Portuguese, Corsicans, & others in Puerto Rico

[@coquireport]

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[@ninahndz5880]

Because of this mixture, we have some of the most beautiful people in the world.

[@makeuthink2120]

Tego Calderon is a very good looking guy.

[@DanteVelasquez]

Absolutely

[@ninahndz5880]

​@@makeuthink2120para los gustos se hicieron los colores

[@jonathanmelendez6036]

😂 ​@@makeuthink2120

[@mayragarcia675]

During the 19th century there was also an influx of Scottish immigrants to the island of Puerto Rico. My daughter's paternal line is from Scotland. They settled in Arecibo and to this day the majority lives there.

[@zeezee1963]

That explains why the mixture of Puerto Ricans in the island . Boricuas are most definitely a mixture of different ethnicities. 🇵🇷

[@normagonzalez7470]

That's wy people from Arecibo has red hair. No one can say how we are because we are a beatiful mix. No Hollywood can make a image of us. Proudly ¡PUERTORRIQUEÑA!

[@AgentLogic76]

Mis dos apaellidos , Robinson...mi tatara tatara abuelo era irlandes! Por parte de Mami , Napoleoni.. de Corsica.. muy interesante pero Boriqua de Pura cepa!!

[@mayragarcia675]

@@AgentLogic76 Claro boricua!

[@sabbag-saab2215]

Muy cierto amigo. .

[@ic5838]

I am always impressed by your short history on Puerto Rico. I did my Ancestory test and showed Portuguese, Indegioues people , Spainaird and others. NOw I always felt there was more Spainaird since my dad's mom is spaniard. My dad's dad was mulato. Portuguese was a total surprise. Apparently Portuguese was from my grandfather on my mother's side and Taino bloodline from my mom's mom-abuelita. As I listened to your accounts of the European influences in Puerto Rico, I can understand why. Many thanks!

[@ravenrebel3183]

My paternal grandmother is from Puerto Rico and her lineage goes back to France. The names in my family were even entirely French up until my 2nd great grandmother. They settled on the island in the 19th century (coffee and l believe tobacco or sugar plantations in San Sebastián), but I was able to trace them back to 14th century France.

[@carmen2689]

Será de los esclavos franceses de Haití, que se refugiaban en La zona española,

[@manueltorres425]

Vivía en San Sebastián cerca de la central Plata cuando era niño. Por los finales de los 60's y principios de los 70's y tengo buenos recuerdos de esa época.

[@prbetty719]

Beautiful! 😀 My great-great grandfather came from France as well, by himself! Lol The feathers in my great-great grandmothers hair (not to mention the giant black steed she rode up to him on) caught his eyes, and the rest is history 😏💙

[@ravenrebel3183]

@@prbetty719 that’s awesome, I assume gg-grandma was a Taina?

[@prbetty719]

@@ravenrebel3183 Yes

[@penocruz4981]

Good video. Im half Puerto rican on my dads side of the family, but found out my grandfather is from spain.

[@michaelizzy3424]

I’m so glad this video found its way into my feed. As I have family in Utuado. I was confused at my 23&me results. Much more African and Portuguese heritage. Thank you such for sharing this info. 👍🏽 and a follow for this one.

[@Kealoha22]

This helped to make sense and confirm what my Portuguese grandmother told us: that her father came to Hawaii from Puerto Rico; it was hard for us to believe because we always thought Portuguese that immigrated to Hawaii came to labor on the sugar plantations from Portugal only; then I did DNA; then recently found birth certificates; mahalo (thanks) , this video solidified everything

[@JohnnyDeJesusRodriguez]

Thousands of Puerto Ricans went to Hawaii to work on the sugar cane industry after the hurricane destroyed the PR island

[@camposjcc]

Yes. About 25,000 Puerto rican laborers were sent to Hawaii in the first decade of the 20th century to work in sugar and pineapple plantations.

[@davidmolina7543]

I am learning so much about Puerto Rican history, even though I am a Puerto Rican, born in New York City. “ Newyorican “

[@Biblical_DNA]

😂 You are a New Yorker with family ties to Puerto Rico. No different than someone with family ties elsewhere in the 50 States and 16 territories.

