2/3 of Doms have Taino DNA
If you read Guitar's work she not only points out 2/3 of Doms have Taino DNA, but that Padre Las Casas (saviour of the Taino) had a rule that you weren't counted "indian" unless you were pure blood, as opposed to some other New World entities that counted one as "indian" even up to octaroon.
Of course the Doms have much "indian" looks. And the China eye comes from the Chinese immigrants which started with the construction of the railroads in the 19th century. DR population in 1840 was only 100,000, spread across difficult terrain. One Chinaman could tilt the eyes of a whole mountain village.
Then came the Armenians, Syrians and Lebanese at the final breakup of the Ottoman empire (from which the US got William Saroyan, Kahlil Gibran, etc., etc.). DR mirrors the melting pot of all the Americas, and might even be called the most American of the American races because of their centrality and "just right" size.
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