Are Mexicans half Indian and half spanish?

Answer 1

Mexican is a nationality, and Mexicans have many ethnic backgrounds including white, black, Native American and even Asian.

Mestizo people are the result of white and Native American and black interracial marriages. Right now, from 60 to 80% of Mexico's population fall within this "ethnic definition". Genetically speaking, most Mexican people are 59% European, 35% Amerindian, 5% African.

Answer 2

In racial terms, he or she would be a castizo: mix of one spanish parent and one mestizo (half amerindian, half spanish) parent.

In cultural terms, he would be a Mexican güerito (depending on skin tone and eye color).

Answer 3

An Afro-Mexican.

That being said, "Mexican" is not a race, but a nationality. Most Mexicans are the result of interracial marriages between European ("white") and Native American people. So your Afro-Mexican would most probably be half Sub-Saharan African, a quarter white and a quarter Native American.

Answer 4

As much as Americans are half Brits, half Germans.

Mexican is a nationality, not an ethnic group. Most Mexicans however, belong to a mix of Native Americans and Iberian Europeans.