[@manueltorres425]

In 1898 US won the Hispanoamericana war and invade Puerto Rico. Take the island like a territory(colonia española) .That was we born with US citizen.

[@prbetty719]

Same! 😄🤙🏼

[@prbetty719]

​@Biblical_DNA Where do you come off? 🤨 That was rude.

[@Biblical_DNA]

@@prbetty719 No it wasn't. It was the truth. Puerto Rico is a location. Those that are born there and live there are Puerto Ricans. If you're not born there or have never live there in your life: You're not a Puerto Rican. You are mixed with different ethnicities spanning from America, Europe, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africans, West Asians, and some East Asians.

[@rudyalexisgonzalez4083]

Siempre me parecio intetesante que llamemos "mai" y "pai" a nuestros padres, igual que los brasileños. Ahora me hace sentido!

[@sabbag-saab2215]

Mai y Pai del Gallego y el Portugues. Saludos 🤗

[@christianraularroyo2497]

Excellent video! I understand that there were a great number of Germans in Aguadilla as well. I have done my family tree and I was quite surprised when I found that my maternal mother's family had immigrated via de Real Cedula de Gracias from Haiti and they were French and that on my dad's side my grandmother's grandmother had the surname Morfi which origillay had been O'Murphy.

[@FreshSourCandy]

Great video. I learned a ton about my people. Que Viva Puerto Rico!!!! 🇵🇷🔥🇵🇷🔥🇵🇷

[@edwinperez4530]

God Bless Puerto Rico......

[@segajsaturn6036]

Kudos to another great video. There was also a wave of non-European immigration to the island in the early 1900s from China. That part of our history isn’t talked about enough, if at all. A good example of a famous influencer who is Chinese and Puerto Rican is Senorita Yanyi. That topic would make for a very interesting and unique video. Keep up the great work.

[@Erastoneus45]

That would be super interesting. Mind you give me some info about it?

[@jtm4041]

There's a book about the Chinese🇨🇳 immigration to Puerto Rico🇵🇷titled "Los chinos en Puerto Rico", the author is professor José Lee-Borges, PhD. Very interesting book.👀

[@Erastoneus45]

@@jtm4041 I asked Chatgpt about what types of Asian descent available here. It told me they are a minority. But what they came here were: 1.Chinese, 2.Japanese and 3. Philipines.

[@milagrosgarcia8551]

In 1900 there were a group of puertoricans that were taken to work to Hawaii, on the agriculture and on the sugarcane fields.

[@Erastoneus45]

@milagrosgarcia8551 Oh cool, did not know that.

[@rogerthat5803]

The strong enunciation of the "r" in Puerto Rico making it sound more like a "j," comes from Portuguese. The Portuguese enunciate the "r" the very same way still to this day.

[@coquireport]

@rogerthat5803 interesting..

[@ninahndz5880]

Others would say the 'rr' sound is French, which makes a lot of sense.

[@Biblical_DNA]

​@@ninahndz5880 These are Latin languages. They are all part of the Romance or Latin language family.

[@sabbag-saab2215]

Puedes ser del Gallego o el Portugués. Ambos idiomas son muy parecidos. También hay mucha influencia del Corso y el Francés de Luisina y los colonos blancos de Haití. 😊😊😊😊 😊😊😊😊

[@jasperwinehouse9456]

I'm Portuguese and we have two different R sounds none sound like a J

[@DanteVelasquez]

My great grandmother's maiden name was Maisonet, so I am in part one of the descendants of the French immigrants.

[@prbetty719]

Same 🙂 my great-great grandfather's family name was Dufort...his family in France wasn't exactly good to him though 😔 so when he married my Taína great-great grandmother, he took her last name of Torres. I don't usually condone a man taking a woman's last name when they marry, but in this case, I think it was pretty justified lol

[@gustavosantiago9624]

Excellent summary!

[@luisasantiagogross7201]

I grew up in PR in the 1960's. I have noticed how our Spaniard customs are slowly dying. My parents had enough time to have lunch before going back to work, stores were closed in the middle of the day so families could enjoy time together. Stores were closed on Sundays. These are Spaniard customs that are not part of daily life any longer.

