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Puerto Rico is still very Spanish deep in it's core. Spain is in our blood, language, culture, history, food, music, our emotions and our fiery temperament. And a significant portion of Puerto Rico's population makes it a point to travel to Spain to reconnect with their roots. Just check out the long lines in front of the Iberia counter at Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in San Juan. Their flights go out full and the airline flies out on a daily bases!
could never be proud of invaders and slave owners. Fuck Spain and the people who think puerto rico is spain. Its Arawak and African historically Know ur history
I'm from the canary islands, Gran Canaria. Many of my family went to Puerto Rico, many came back, some stayed. Puerto Rico will always have a place in my heart, I wish we could be united again, it's a shame the way US is treating you right now.
@orphanportion Sweetheart, if it weren't for the United States of America, the Puerto Rico situation would certainly be horrific in all sense of the word. We are born in Puerto Rico with USA citizenship, meaning we have all the rights and benefits. Puerto Ricans get all sorts of financial, medical, and food help Not only that, but we get money for the improvement of hospitals ,roads, and schools. To top it all up, students are entitled to free education with BEOG grants to attend a college if they qualify. The job market in Puerto Rico is not good. It is directed towards tourism and government positions. These do not pay well. Then again, thank God we can leave the island to go anywhere in the 50 USA states, at any time we wish to live, get a job, and go to college. So, sweetheart, thank God that Puerto Rico is part of the USA because if we weren't, we would be living in the same misery that Cuba and Haiti live in. These people live in extreme poverty and hunger. That is not the P.R. situation. Then again, there is a lot of corruption in Puerto Rico that hold hands with politics. So, USA sends money to the island, and politicians pocket it. Just so you know. Do your research.
You are correct that the Canary Islands greatly influenced Puerto Rico, but we must also include Andalusia in terms of language accent, and vocabulary.
Hombre tenemos sangre Europea mirar las facciones y los ojos claros son casi comunes y en los campos ojos azules por mucho , yo los tengo azules también y mis primos.
I'm of Cuban heritage myself, and our history and ancestry is very similar to Puerto Rico's. In fact, in my dna test most of my Spanish ancestry can be traced to Asturias and Canary Islands. Many Canarians also settled in Cuba as you said in the video referencing the other Spanish islands in the Caribbean due to the similarity in geography and culture as their homeland in the Canary islands.
That's why we speak very similar to the people of the Canary islands that's new information I just found out amazing there's a place called Puerto Rico out there
@@PapiRazaIn the South of the Gran Canaria island there are a town and a Beach called Puerto Rico. And the name of the blocks are the towns founded by the islanders there like Bayamón, Isabela,Mayagüez, Hatillo,etc...
Please don't get tired of bringing this videos. I learn every time you share pieces of history. In addition, we are very influenced by Spain, including military, you can research, PR National Guard had the patches that resembles some Spain history, including the colors.
We all do in Latin America... politically Spain left Puerto Rico in 1898, and got out of the other mainland territories in 1820, 1821, etc. So technically Puerto Rico and Cuba were influenced by Spain for 70 more years than the rest of the Americas. Seventy years is a long time, and so many ev ents would happen in that period of time, as the hispanic Antilles were still Spain in their own right. A different situation we had to face in the Americas mainland.
- The Puerto Rico militia goes back to 1508. Every settler to the Island was also a citizen soldier; always ready to defend the new settlements. That’s how they were able to repel the Indian Rebellions, the French, English and Dutch pirates with great success.
@@mr.battledroid2195 En tus sueños lol creeme esta gente no nos quiere ni les interesamos. Mi mujer es de Salamanca. Muchos son directamente racistas y xenófobos.
Puerto Ricans are definitely Spanish or Spaniards. Puerto Rico was a part of Spain for over 400 years, and the island's culture, language, religion, and many customs are deeply rooted in that Spanish heritage. While Puerto Ricans have a diverse ancestry that includes Taino and African roots, the Spanish influence is a core part of our identity. So, while we are Puerto Rican, we are also undeniably connected to Spain and its legacy!🇵🇷🇪🇸
I’m Puerto Rican and this had to be made, because there a lot of people out there. Specially Americans who don’t know our history, even though we’ve been a U.S. territory for more than 100yrs. Black Americans say we’re black and so does white Americans, even other Latinos don’t know, so now they know.
No one thinks PR is black. Only part black. Its obvious. Are you upset when they acknowledge the obvious? The problem is that in America people who are mixed with black which is most american blacks are considered black. So they put the same thing on puerto ricans but only the ones who look black actually qualify. If you look like ricky martin you are not black
I don’t know why in the world would a black person even think that 🙄 the majority of Puerto Ricans don’t look nothing like them yeah there’s a few blacks in PR just like in any other country because they were brought to this side of the world to served as slaves, but that doesn’t mean that everybody in PR is black! Hello! I have blue eyes blonde hair and my skin is as white as snow and everyone in my family looks like me, so please tell me how is that being black?? My DNA came back showing 65% European American Indian, and Iranian nowhere in my DNA did the black race show up. lol 😂
@anactaneustheeleventh2542 You are right about that. Then again, it might be because of ignorance or prejudice that they lack Puerto Rican history knowledge. I have met Hispanic people that have tried to downgrade me by making it sound like they are of more pure Spanish heritage because black slaves were taken to Puerto Rico. What I ask them is, did you know that our "Mestisaje" did not come from the negroe slaves taken to Puerto Rico? It came from Spain. The Spaniards that colonized Puerto Rico were mixed with the Moores or black Arabs that ruled Spain for 500+ years. So, did you say that you are more Spaniard than me? You know what, you might be right! In other words, what I let them know is that if you say your ancestry is spanish from Spain, you are most likely to have Moore or black arab ancestry. They certainly did not play tic tac toe for 500+ years while they were in Spain. What do you think?
