I think that a more important question is not whether Dominicans have Taino DNA, which is widely accepted, but how to get them to acknowledge and own that part of their heritage.
I think that a more important question is not whether Dominicans have Taino DNA, which is widely accepted, but how to get them to acknowledge and own that part of their heritage.
Based on my interaction with Dominicans, they have acknowledged it and are very proud of it. Just check Dominican history, folklore, Music, Dance, Food, Street and provinces name.
I think that a more important question is not whether Dominicans have Taino DNA, which is widely accepted, but how to get them to acknowledge and own that part of their heritage.
Mr AE had Ancestry.com DNA test, he has 8% Native American, our daughter has 4%. It’ll be gone in another generation or two
If anything Dominicans tend to overemphasise their Taino heritage and underplay their African heritage.
On the recent update 23andMe made to my results, my own score increased to 8.2%. Not a trivial amount in the slightest.
Not my assessment - there are oft-cited academic studies on the subject by e.g. Ginetta Candelario, Silvio Torres-Saillant. In fact, most Dominicans I know do acknowledge and embrace their African heritage.I don't see people here larping (Live Action Role Playing, for those not updated in internetspeak) as Taino as much as one can see Cubans or Puerto Ricans doing such, so color me skeptical about this assessment of yours.
Not my assessment - there are oft-cited academic studies on the subject by e.g. Ginetta Candelario, Silvio Torres-Saillant. In fact, most Dominicans I know do acknowledge and embrace their African heritage.
On the recent update 23andMe made to my results, my own score increased to 8.2%. Not a trivial amount in the slightest.
Snake, do you have a lot of DNA matches? Mr AE has an astonishing number compared to me. I have about 150 and he has almost 1,000. So far, aside from close family, they seem to mostly be related from the Santiago area. So many unidentifiable.
Taino natives are extinct as a living people and culture.
Where did you get that impression from?The Carnivals are all about the Taino heritage so why not embrace it fully?
Russell