[@coquireport]

@luisasantiagogross7201 that's happening in all Western countries..

[@madeinsalya4902]

Awesome thank you for sharing this with us ❤❤❤

[@emmapadro8053]

Thank you for your videos Sir. I am learning a lot about my heritage and beautiful Puerto Rico, La Isla del Encanto!!! Dios la bendiga .

[@tommyadkins844]

Hey man just wanted to say saw your video about the spainsh influence great job. A lot of people do to downplay the part of the Spainsh in the history of Puerto Rico so im glad your clear things up. As for the other europeans influence in PR i can see a few simillarties between Puerto Ricans and the irish. Funny thing im actully writing a story about valley and it four towns in modren day Puerto Rico geting lanched back in time to 1921 Ireland during the bloody war of indepence in that country.

[@familyandfriends3519]

Puerto Rican aren't Spanish and Hispanic and Latino until given back to Spain and getting independence only from Spain your Americans and a Portuguese

[@lareno04]

Phenomenal video!

[@thedappermagician6905]

These merging of the bloodlines humans truly can all get along and love each other

[@MartinGonzalez-j8j]

I have viking, Sardinian, Irish, English, Wales, Dutch, Albania, Greek, Jewish, with 25%of my DNA 🧬🧬🧬 indigenous. 😮😮😮😮😮🍻

[@prbetty719]

My great-great grandfather came from France to Guayama, Puerto Rico. He was (as I am) a descendant of Joseph Ignace Guillotine...the creator of the guillotine. Joseph created the device as a humane way to end the suffering of patients who were terminally ill...he was purely a scientist. The French and German government seized all of his prototypes & insisted they be used for public executions, NOT what Joseph wanted. Eventually he became too old to fight for himself, so his kids bent the knee to the government out of greed for money. One of their sons is my great-great grandfather & he did not respect that kind of greed, so he peaced out. He fell in love with my Taína great-great grandmother. Her mother was killed on suspicion of witchcraft. Guayama being "la ciudad de brujos" 💁🏻‍♀️ Her and her mother both still wore feathers in their hair, & were very resourceful. She taught him Spanish, horseback-archery, & how to fish in the southern mangroves. He taught her French, taught her about wine, & also how to paint. People will claim "colonizer" 🙄😏 but it's not as if my great-great grandfather sacked her village & captured her against her will or anything. He loved her...and she loved him. Even against their own families' wishes, they married & started a family. Their respective families of course thought they were each marrying beneath them, but they both basically said 🖕🏼 & lived a loving life of happiness with each other. I used to loooove when my great-grandmother would tell us stories about them. That they were very dedicated to each other and their daughters, couldn't keep them apart. My family (as well as a few other families in Guayama with French-Taíno roots) speak Spanish with a subtle bit of French intertwined. For instance, instead of gracias, we say merci. The insult of "colonizer" comes from people who are insecure, & most likely even jealous. I just don't let uneducated parasites like that dim the light of my lush (& loving) family history. My great grandmother married an Afro-Taíno man, my papi, who's smile was SO contagious 🥰 So friendly to everyone. I miss them both so much. Both of my parents are Puerto Rican, so in terms of a pizza pie 🤔 only half of a slice is French, & the rest of the pie is PR lol... I know my roots, & I'm very proud of who I am, who my family is, & I owe it to my wonderful ancestors 💙 They live on in my heart.

[@coquireport]

@prbetty719 What a great story..

[@prbetty719]

@@coquireport Thank you!

[@joselassalle4958]

5:46 somePuerto Rican surnames of French origin are Lassalle (from LaSalle), Laguer and Laguerre (from LaGuerre), Laporte (from LaPorte), Pellot (from Peugeot).