It’s crazy to me how you know more about the people that attacked your ancestors than your actual ancestors.🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️Spanish people are still in slavery and it’s sad
@@kristianluciano You fail to understand that the indigenous people that were colonized do not longer exist as a people. What we have is Puerto Rican people that mostly have the DNA of the colonizers. In other word we are the colonizers. The Africans were not colonized. They were brought to the island as an afterthought.
@@julian65886 the indigenous people already had African roots. You can’t be melanated without any African blood. You keep trying to make this argument that the indigenous people have no real existence in Puerto Rican culture and I know many Puerto Ricans that would be offended by this. I truly feel like you just love your pale skin culture so you don’t have a problem undermining the truth that melanated people who originated in Africa traveled to what is now Puerto Rico and they were attacked by Spaniards. What you are saying literally goes against things that the Puerto Rican government puts out. How can they make money off of heritage with your idealism. So obviously no one is agreeing with you
@@mavericktorresbjd766 All the Islands of Puerto Rico are beautiful. I especially love Vieques and Culebra but Icacos and Palominos are delightful. The Puerto Rico mainland is superb.
When I took my DnA test, I was very surprised to find out I was more Portuguese than Spanish, even though Spanish wound up being my second-highest result. I was fascinated to find out that the first garrison in San Felipe del Morro was established in 1593 by Portuguese soldiers from Lisbon, meaning a good majority of my ancestors were the first non-Spaniard Europeans to set foot on the island. That even predates the Royal Decree of Grace. My great-grandmother was also of non-Spanish European descent, being of English and Scottish stock. She lived her life on the island and spoke nothing but Spanish. While Spain and Puerto Rico are intrinsically linked to one another, not all Boricuas are majority Spanish, as an outsider looking in would think, and that is what makes all of us Ricans unique. You never know what you’re going to get.
@@coquireport Yessir, but you know how it is. We’re brought up being taught about the 3 bloods, trigueno, being Spanish, African, Taino. I never knew of any of the other ethnic contributions of our people growing up. They didn’t even teach us about the different tribes that inhabited the island. I certainly wasn’t made aware of that from my family, or the NY schools I attended that don’t even touch upon Puerto Rican culture. Maybe it’s different for schools in Puerto Rico? I’m not sure what the curriculum on the island is regarding its history.
Thanks for the video!! One of my great grandfathers on my father's side was a Spaniard and he moved to PR in the 1800s....I have compiled tons of info about my ancestors....I have a great great grandfather that was from one of the virgin islands
@@akeemp1577 I was raised by my grandparents so I used to spend lots of time talking with them...Once I had kids, I had another talk with them, scanned old pics and wrote stuff down....Then a few years ago with the different websites about ancestry I signed up and got lots more info.
0:22 Mi abuelo era tinerfeño (comerciante y agricultor con fincas en hatillo utuado y claro en tenerife) y mi bisabuela (tambien por parte de mi madre del lado de mi abuela ) catalana barcelonesa yo 100% puertorriqueño 🇵🇷❤️🔥💪
@@coquireport yes do that ! I have many Corsicans descendants friends back in Puerto Rico , I’ll follow you in the enchantment island of Puerto Rico history , you’re are doing a great job 👏, you talked with facts and very accurate with the truth , thank you so much for your great work
Hey coquireport thank you for making this channel about Puerto Rico. I love history in general but It becomes depressing when it’s a struggle to find history about the Island of Puerto Rico and yet I see other channels on European history or African history that have so much more. Please continue to bring great content on the history of Pr!
- había mucho españoles de la raza negra en la conquista del nuevo mundo y eran libre, no todos eran esclavos. Como Juan Garridos, Sebastián Toral, etc. La conquista era blancos, negros y mulatos contra la piel rojas de las Américas. Los negros llegaron a las Américas con los caucásicos mediterráneos, mucho antes que los caucásicos alpinos y nórdicos.
@Optional-bd3yq. Correcto. Soy BORICUA, MI PATRIA ES PUERTO RICO. Los que niegan a PUERTO RICO se pueden mudar a España o a USA. En estos momentos , no los necesitamos.
@@laborincana4490 ¿Por qué hablas español entonces? En Puerto Rico se ve muchas banderas dominicanas, cubanas, etc..., pues ellos se pueden ir tambien, verdad? Y los puertorriqueños que se identifican como AFRO-boricua. Para ellos África es más importante y son africanos primero como dijo Tego Calderon.
@@makeuthink2120 no, solo siguen la moda gringa, en realidad somos puertorriqueños. Y somos boricuas. Si yo fuera a identificar por mi genética, tendría una sede de la ONU en mi. La verdad es que la mayoría de los puertorriqueños somos así. Tenemos ancestros nativos, africanos y europeos. Eso nos hace BORICUAS Y PUERTORRIQUEÑOS. NUESTRA PATRIA, PUERTO RICO.
@Optional-bd3yq yo viví muchos años en Andalucía. Siempre la defendí , aunque no sea andaluza, pero me fue fácil identificarme con los andaluces, y no con el resto de España. No soy andaluza, ni pretendí serlo, sin embargo, te entiendo. Aprendí a amar a Andalucía, sin dejar de ser puertorriqueña.
Incorrect. That is so, of the three Spanish-speaking islands, only in the Dominican Republic due to the fact that it and Haiti are together. Puerto Rico is much more Spanish than it wants to admit. To me, that's nonsensical.
