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Unlike other countries where segregation practices were common (i.e.: the United States), after Mexican independence most Mexican people began to integrate inter-racially. Nowadays mestizos comprise 60-80% of the population.

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To conquer the Aztec civilization in the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors had the help of some minor Mesoamerican tribes, being the most important the Tlaxcalans. Unlike what most people think, Hernan Cortes and his men didn't finish-off the Aztecs by themselves.

After Mexico's conquest, Taxcalans were considered allies of the crown and as such, they began to have interracial marriages with the Spanish; also many Spaniards had unrecognized offspring with their conquered Aztec subjects; hence the name "mestizo": children of Native American and European parents.

Nowadays, most Mexicans (60-80%) are considered mestizos.

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Centuries-old tradition of fluid exchanges (i.e: sex).

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60 percent of modern Mexicans are?

Mestizos, meaning they are of Spanish-Amerindian origin.


Do Mexicans have Italian and Spanish heritage?

No. Most Mexicans are considered mestizos, as result of interracial marriages between Spanish and Native Americans since the 16th century. They conform 60-80% of Mexico's population.


Where are the mestizos ethnic group located in Mexico?

All over Mexico. Most Mexicans are Mestizos, people of mixed European ("White") and Native American background. They account for 60-80% of the Mexican population (between 67 up to 90 million in 2010).


What percent of Mexicans are Mestizos?

Ethnicity isn't included in Mexican census, though it is estimated that 60% of Mexicans are mestizos, 30% are of native or mostly native origin, and 10% are caucasic.


How were the Mexicans affected when the Spanish colonised them?

You should note that the colonization of Mexico was not peaceful: it was a violent conquest. That being said, many Mexicans were slaughtered, sold as slaves or died due to the smallpox disease brought by Spaniards. The native population who collaborated with the new rulers eventually mixed with them, becoming most of the Mexican population. That is why nowadays, most Mexicans are mestizos (mix of Amerindian and Spanish).


Is Mexico a Mediterranean country?

yes mexicans as well with other latin americans are of mediterraen look its more eassy to find a mexican the could pass as a souther european then a nordic person sence most mexicans are mestizos 60% of the population and 20-25 pure white actually they mediterraen caucasians genes in mexicans are very strong in mexico its up to ike 60 to 75 % are part european in mestizos mostly from spanish decent.


Are there mestizos in Portugal?

are mestizos in portugal


Who are most paraguayans?

mestizos who live in the eastern highlands of the country


Who is mixed of Spanish and native American heritage?

they are called mestizos


How many Mexicans have European ancestry?

Millions of Mexicans have European ancestry, whether they are fully of European descent or of mixed descent. The population of Mexicans who are of European descent (any amount) is around 80-92 million (Total population = 111 million). The largest group in Mexico are the 'Mestizos' which means "mixed" in Spanish (meaning they have European and Amerindian ancestry). The population of Mexicans with only European ancestry, is about 10%.


How many mestizos are alive today?

it would be hard to list the number but there are many many mestizos alive, i would say that most of them are in Mexico and America.


What is the mestizo religion?

There is no Mestizo religion. However, since most Mestizos live in regions that were formerly part of the Spanish Empire, most Mestizos are nominally Roman Catholic, as are most of the people in general in those regions.