Re: Loneliness in America

[Alberto Monteiro]

Dan Minette wrote:
> 
>> Only if you consider "Latinos" as non-Europeans :-P
> 
> I do as a first order approximation, although its not 
> strictly true.  The aristocracy of Latin America still 
> traces their roots to Spain.  We have
> friends who came from an aristocratic family.  But, in 
> the case of Mexico, the people are not mostly Spanish.  
> IIRC, Spanish rule was mostly
> aristocratic, not a bunch of farmers coming to settle.
> 
Even so, Mexican population has more genes that come
from Europe than from America or Africa. Brazilian
population too, with the exception of the mt-DNA that
has a majority of Native American origins. The reason
is that the native girls had a strong preference for
having children with the stronger warriors, and the
portuguese warriors carried guns :-)

Alberto Monteiro