Some of us are certainly Spaniards, those of us with predominant European DNA and European Phenotypes are certainly Spaniards, not all of us are like that despite all of us being mixed to a degree. My ancestors were from Castille and Asturias.
I'm Puerto🇵🇷Rican born and raised on the island and my DNA results from 23&Me are 72% European mostly from Spain🇪🇦, 16% Native American Taíno, 9% Subsaharan African and the rest is North African Amazigh (Canary Islanders Guanche DNA), Middle East, East Asian, Azkhenazi Jews, etc.🇵🇷❤🇪🇦
Puerto Ricans I went to Spain and they educated me on our dialect do not let anyone talk you down about the way we speak we speak like this because that’s the way the Canary Islands speak and we have a mix with our Taino in it too I get very mad when I hear people correcting other people on how they speak we do not speak wrong this is our language and they have theirs I would say that they pronounce things wrong because on our island we don’t call it that 😂😂🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
My mother always told me we were from the Canary island, but I never believed her. I saw myself as an indigenous American due to my father side and Puerto Rican Portuguese ❤ thank you. can you explain more videos? I like to find out about our African heritage in Puerto Rico❤
How come you did not mention the French and Corsican migration during early 19th century due to the Haitian Revolution and the Napoleonic takeover of Spain. Just go to the Yauco coffee area, Coamo and the Guayama areas. You jumped from the Spanish mainland regions to the Canary Islands without mentioning those other groups!
@guayames Because this video is about Spanish influence...However I did make a video about Corsicans ,French etc...ruclips.net/video/pgaAPMkZ34s/видео.html
@@miguelramirez6352not true only the most southern regions were under Berber occupation for more centuries but the northern reaches in no more than 2 centuries were reconquered.
I did my DNA and ended up being 72% European with the two primary groups being Spanish and Portuguese, followed by French, Basque, and other northern and southern Europeans. The remainder is Taino, North African, and about 8% sub Saharan African.
I can tell you my mom side of the family came from Spain the immigrated around 1900's. We believe they came from the The Basque region of spain if you notice some of the traditional outfits for farming outfit's in Puerto Rico you notice the outfits called Vestido de Jibarito which the iconic white shirt, white pants, red sash belt, red bandana and a straw hat. if you compare it to the traditional outfits of Basque they sometimes wear White shirt, White pants the red sash belt , sometimes a red Bandana, and a Red hat.
❤❤my great grandparents from both sides came from Barcelona, Spain. Puerto Rico never asked for independence from Spain. The US annexed Puerto Rico, Guam and the Phillipines after Spain lost the war in1898.
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The inhabitants of Puerto Rico are Spanish by origin. However, they are partially naturalized Americans without the right to vote for the president when they live in Puerto Rico. Any citizen has the right to vote for their country, regardless of where they are.
All this voting issue has to do with old laws that need to be changed. I wonder if this law also applies to Americans from the mainland that move to Puerto Rico. Because if it doesn't, I would consider it discriminatory. As to all puerto ricans only being of Spanish descent, that is not always true. There is a blend of different european cultures. We also have black ancestry, but it did not only come from slaves brought to Puerto Rico. It also comes from the Moores or black Arabs from Spain . They ruled half of Spain for 500+ years. So the first Spaniards that came to Puerto Rico were most likely mixed with the Moores.😊
well, that explains all the nuances about their history; I was wondering about. I thought it would be hard on RUclips to get those answers. Thanks, for making it direct.
Interestingly with regards to my 23andme dna results. "Spain has 19 administrative regions. You share DNA with 23andMe participants who most frequently report their ancestors were from the following 7 regions." The Canary Islands and Andalusia respectively are my two largest regions within my Spanish ancestory.
My wife’s mother and grandmother were also born in Puerto Rico, but her great grandfather and great grandmother were born in Canary Island and Córcega respectively.
la pregunta si eres o no eres tiene una solucion. haganse la prreba de ADN. yo lo hice y tengo un 65 porciento de adn de la peninsula iberica. o sea, SOY ESPAÑOL. no soy frances, gringo, italiano ni arabe aunque en la mezcla de todos que en algun momento dado invadieron a hispania, tengo ademas otros rasgos muy diminutos de otras nacionalidades. notaran ademas que si buscan archivos de sus familiares entre 1873 a 1900 notaran el sello de la CORONA DE ESPAÑA.
@@frankieriospr yeah PR spanish a unique mix between the boricua indigenous, and different regions from Spain, but I am so curious about the "Acho" expression that I only observed in the region of Murcia and PR so it must have a common ancestor between them, or some murcian people went to PR and made the Acho expression popular somehow...
I agree with this from what se bass Regan, and Castillo, Catalans, and Aragon, my big blood lines history with the caribe and Taino, can’t find if I have no then Africa but something must be in there. From my great grand parents where of Spanish blood line I tried the D,N,A test but they never sent me my results two times. By I can tell by the way my parents grand parents looks I know I am bass, Castillo, lion, Atalanta,Aragon, and I know for shore there is Taino, and caribe, so a mutt. Hahaha but wish I can se how far back I can go in Europe the Americas. Hopefully I can get a D,N,A, test that can show me how far back like I know Jewish, Italian, German, and and so on but har far back can I find out ? Roman, Greek, Middle East ?
76% Celtiberian. We can still get Spanish citizenship only requires us to live there 2 years everyone else needs 10. We had the opportunity to get it free until 2011 I missed it by a month when I went to get it.
Im 26% Spanish, 15% Portuguese, 21% Taino, 34% African, 4% other European. I just recently started accepting what I am. I didn’t really care. I was Puerto Rican. That’s what I am but my DNA and my heritage comes from many places.
