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Depending on where the person is living and which "racial" groups contributed to the mixture, a person of mixed descent may be called Creole, Mestizo, and Mulatto, among other terms. The term "half-breed" and other even more offensive terms have been used in the past.

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A person of mixed descent is one who has ancestors from more than one country or ethnic group.

Example: If a Spanish person and a Canadian person had a child, that child would be of mixed descent.

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