[@prbetty719]

DuFort 🙋🏻‍♀️ my family names are Torres-Santiago, pero my great-great grandfather's family name was Dufort

[@ninahndz5880]

Betancourt as well

[@RiversXXVII]

I’m a Nuyorican, I did a dna test expecting mostly Spaniard since I’m white but to my surprise I’m mostly Portuguese. Great video 👍🏻🇺🇸🇵🇷🇵🇹

[@guayames]

My great grandfather Julio Delannoy was one of the founders of Salinas, like him many other French like my great grandfather Pierre Anglade, and other ancestors Brossard, Montes, Fontan, Gastón, Lanausse came from both?ouisiana, Haiti and directly from France to the Guayama area of the early 19 century. Some recent books of the early 19 have been written about the French inmigración to the area that changed the subsistence coney to an export of sugar, tobacco and coffee to adjacent islands and Europe, as well as to the USA, which created the interest of the Americans for our island. Thanks for the video

[@coquireport]

@guayames Thanks for the comment.

[@carlosmbarbosa4841]

WE ARE THE BEST RACE ON THE PLANET -🇵🇷❤️🇵🇷❤️🇵🇷BORICUA NATION🇵🇷❤️🇵🇷❤️🇵🇷

[@coquireport]

@carlosmbarbosa We're no less than any other people and We're not better than any other people..

[@ninahndz5880]

We are not a race but a mixture of races n rich in cultural diversity

[@NoeBonillaNegron]

No we are ,European blend

[@coquireport]

@@NoeBonillaNegron We have significant Taino and Subsaharan African DNA to be a European blend..

[@prbetty719]

Can't argue that 😌💅🏼 Hey 💁🏻‍♀️ If you Google what ethnicity has the perfect DNA, see what it tells you! 😉 Lol

[@testos2701]

Great stuff, Even though my German, French, English, Spanish, and Taino languages are not that great I really appreciate these peoples contributions to our DNA pool!

[@Autonomia_para_Puerto_Rico]

Being born, raised and resident of Puerto Rico, this is a great video. There is too much Africancentrism, indigenism and Hispanophobia when marginal groups are the ones telling the distorted story of their own. Thank you for talking about the Spanish and European origin of Puerto Rico because that is actually the protagonist.

[@OboeDaCaccia]

I heard there were a few Norwegian immigrants who arrived in Puerto🇵🇷Rico as well.

[@coquireport]

It's possible but I focused on the main groups...

[@OboeDaCaccia]

@@coquireport I understand; that’s quite alright! Actually, whatever Norwegian immigration there may have been it evidently was minimal.

[@coquireport]

@@madre2994 What's your question?

[@madre2994]

@@coquireport i took the ancestry DNA it says Nigeria 28% Cameron western bantu ppl 22%, Ivory Coast& Ghana 12%, england and northwestern Europe 9%, mali 8% Irish 7% Senegal 6% Wales 3%, Nigeria eastern central 2% benin Togo%1 Maritime southeast Asia 1% ,indigenous america north 1%, maya,mexico 0.53% north America. I need help figuring it out🤦‍♀️. My question could I have part of puertorican in me.

[@coquireport]

@@madre2994 Are you Puerto Rican?

[@doubleutee8867]

I already knew about West European, further Iberian, and south European immigration to Puerto Rico, but the mystery is that some Puerto Ricans get small bits of East European on their DNA test results. I do have some theories on why, but it's difficult to explore/research non-generalized connections to such heritage.

[@carmen2689]

Lo inmigrantes son los de LAS Trece Colonias españolas, Que Huyendo del hambre y la miseria, Por Lástima El Imperio Español Les dejo Asentarse En La Zona que Pertenece a La Capitana General de Cuba

[@guayames]

Should read the book Guayama, extranjeros, comerciantes etc principios siglo 19. Interesting!

[@joselassalle4958]

4:45 I have French ancestors on my paternal side. They came fron St. Domingue (present day Haiti) via the actual Dominican Republic. They settled in Barrio Capá of Moca. Puerto Rico. My last name is Lassalle, derived from the French LaSalle.

[@mundorivera2188]

We share DNA from the ancient Celts with other Europeans.