I’m not advocating for picking on people. I think many Puerto Ricans do not embrace their African and Taino roots. Wake up !Africa is a large continent and not a small country as Spain. Spain was your colonizer.
I am not a Spaniard. Trust me. I live in Spain and am married to a Spaniard woman. The cultural similarities are there, but there are huge differences. I am not going to go into the details, but we are a much warmer, open, and humble people. The average spaniard has some level of superiority complex that is the result of the founding myth of their nation, the Reconquista and the Conquest of the Americas. According to family history, we descend from Extremadurans, Andalucians, and Canarians of Sephardic Jeiwsh origin. Originally, they had fled to Canarias as it was considered a backwater territory, but when the Inquisition got a hold of those islands, they fled to Puerto Rico and mixed with everything that was in Puerto Rico for the next three centuries. My genome says I am 81% Spanish, out of which 54% is European and 27% is Sephardic Jeiwsh, 10% SSA and 9% Native. My Y dna is Sephardic Jeiwsh and my mtDNA is from Ethiopia in its origin and it is present in Berbers, Guanches, Black Africans, and Sephardics. I am proud of all of my ancestries and hold a special place in my heart for the indigenous people of Puerto Rico, the Huecoides and the Arawaks, as well as my ancestors who were brought in chains from Sub Saharan Africa. Our people is a Multiracial and Multiethnic people completely different to Spaniards.
You didn’t mention what part of Spain you live in…. Could it maybe provide context in the sense that Spain has many regions and it would only make sense that certain regions would be different vs others that are more similar?
Absurd comment, spanirds are very diferent among them, northern people are cold, southern people are 90% as american, canarian people are 100% like boricuas, dominican or cuban.
Spain allowed under agreement to populate more with professionals from France, Italy, Germany and Spain without paying taxes. In the case of Germany there was another emigration of Germans-Brazilians.
I have 54% Spaniard and I always thought I was pure nicaraguan 🇳🇮 indígenas ,but then I started thinking why I’m more white complected with green eyes if I’m indigenous so I did ancestry dna find out I have like 5%french 20%indigenous de centro america 2%senegal 2% Nigerian and 1% south Italy 10% vasco de España y Portugal like 3% I was like I’m confused now 😁 ,I know y’all don’t care but the point is we part of a big family we come from the big Spaniard empire ,we the babies of the indigenous and European
@leydaltorres Jewish influence came mainly from sephardic news through Spain...And I did a separate video on African slavery in Puerto Rico..Here's the link..ruclips.net/video/4NnpLt9cgYw/видео.htmlsi=q5vukFmdBnAzwTMK
Tienes toda la razón ,pero Puerto Rico ha conservado el Español siendo territorio americano y todo sobre quien somos,somos Españoles con mirar los pueblitos de la Isla las facciones de nuestros abuelitos
No solo, somos de origen espanol. Hay una mescla de otros paises europeos. Mi abuelita era mitad Espanola e Italiana. Mi abuelo materno era espanol por ambas partes pero nacido en Puert Rico. Y tuve un bisabuelo que nacio en Saragosa y vino adulto a Puerto Rico. Y es verdad que yo siempre, desde nena, note ciertos rasgos y la forma distinta de hablar. Mami a veces hablaba con el ceseo espanol sin darse cuenta.
I am puerto rican but also this isn’t just puerto rico but it’s all of latin america (the new world) colombia, mexico, dr, panama, uruguay, paraguay, nicaragua, chile, venezuela, cuba all of these countries have ties to spain and their culture has a heavy spanish influence and spanish dna and argentina is the south american country with more european dna than puerto rico so it’s not just us puerto ricans because the spanish were colonising all of latin america at the time even i believe mexico at one time it was called new spain before it was called mexico so idk why people think it’s just puerto ricans with spanish ancestry i am puerto rican and even i know all this 🙄 the video was very educational but puerto rico wasn’t the only place being colonised by the spanish at the time all latin american countries have spanish influence and share spanish dna
You’re talking about Spanish America, not “Latin America” and just so you know, this video talks about Puerto Rico and how it’s culture is predominantly based of Canarians and andalusians
@@cdiz765 not necessarily puerto ricans along with cubans and dominicans have more african dna than pure spanish dna just because they were colonised longer by spain doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s a statistics also they did a study on
Argentina lo que tiene son mas genes italianos pero PR es el pais mas iberico del mundo y queda en america Busca el estudio que hizo una universidad de los mormones de USA en cuanto a las pruebas de ancestry
The dominant culture in Puerto Rico is Spanish in origin. The Spanish surnames, the Catholic faith, the Spanish language, and the hundreds of families that settled on the island from the Canary Islands and other parts of Spain. Once in Puerto Rico, many absorbed elements of the original Taíno population as well as that of the Sub-Saharan African population brought to the island as slaves. Despite the "mestizaje" that occurred throughout the island, Puertoricans are, in essence, culturally Spanish. By 1897, Puerto Rico was an autonomous overseas region of Spain, and its people were Spanish citizens, regardless of race, until the United States invaded the island and took possession of it after the Spanish-American War.
@@Goddesso-rs6qq You do the know the Spanish preceded the British in conquering the Americas..They didn't come as immigrants..They came as conquerers.. There was no Ellis island, New York or United States for that matter when they came.
Our heritage is Spaniard and Taino Indian, lets not forget that. My grandfather on my mother's side was full blood Spaniard and my grandmother was full blood Taino Indian, together they had 4 children.
78% of the people in PR have European DNA this is why you see lots of people of white skin. Our customs and laguage come from Spain, Catalonia, Andaluz, Canary Island.
