friends from Mexico who looked white. I'm from El Salvador and growing up people often though I was a white/black biracial kid. My niece who also has both parents from El Salvador looks Chinese and often has to speak Spanish to prove sh'es not lying about being Latino. Love how we have so many different looks but we can all communicate in a single language.

[@Chris.Cubias]

Both of my parents are from El Salvador. I live in a Neighborhood with many Filipinos here in the States. Whenever I meet someone for the first time, they assume I’m Filipino and get shocked when I tell them im actually full Latino. One guy even greeted me in Tagalog at the Filipino Supermarket once. We are all just related somehow lol

[@_ph_9415]

That's cool 😮

[@renzogallegos5877]

Nah. we aren't

[@Averyr91]

A lot of people in my hs thought I was Asian, and I apparently didn’t know until someone called me Asian and I told them I was Mexican. Then the entire class who I didn’t even think was listening was shocked and asked if I was sure. 😭

[@carloregalado7751]

lmaoooo

[@ifsaica]

I am of Mexican descent, and my mother’s side has very strong Asian features. In fact, it’s interesting but when I see other Asian moms they remind me of-her and all my aunts? And now with my mom being gone now for 24 years, Asian moms hold a special place in my heart. ❤

[@xaviergranados2505]

My wife’s family is from Sinaloa. She is often asked if she Asian. There is definitely an Asian influence in Culiacan, Sinaloa. There is huge market chain, Ley, started by a Chinese family. My wife’s brother in-law has Chinese blood. His maternal grandfather was named Juan Qui. There is such a Chinese influence In Sinaloa, it is often referred to as “ Chinaloa.”

[@nancy_flx]

That’s definitely true, i’m from Culiacan Sinaloa and my family look asian (father and siblings), i’ve been called “chinita” since i was a child, i do want to have an ancestry dna test to see how asian my family is.

[@GNJ1118]

Chinese migrants have been let into Mexico since the 1800s yes if you look Asian chances are there's Asian in you.

[@gentilewarrior]

@@GNJ1118 more like Filipinos, pure Chinese were a very small minority and most of not all of those Chinese are Chinese-Filipinos who came from the Philippines alongside pure Austronesians called mestizo de sangley during colonial times.

[@mafestroja]

Oh my god yessss. i’m from culiacán and my family doesnt look asian but i do! and idk why, makes me think of possible ancestors maybe? i actually went to china in 2016 and people there tried to talk to me like i was asian lol they were very confused, they thought i had a chinese parent/was mixed race

[@xochitlilhuicatl1573]

@@GNJ1118 Actually, it might just be native Mexican heritage. That's probably the dominant gene giving those features out.

[@99milliion]

Im hispanic but when i meet someone i always get “are you from korea, japan, or some?“ and i say im hispanic but they just dont believe me

[@DGD4Landy]

Same! People assume I'm asian or native American. I've heard it for years and it annoys me at this point, like I wish people wouldn't confuse me as much.

[@cbenji07]

Did you hear the part in this video where she said the Spanish colonized Phillipines and Mexico at the same time and brought Asian slaves to Mexico?

[@benjaminb3637]

I know there is an island in the Philippines called Capul, named after the ships that were sailing to and from Acapulco. The people on the island speak a language that is only spoken there, I wonder if there is a mexican connection. Btw always enjoying your videos

[@LaKarencitaMX]

Thanks for that. There's actually a language spoken in the Philippines called Chabacano. It's very similar to Spanish.

[@iLL_Eaglez]

Have been to the PI twice and have visited Mexico in Pampanga Luzon..have traveled the north and when I go back I’m looking forward to the southern islands

[@mariamargut7063]

Amazing fact!

[@johnpaulrico2981]

@@LaKarencitaMX yup in The Southern Philippines in Zamboanga the Spanish Creole.

[@heymarohr8115]

omg :0

[@melissatwocrow1598]

This was so interesting! Thank you for your research, honesty, and video. I liked the pleasant way you presented the information.