[@Unknownuser23456]

My grand mother died last year and I’m just finding out after seeing her certificate that she was born in st croix Virgin Islands then made her way to pr then came to New York and had my mother after meeting my grand father in pr.. my mother met my father in PR and had me.. I’m dying to do a dna test to find out what percentage of what I am! 😢 I’ve always been told we 100 percent puertorican now I’m sure my family has no clue about our background or history so I do plan on finding out my background atleast

[@eclipseUFO]

And that how The invasion began (the American Spanish war) when the American troop invaded puerto rico 1898s

[@coquireport]

eclipseUFO kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGK8n2muZ9qVo80

[@jtm4041]

👀🚩A list of a few Non-Spanish surnames present in the island of Puerto Rico🇵🇷due to immigration throughout the centuries: (Algunos apellidos no-españoles en Puerto Rico): 🇩🇪Germanic & other Eastern European surnames: Schmidt, Herger, Schneider, Hau, Baumgartner, Stubbe, Seilhamer, Rascke, Oppenheimer, Rieckehoff, Creitoff, Kholtoff, Reifkhol, Soderberg, Neumann, Schomburg, Colberg, Caanen, Roettger, Schwarz (Schwartz), Schatz, Stahl, Wiscowich (Wiscovich), Wys, Meyer, Müller, Wolff, Reichard, Wiechers, Saltzmann, Shuck, Gronau, Steidel, Degetau, Völckers, von Hillebrandt, Schorske, Fritz, etc. 🇮🇪 Irish/British🇬🇧 & other Western European surnames: Parkhurst, Gordon, Todd, Blakeman, Gavin, O'Neill, McDougall, Mincy, Garffer, Butler, Armstrong, O'Farrill, Hatton, Haddock, Walker, Carter, Williams, McClintock, Dwayne, McAbee, Riley, Richardson, Garrity, Lind, Warrington, Simpson, Steenbakkers, Anderson, Graham, Smalls, Bailey, Kortright, Thon, Thompson, Fleming, Power, Mudd, Alberdeston, Wirshing, Stevens, Miller, Hopgood, Sloan, Balkman, Huyke, Toth, Denton, Whittaker, Thomas, George, Lowry, Carthy, McConnie, Abrams, Archevald, Owen, Brown, Aldridge, Donnelly, Solivan (Sullivan), Hart, Cox, Murphy, Adler, Drowne, Priester, Hodge, Hill, Henna, etc. 🇫🇷French surnames: Teissonnière, Lacroix, Fourquet, Beauchamp, Betancourt, Marchand, Lafitte, Bernard, Chardon, Monrouzeau, Blondet, Chevremont, Choudens, Declet, Lafontaine, Duboc, Giraud, Farrait, Graulau, Lasalle, Thillet, Vigoreaux, Pibernus, Lahongrais, Prospere, Godreau, Souffront, Doitteau, Lefranc, Casalduc, Forestier, Veulens, Gause, Aubert, Fournier, etc. 🇮🇹Italian/Corsican surnames: Dragoni, Fraticelli, Antonetti, Simonetti, Antongiorgi, Antonmarchi, Dominicci, Croatto, Fantauzzi, Pierluisi, Pierantoni, Piovanetti, Paoli, Nigaglioni, Sinigaglia, Nuncci, Blasini, Giuliani, Vecchioli, Vitalis, Santori, Santini, Georgi, Mignucci, Giannoni, Angeli, Padovani, Schettini, Pieretti, Vaccaro, Capiello, Olivari, Susoni, Pietri, Franceschi, Franceschini, Sorrentini, Reymundi, Massini, Colonna, Boschetti, Benedetti, Olivieri, etc . Other (Greek🇬🇷, Indian🇮🇳, Arabic🇸🇦, Lebanese🇱🇧 Armenian🇦🇲, Chinese🇨🇳, Portugese🇵🇹, etc.) Papaleo, Papadakis, Boodoosingh, Lalla, Lamba, Lee (Li), Chu, Karakozian, Abdulyaber, Kuan, Sued, Galib, Amaral, Silva, Kercadò, etc. 🇵🇷❤️🇺🇲 🇮🇪🇩🇪🇮🇹🇬🇧🇫🇷🇬🇷🇵🇹🇦🇲🇮🇳🇸🇦🇨🇳🇱🇧

[@JC-yf1tc]

Ahí faltaron un montón más de cada uno de esos países

[@jtm4041]

@@JC-yf1tc Sí, lo que pasa es que son un montón, sólo presenté una muestra de los apellidos no-españoles presentes en PR🇵🇷, pero eso es correcto, sí faltan muchísimos más y de muchos países.