Boricuas are Spanish. A Boricua and a Spaniard are basically the same thing. African and Taíno is there too, but Spanish (as in Spaniard) is at least 80% for Puerto Ricans. Why? Very simple. Puerto Rico was always a military place for Spain. Not many african slaves were needed that much ever on the island as a result. And the Taínos merged quickly with the Spaniards. In the Dominican Republic, is the opposite, many slaves were needed there. That's why most Dominicans are black nowadays of which, obviously, they have no reason to be ashamed.
@@miguelramirez6352 Remember that I said basically and not totally. We are boricuas but please be proud of your 60 to 80 percent Spanish blood and heritage. It's nothing to be ashamed of.
@@lmf5299 Because of the Canary Islands we have Jewish, Arab and Berber blood in us. We should be proud. We are Moors and Hebrews and Natives!!!! There are groups out there that claim to be those groups BUT are not. WE ARE!! We are related to King David and the Prophet Mohammed. The descendants of King David and the Prophet Mohammed went to live in Spain. The Royals of Spain are related to both. From King David when Fadrique Lord of Haro, in which King Ferdinand II King of Aragon is a descendant of,married Paloma Ben Yahia of the Ibn Yahya family. From the Prophet Mohammed from King Alfonso VI of Castile’s wife Zaida. This is the Hispanic Royal family, don't let other's steal this from you, and don't be fooled to be ashamed of your Spanish and Portuguese Blood.
I am Borikua. Althought i hv ancestors from Spain, Portugal, west Africa and many others. I am Boricua. Spaniards are just part of the history, they are not the most important.
My family always noticed that some white puerto ricans looked some people in our family and often they said the same about us. I have a spanish grand parent from Andalusia
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Both my parents great grandparents came from Canary Islands.
Puerto Rico is still very Spanish deep in it's core. Spain is in our blood, language, culture, history, food, music, our emotions and our fiery temperament. And a significant portion of Puerto Rico's population makes it a point to travel to Spain to reconnect with their roots. Just check out the long lines in front of the Iberia counter at Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport in San Juan. Their flights go out full and the airline flies out on a daily bases!
could never be proud of invaders and slave owners. Fuck Spain and the people who think puerto rico is spain. Its Arawak and African historically Know ur history
I'm from the canary islands, Gran Canaria. Many of my family went to Puerto Rico, many came back, some stayed. Puerto Rico will always have a place in my heart, I wish we could be united again, it's a shame the way US is treating you right now.
@orphanportion Sweetheart, if it weren't for the United States of America, the Puerto Rico situation would certainly be horrific in all sense of the word. We are born in Puerto Rico with USA citizenship, meaning we have all the rights and benefits. Puerto Ricans get all sorts of financial, medical, and food help
Not only that, but we get money for the improvement of hospitals ,roads, and schools. To top it all up, students are entitled to free education with BEOG grants to attend a college if they qualify. The job market in Puerto Rico is not good. It is directed towards tourism and government positions. These do not pay well. Then again, thank God we can leave the island to go anywhere in the 50 USA states, at any time we wish to live, get a job, and go to college. So, sweetheart, thank God that Puerto Rico is part of the USA because if we weren't, we would be living in the same misery that Cuba and Haiti live in. These people live in extreme poverty and hunger. That is not the P.R. situation. Then again, there is a lot of corruption in Puerto Rico that hold hands with politics. So, USA sends money to the island, and politicians pocket it. Just so you know. Do your research.
My ancestors came from the Canary islands as well.
Boricuas don't know how Spanish they are until they visit Southern Spain and the Canary Islands. It's like visiting Puerto Rico.
Bro there's even a place in the Canary islands called Puerto Rico
@@PapiRaza Yes, Puerto Rico is a district in Gran Canaria with a fabulous Beach and huge shopping Center.
@@SuperTitojrI have roots in Telde
For some reason many puertoricans want to claim PR as African. These are mostly Nuyoricans that have been influenced by black America.
I lived in Andalucía, and I loved it, but that didn’t make a Spaniard. I am and always will be PUERTORRIQUEÑA.
You're a fountain of Puerto Rican history and I'm here to drink it up. I thank you again 🇵🇷
You are correct that the Canary Islands greatly influenced Puerto Rico, but we must also include Andalusia in terms of language accent, and vocabulary.
Andalusians also influenced us, Canarians
In PR hay pueblos Corzos como Yauco, Alemanes cómo Aguadilla. Llegó de todo a la isla.
andalusia y canarias pobladas por castellanos despues de la reconquista
Hombre tenemos sangre Europea mirar las facciones y los ojos claros son casi comunes y en los campos ojos azules por mucho , yo los tengo azules también y mis primos.
@NoeBonillaNegron many mediterraneanslike italians and Spaniards have brown eyes
I'm of Cuban heritage myself, and our history and ancestry is very similar to Puerto Rico's. In fact, in my dna test most of my Spanish ancestry can be traced to Asturias and Canary Islands. Many Canarians also settled in Cuba as you said in the video referencing the other Spanish islands in the Caribbean due to the similarity in geography and culture as their homeland in the Canary islands.
That's why we speak very similar to the people of the Canary islands that's new information I just found out amazing there's a place called Puerto Rico out there
@@PapiRazaIn the South of the Gran Canaria island there are a town and a Beach called Puerto Rico. And the name of the blocks are the towns founded by the islanders there like Bayamón, Isabela,Mayagüez, Hatillo,etc...
I love history. Great videos! Glad I found your channel of our island 🏝️
Such insane & amazing history in a very tiny little island....great stuff like always. I wish Puertoricans cared way more about the island also.
