Tainos in the DR?

[Capo]

Originally Posted by Ogre of the Caribbean

Did your Spanish grandparents know Jesus Galindez?

I'm not sure.I will have to ask.Jesús de Galíndez was a good man.Shame what happend to him.

[Nearcalycle]

Hi guys, it's been way too long since I've popped my head in to say hello to everyone. I've been around looking at all the comments and replies to everyone, but I haven't signed up until today ! This forum is very informative and I'm hoping to learn more.

Looking forward to sharing ideas with everybody! And everyone is so nice (even though you dont even know me yet). It was nice reading about where everyone is at. I look forward to getting to know everyone as we exchange messages on this forum.

I'm pretty happy to be here!

[Mr_DR]

Originally Posted by Nearcalycle

Hi guys, it's been way too long since I've popped my head in to say hello to everyone. I've been around looking at all the comments and replies to everyone, but I haven't signed up until today ! This forum is very informative and I'm hoping to learn more.

Looking forward to sharing ideas with everybody! And everyone is so nice (even though you dont even know me yet). It was nice reading about where everyone is at. I look forward to getting to know everyone as we exchange messages on this forum.

I'm pretty happy to be here!

Welcome Nearcalycle!!!

[Pleasant]

I think I might have a Taino ancestry. I have dark very straight hair, and my facial features aren't very common. I definitely don't look like a typical Dominican.

I have been mistaken for a Gypsy(3 times), from Istanbul(5 times), Native American(6 times), from India or South America(too many times to count), and every Sicilian I have encountered wants to believe I am Sicilian. The worst part is other Dominicans don't want to believe I am Dominican. When I tell that I am indeed Dominican they always ask "but where are you from originally?".

[MBTS]

I've been reading some of the posts on thei topic. We were taught in US schools that the USA is a " melting pot" . This is far from true even after 58 years. In the DR, it truely is a melting pod with a little of this and a little of that. Yet, like the US, the cream still settles to the top in a social economic context. For a small country that has been through so much with such a rich history, it truely is remarkable, at least to the naked eye, most appear to live side by side without too much racial and cultural conflict.

[NALs]

Originally Posted by MBTS

I've been reading some of the posts on thei topic. We were taught in US schools that the USA is a " melting pot" . This is far from true even after 58 years. In the DR, it truely is a melting pod with a little of this and a little of that. Yet, like the US, the cream still settles to the top in a social economic context. For a small country that has been through so much with such a rich history, it truely is remarkable, at least to the naked eye, most appear to live side by side without too much racial and cultural conflict.

You do know that the DR has more "cream" than it does "tops", right?

-NALs

[MBTS]

Originally Posted by NALs

You do know that the DR has more "cream" than it does "tops", right?

-NALs

No. Please tell me more of what you are saying.