[@sabbag-saab2215]

Bravo excelente video

[@wandarosado4495]

I am Puerto Rican born...but migrated to the states as a baby...my dad looks like a "normal" Puerto Rican man but on my mom's side they all look oriental. I asked my mom if she knew anything about her grandparents but she has no clue.....I look like my dad some say i look Greek because of my olive skin.....I have a brother that looks Korean and the other one looks Italian....

[@AlBGood]

Los Díaz de Villalba y Ponce están en mi familia

[@pnlmaster]

Y de Italia, hubo una inmigración significativa? Tengo ascentros de apellidos Guiglioty Caleagne, de Génova, Italia, que llegaron aquí por la Cédula de Gracia...

[@coquireport]

@pnlmaster los de Corsica son casi Italianos..

[@semadar856]

Ohhhhhh that explains why Portuguese is my second highest ancestry percentage and spanish is my third with Taino being my first surprisingly. Puerto rico sure is an amazing island with an even more amazing history.

[@sir.fuentes7642]

Santoni is another Italian surname found on the island. I should know it was my mother's maiden name.

[@ninahndz5880]

As is Negroni

[@mundorivera2188]

www.proyectosalonhogar.com/Brindo_por_mi_hijo/Listado_de_corsos.htm

[@loubxfire7778]

Santoni and Negroni are last names from Corciga people from Italian descent

[@sir.fuentes7642]

@@loubxfire7778 My Mother's grandfather was Italian not from Corsica. The Italians were known in Puerto Rico as the ones responsible for growing and developing coffee in Yauco, Puerto Rico. Ever heard of the Santoni fashion brand from Italy?

[@Abstract.Noir414]

I remember using this, well not this video but tbe information as a argument for people in PR and someone that was puerto rican told me how your gonna tell me about my own island 🤔 😂 abd yet they didn't know this.

[@moisepicard195]

Corsica 🇫🇷 is the birthplace of The Emperor of France, Napoleon.

[@edolinaoconnor4365]

Ahora se de donde mi apellido viene . Mi abuelo insistió que nuestro apellido fuera con asentó en la i y no con punto!

[@kalonteable]

Now I understand. Why both of my grandmas last names were Cottês and La Fontaine. One of them look very Taína to me and th e other like Spaniard. Doubt cleared😂.

[@williamturnier9032]

Irish names in Puerto Rico have often become corrupted and only bear some trace of the original. For example, Sullivan is sometimes corrupted to Solivan and McDonald to Maldonado. Barnes can be either Irish or Spanish. As mentioned many of these got to Puerto Rico by escaping from the English army (e.g., during the siege of San Juan) or from the British navy when the opportunity to jump ship arose.

[@coquireport]

@williamturnier9032 Maldonado is a a name with Portuguese and Spanish origins not Irish!

[@williamturnier9032]

@@coquireport of course it is, but it was easy for McDonalds to become Maldonaldos. Without doing genealogical research Maldonaldos will never know whether their name is of Iberian or British Isles origin. The name McDonald also prevails in Scotland.

[@coquireport]

@@williamturnier9032 OK I understand you..

[@Luz-l5w]

True I am 19% Portuguese

[@moisepicard195]

I am Haitian American 🇭🇹🇺🇲 and I am very interested in The Haitian Revolution.

[@coquireport]

@moisepicard195 All owe a debt to the Haitan Revolution.. God bless Haiti and the Haitian people..

[@moisepicard195]

@@coquireport Gracias and same to my Boricuas and La Isla de Puerto Rico.

[@JC-yf1tc]

​@@moisepicard195los hermanos haitianos son queridos y respetados por nosotros los puertorriqueños ojalá salgan pronto de esa terrible situación q afrontan en su país Dios les bendiga

[@moisepicard195]

There is definitely The French Influence 🇫🇷 in Puerto Rico?