Please don't get tired of bringing this videos. I learn every time you share pieces of history. In addition, we are very influenced by Spain, including military, you can research, PR National Guard had the patches that resembles some Spain history, including the colors.
We all do in Latin America... politically Spain left Puerto Rico in 1898, and got out of the other mainland territories in 1820, 1821, etc. So technically Puerto Rico and Cuba were influenced by Spain for 70 more years than the rest of the Americas. Seventy years is a long time, and so many ev ents would happen in that period of time, as the hispanic Antilles were still Spain in their own right. A different situation we had to face in the Americas mainland.
- The Puerto Rico militia goes back to 1508. Every settler to the Island was also a citizen soldier; always ready to defend the new settlements. That’s how they were able to repel the Indian Rebellions, the French, English and Dutch pirates with great success.
Viva Puerto Rico!🇨🇺❤️🇪🇦 desde 🇪🇦
🤔esa bandera es la de Cuba no la de Puerto Rico
Bandera de Puerto Rico--- 🇵🇷
Viva Puerto Rico… español
@@norbertosuarez5722Son la misma. En mi opinión somos el mismo pueblo en diferentes islas, y los dos llevamos nuestra Sangre Ibérica.
@@mr.battledroid2195 En tus sueños lol creeme esta gente no nos quiere ni les interesamos. Mi mujer es de Salamanca. Muchos son directamente racistas y xenófobos.
Puerto Ricans are definitely Spanish or Spaniards. Puerto Rico was a part of Spain for over 400 years, and the island's culture, language, religion, and many customs are deeply rooted in that Spanish heritage. While Puerto Ricans have a diverse ancestry that includes Taino and African roots, the Spanish influence is a core part of our identity. So, while we are Puerto Rican, we are also undeniably connected to Spain and its legacy!🇵🇷🇪🇸
I’m Puerto Rican and this had to be made, because there a lot of people out there. Specially Americans who don’t know our history, even though we’ve been a U.S. territory for more than 100yrs. Black Americans say we’re black and so does white Americans, even other Latinos don’t know, so now they know.
No one thinks PR is black. Only part black. Its obvious. Are you upset when they acknowledge the obvious? The problem is that in America people who are mixed with black which is most american blacks are considered black. So they put the same thing on puerto ricans but only the ones who look black actually qualify. If you look like ricky martin you are not black
? Black Americans would sooner call you white.
I don’t know why in the world would a black person even think that 🙄 the majority of Puerto Ricans don’t look nothing like them yeah there’s a few blacks in PR just like in any other country because they were brought to this side of the world to served as slaves, but that doesn’t mean that everybody in PR is black! Hello! I have blue eyes blonde hair and my skin is as white as snow and everyone in my family looks like me, so please tell me how is that being black?? My DNA came back showing 65% European American Indian, and Iranian nowhere in my DNA did the black race show up. lol 😂
@anactaneustheeleventh2542 You are right about that. Then again, it might be because of ignorance or prejudice that they lack Puerto Rican history knowledge. I have met Hispanic people that have tried to downgrade me by making it sound like they are of more pure Spanish heritage because black slaves were taken to Puerto Rico. What I ask them is, did you know that our "Mestisaje" did not come from the negroe slaves taken to Puerto Rico? It came from Spain. The Spaniards that colonized Puerto Rico were mixed with the Moores or black Arabs that ruled Spain for 500+ years. So, did you say that you are more Spaniard than me? You know what, you might be right! In other words, what I let them know is that if you say your ancestry is spanish from Spain, you are most likely to have Moore or black arab ancestry. They certainly did not play tic tac toe for 500+ years while they were in Spain. What do you think?
nobody say taht you are blacks just some of you
I’m Puerto Rican but my ancestry comes from the island of Majorca which is apart of Spain. I love my Spanish roots.
Si tanto las amas lucha por mantenerlas y patea al yanqui opresor de vuestra isla
It’s crazy to me how you know more about the people that attacked your ancestors than your actual ancestors.🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️Spanish people are still in slavery and it’s sad
It’s like being a child of grape and you live the grapist more than your mother that was graped. It’s mind blowing 😮
@@kristianluciano You fail to understand that the indigenous people that were colonized do not longer exist as a people. What we have is Puerto Rican people that mostly have the DNA of the colonizers. In other word we are the colonizers. The Africans were not colonized. They were brought to the island as an afterthought.
@@julian65886 the indigenous people already had African roots. You can’t be melanated without any African blood. You keep trying to make this argument that the indigenous people have no real existence in Puerto Rican culture and I know many Puerto Ricans that would be offended by this. I truly feel like you just love your pale skin culture so you don’t have a problem undermining the truth that melanated people who originated in Africa traveled to what is now Puerto Rico and they were attacked by Spaniards. What you are saying literally goes against things that the Puerto Rican government puts out. How can they make money off of heritage with your idealism. So obviously no one is agreeing with you
Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Island is blessed by God . God save our Puerto Rico Island. ❤ .
And Galicia
@@ninahndz5880 ❤️ .
I agree, our Islands of Puerto Rico are blessed, especially Vieques, Culebra, Mona, Icacos, Desecheo, Palominos and all the others.
@@mavericktorresbjd766 All the Islands of Puerto Rico are beautiful. I especially love Vieques and Culebra but Icacos and Palominos are delightful. The Puerto Rico mainland is superb.
@@FrankTorres-ci5hh ok good . 👍 .
