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[–] Kannibal 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

the actual quote

Latino people are descendants of native people

The argument is much more believable because of the heavy mixing between Spanish and Indian populations (vs other candidates)

Never mind the olde time traditional rape as right of conquest, etc.

this attack could backfire

The attack article conflates this with her puerto rican ancestry, which has a complex genetic heritage

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Puerto_Rico#Genetic_studies

Puerto Ricans, on average, have genetic contributions from Europeans, West Africans, and Native Americans of approximately 66%, 18%, and 16%, respectively. A recent study of Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from 800 individuals found that patrilineal input, as indicated by the Y-chromosome, showed 66% of Puerto Ricans could trace their ancestry to male European ancestors, 18% could trace it to male African ancestors, and 16% could trace it to male Native American ancestors.

In a study done on Puerto Rican women (of all races) born on the island but living in New York by Carolina Bonilla, Mark D. Shriver and Esteban Parra in 2004, the ancestry proportions corresponding to the three parental populations were found to be 53.3±2.8% European, 29.1±2.3% West African, and 17.6±2.4% Native American based on autosomal ancestry informative markers.