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In spite of racial diversity, European genetic ancestry predominates in Brazil

Monday, February 28th 2011 - 20:34 UTC
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Contrary to expectations even when black and brown make up 52% of the 190 million Brazilians, --according to the latest census--, their genetic ancestry is more predominantly European than African or Indio-American. Read full article

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  • briton

    We could have told them, that they decent from out side of brazil for free,
    after all do we all not ultimately decent from somewhere around Ethiopia in Africa ,??

    Mar 01st, 2011 - 12:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • riomarcos

    Brazil is home to the world's largest Portuguese, Italian, Japanese and Lebanese-descent communities. The second largest Polish and German (after the US), and second largest Ukrainian-descent communities. There are also pockets of Finnish, Austrian, Swiss, Armenian, Chinese, and Korean immigrants. Although it has the largest non-African black population, in the last census less than 8% of the population said they considered themselves to be black.

    Mar 01st, 2011 - 06:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Fido Dido

    Brazil is home to the world's largest Portuguese, Italian, Japanese and Lebanese-descent communities. The second largest Polish and German (after the US), and second largest Ukrainian-descent communities. There are also pockets of Finnish, Austrian, Swiss, Armenian, Chinese, and Korean immigrants. Although it has the largest non-African black population, in the last census less than 8% of the population said they considered themselves to be black.

    Don't forget the Dutch. They had and still have a strong influence (Third largest behind the US and Canada) from the north east to the south of Brazil. I found it funny to see brown or black Brazilians in the north east with stark blue eyes and a Dutch last name (Also French, 2nd largest, though with a Dutch last name is nicer)

    Mar 01st, 2011 - 06:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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