When I took my DnA test, I was very surprised to find out I was more Portuguese than Spanish, even though Spanish wound up being my second-highest result. I was fascinated to find out that the first garrison in San Felipe del Morro was established in 1593 by Portuguese soldiers from Lisbon, meaning a good majority of my ancestors were the first non-Spaniard Europeans to set foot on the island. That even predates the Royal Decree of Grace. My great-grandmother was also of non-Spanish European descent, being of English and Scottish stock. She lived her life on the island and spoke nothing but Spanish. While Spain and Puerto Rico are intrinsically linked to one another, not all Boricuas are majority Spanish, as an outsider looking in would think, and that is what makes all of us Ricans unique. You never know what you’re going to get.
segajsaturn well Portugal is right within the boundaries of Spain..
@@coquireport Yessir, but you know how it is. We’re brought up being taught about the 3 bloods, trigueno, being Spanish, African, Taino. I never knew of any of the other ethnic contributions of our people growing up. They didn’t even teach us about the different tribes that inhabited the island. I certainly wasn’t made aware of that from my family, or the NY schools I attended that don’t even touch upon Puerto Rican culture. Maybe it’s different for schools in Puerto Rico? I’m not sure what the curriculum on the island is regarding its history.
@@segajsaturn6036 As far as I know, the Taino inhabited Borinquen or Puerto Rico..
Plus Gallegos are practically Portuguese.
@@coquireport It does mean that the Puerto Ricans are Spaniards…
Thanks! I'm grateful to learn about PR and my ancestors.
Thanks for the video!! One of my great grandfathers on my father's side was a Spaniard and he moved to PR in the 1800s....I have compiled tons of info about my ancestors....I have a great great grandfather that was from one of the virgin islands
That's good to hear , wish I was able to go back but I just don't know how to begin. How did you do your research
@@akeemp1577 I was raised by my grandparents so I used to spend lots of time talking with them...Once I had kids, I had another talk with them, scanned old pics and wrote stuff down....Then a few years ago with the different websites about ancestry I signed up and got lots more info.
@@mr.battledroid2195That is your opinion ma'am
@@mr.battledroid2195you still living in matanzas?
@@JOSECARABALLO-e1n I’m a man.
0:22 Mi abuelo era tinerfeño (comerciante y agricultor con fincas en hatillo utuado y claro en tenerife) y mi bisabuela (tambien por parte de mi madre del lado de mi abuela ) catalana barcelonesa yo 100% puertorriqueño 🇵🇷❤️🔥💪
Hermosa la herencia española en la vida de los puertorriqueños que heredamos su cultura e idioma.
Puerto Rico has a very Rich History of culture and emigrants from all over Europe
vexy6086 I plan to do a video to cover the remaing influences from other countries on Puerto Rico, especially Corsican migration..
@@coquireport yes do that ! I have many Corsicans descendants friends back in Puerto Rico , I’ll follow you in the enchantment island of Puerto Rico history , you’re are doing a great job 👏, you talked with facts and very accurate with the truth , thank you so much for your great work
Hey coquireport thank you for making this channel about Puerto Rico. I love history in general but It becomes depressing when it’s a struggle to find history about the Island of Puerto Rico and yet I see other channels on European history or African history that have so much more. Please continue to bring great content on the history of Pr!
@@marcarce592 Thank you for the comment. I And tune in every week for a new video...Don't forget to share..
@@coquireportNever😢 new anything concerning Corsica until the other day. Schools don't teach that in PR. Same thing with the Italians.
Aqui un canario en California, and proud of my ancestors' legacy.
I am Puerto Rican of African decent.
Soy Negro y con orgullo.
La esclavitud ya fue abolida. Ud y sus hermanos tienen la libertad para repatriarse a su madre patria.
@@makeuthink2120váyase usted a su madre patria y déjenos a los puertorriqueños en la nuestra, Puerto Rico
. Slavery has never been abolished. They treat brown skin people like they don't matter till this day. There is no freedom...
@@makeuthink2120 eres libre de regresar a tu patria española.
Eres el arquetipo del racismo y su herencia esclavista a través de tu reflexión.
- había mucho españoles de la raza negra en la conquista del nuevo mundo y eran libre, no todos eran esclavos. Como Juan Garridos, Sebastián Toral, etc. La conquista era blancos, negros y mulatos contra la piel rojas de las Américas. Los negros llegaron a las Américas con los caucásicos mediterráneos, mucho antes que los caucásicos alpinos y nórdicos.
60% or more of my DNA, comes from the Iberian Peninsula. Espanol, Portugues, Andalusian, and Basco, but iam 100% Boricua.
I am Puerto Rican and my mother country is Spain
Puerto Rico siempre en nuestro corazón ❤🇪🇦.
@Optional-bd3yq. Correcto. Soy BORICUA, MI PATRIA ES PUERTO RICO. Los que niegan a PUERTO RICO se pueden mudar a España o a USA. En estos momentos , no los necesitamos.
@@laborincana4490 ¿Por qué hablas español entonces? En Puerto Rico se ve muchas banderas dominicanas, cubanas, etc..., pues ellos se pueden ir tambien, verdad? Y los puertorriqueños que se identifican como AFRO-boricua. Para ellos África es más importante y son africanos primero como dijo Tego Calderon.
@@makeuthink2120 no, solo siguen la moda gringa, en realidad somos puertorriqueños. Y somos boricuas. Si yo fuera a identificar por mi genética, tendría una sede de la ONU en mi. La verdad es que la mayoría de los puertorriqueños somos así. Tenemos ancestros nativos, africanos y europeos. Eso nos hace BORICUAS Y PUERTORRIQUEÑOS. NUESTRA PATRIA, PUERTO RICO.