[@ninahndz5880]

The first mayor of Vieques was French

[@augieviz2088]

A popular small green pea is Pitipuas.. Petit.. small..Pois..bean in French... Petit Pois or Pitipua

[@javierrolon2446]

Ya entiendo por qué mi madre tiene 10% irlandesa...no entiendo como llegó el noruego danés , sur de India y judío ...pude aclarar la parte italiana...gracias

[@coquireport]

@javierrolon2446 Por la Isla de Corsica.

[@88_garnet8]

France? Ireland?...what an elaborate place. Theres almost not enough physical room for all that immigration. Its an small island.

[@ninahndz5880]

They made it work, didn't they?

[@JC-yf1tc]

Pues si aunque te "sorprenda" así es

[@josemercado4702]

I have higher Portuguese DNA than Spanish.

[@ninahndz5880]

Part of my family are Negroni

[@omarmuniz552]

Los negroni son corsican

[@JuanGonzalez-hv6vs]

Cuándo podré pisar este sapo?😂😂😂

[@Jagueyes1]

No mention of the Jews?

[@coquireport]

@Jagueyes1 no mention of the Chinese or Arabs either. I focused on the groups with the largest impacts...However I planned to do another video with tge groups I missed no matter how small...

[@abdel-alielmouhandiz784]

@@coquireportwhat strikes me about this vlog: the native people of canaries island are 100% amazigh people which are related to Moroccan susse Amazigh. Since the gaucho’s people were displaced from canaries islands to peurto Rico, I would like you to add this fact to you videos. This would give the better distinction of the people makeup of the peurto Ricans rather focusing only on the European background etc

[@julian65886]

Why do most Puerto Ricans pay little attention to this heritage? They are mostly obsessed with the Taínos and Africans.

[@coquireport]

@julian65886 because the Taino and African were the victims of the European conquest.

[@julian65886]

@@coquireport : It is never a good idea to judge the past with the mindset of 2024. The history of the world is one group conquering another group. The Mayas were not kind to neighboring tribe. They sacrificed children at the altar 24/7. When the Cro-Magnon man entered Europe they drove the Neanderthal man to extinction. No one had more tribal warfare than Africa: They sold captured Africans to the Europeans. It is what it is! There is no point of interpreting ancient history with the knowledge of this era. That is known as presentism and it is not good scholarship. We Puertoricans are Hispanic. If we go to any Spanish speaking nation in Latin America or if we visit Spain we feel at home.

[@coquireport]

@julian65886 I understand your point but I don't agree with it entirely...There are too many variables at play...but I will say this..One of the results of the European conquest in the Americas was making dark skin or any non white phenotype a badge of dishonor ..This problem is not ancient history. .In fact it permeates till this day...The more recent the problem, the louder the cry...The negative results of European colonization still affect The African descendants and Indigenous peoples of the Americas even today in 2024. So it's not ancient history.

[@julian65886]

@@coquireport : But, colonization was inevitable. As a native of Puerto Rico I rather be what I am today. I am perfectly happy with the past as it cannot be changed. Furthermore, if we had not been colonized we would be no different than the un-contacted tribes in the Amazon forest. I would not be a happy running around the jungle half naked or in a tapa rabo. The issue of skin color is a huge deal in the USA because the politicians preach victimhood to the people of color to buy their votes. This causes PTSD. We are too obsessed about skin color. I suggest you watch the countless videos of black people that move to other countries where no one preaches victimhood due to skin color. The stress about not been light skin goes away pretty fast. The past cannot be changed. BTW, you do an amazing job with your videos!

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@julian65886 you forget that when the Spanish encountered the Aztec city...They were amazed at how much more advanced it was compared to European cities at the time..In fact most of the technology that the Europeans had at the time did not originate in Europe. Don't assume that the progress in the world was a result of European colonization. ..Now just to be clear, I'm not arguing for or against European colonization...I was just trying to answer your original question why many are stealing towards African and Taino identity..These two groups have gotten the raw deal in this colonization process..Its changing but the effects are still there because it's all historically recent.