@Optional-bd3yq yo viví muchos años en Andalucía. Siempre la defendí , aunque no sea andaluza, pero me fue fácil identificarme con los andaluces, y no con el resto de España. No soy andaluza, ni pretendí serlo, sin embargo, te entiendo. Aprendí a amar a Andalucía, sin dejar de ser puertorriqueña.
Puerto Rico is Spanish and Catholic Christian. The island still European as hell.
Some Puerto Ricans dont know where they came from.
@@rherna2601 And don't care.
As my PR father in law used to say "Open up a pot of Boricuas and you find all kinds of flavors in it".
My mother is Puerto Rican and her ancestry has like 24% Spanish and the rest is mostly African
Most of people from the Hispanic Antilles and Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Repùblica Dominicana, Colombia and Venezuela) are like that.
Ni todos ,la mayoria tiene mas genes africanos @@amiquigonzales7917
Incorrect. That is so, of the three Spanish-speaking islands, only in the Dominican Republic due to the fact that it and Haiti are together. Puerto Rico is much more Spanish than it wants to admit. To me, that's nonsensical.
@@lmf5299 Lol imagine telling someone else thattheir OWN DNA results are incorrect. Idiot.
@@amiquigonzales7917no they are not lmao
Some of us are certainly Spaniards, those of us with predominant European DNA and European Phenotypes are certainly Spaniards, not all of us are like that despite all of us being mixed to a degree. My ancestors were from Castille and Asturias.
What degree your majesty ?
@@mmusico48 80.9 Euro, 14.2 Indigenous, and 3.4% SSA. 1.3% Unassigned, and 0.2 Trace ancestry from Central Asia of all places.
I'm Puerto🇵🇷Rican born and raised on the island and my DNA results from 23&Me are 72% European mostly from Spain🇪🇦, 16% Native American Taíno, 9% Subsaharan African and the rest is North African Amazigh (Canary Islanders Guanche DNA), Middle East, East Asian, Azkhenazi Jews, etc.🇵🇷❤🇪🇦
Puerto Ricans I went to Spain and they educated me on our dialect do not let anyone talk you down about the way we speak we speak like this because that’s the way the Canary Islands speak and we have a mix with our Taino in it too I get very mad when I hear people correcting other people on how they speak we do not speak wrong this is our language and they have theirs I would say that they pronounce things wrong because on our island we don’t call it that 😂😂🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
Puerto Rico was Spain, they never asked for independence.
@juliosumarriva Some didn't but many did .
@@coquireport most of them did not, there were only two in 400 years of union with Spain.
@juliosumarriva3034 The facts tell another story but that's OK we can agree to disagree..Thanks for the comment...
Puerto Rico IS Spain no doubt
@@coquireport I don't think so my friend, divide and conquer.
My mother always told me we were from the Canary island, but I never believed her. I saw myself as an indigenous American due to my father side and Puerto Rican Portuguese ❤ thank you. can you explain more videos? I like to find out about our African heritage in Puerto Rico❤
Well...looks like im the only Guanche here...I been in Puerto Rico two times and the feeling was the same.....HOME.
Usted de Taíno no tiene nada. Deje las fantasías.
How come you did not mention the French and Corsican migration during early 19th century due to the Haitian Revolution and the Napoleonic takeover of Spain. Just go to the Yauco coffee area, Coamo and the Guayama areas. You jumped from the Spanish mainland regions to the Canary Islands without mentioning those other groups!
@guayames Because this video is about Spanish influence...However I did make a video about Corsicans ,French etc...ruclips.net/video/pgaAPMkZ34s/видео.html
And what about the Iberian peninsula being under Moorish rule for 700 years?
@@miguelramirez6352not true only the most southern regions were under Berber occupation for more centuries but the northern reaches in no more than 2 centuries were reconquered.
My father side had a French, Spanish and Taino father and a French and Spanish mother.
Thank you for teaching me more about my bloodline.
Thanks for sharing 💜🇵🇷 🙏🏼💯💯
I did my DNA and ended up being 72% European with the two primary groups being Spanish and Portuguese, followed by French, Basque, and other northern and southern Europeans. The remainder is Taino, North African, and about 8% sub Saharan African.
I can tell you my mom side of the family came from Spain the immigrated around 1900's. We believe they came from the The Basque region of spain if you notice some of the traditional outfits for farming outfit's in Puerto Rico you notice the outfits called Vestido de Jibarito which the iconic white shirt, white pants, red sash belt, red bandana and a straw hat. if you compare it to the traditional outfits of Basque they sometimes wear White shirt, White pants the red sash belt , sometimes a red Bandana, and a Red hat.
Please do a video on Coat of arms of Puerto Rico. The coat of arms is still used to this day , even after the separation of Puerto Rico from Spain.
@bxvideony I will certainly consider it for the future .
Mi familia viene de Gran Canarias Tenerife y Cataluna.
Muy buen video a la verdad, resumiendo la cuestion.
❤❤my great grandparents from both sides came from Barcelona, Spain. Puerto Rico never asked for independence from Spain. The US annexed Puerto Rico, Guam and the Phillipines after Spain lost the war in1898.
The inhabitants of Puerto Rico are Spanish by origin. However, they are partially naturalized Americans without the right to vote for the president when they live in Puerto Rico. Any citizen has the right to vote for their country, regardless of where they are.
All this voting issue has to do with old laws that need to be changed. I wonder if this law also applies to Americans from the mainland that move to Puerto Rico. Because if it doesn't, I would consider it discriminatory. As to all puerto ricans only being of Spanish descent, that is not always true. There is a blend of different european cultures. We also have black ancestry, but it did not only come from slaves brought to Puerto Rico. It also comes from the Moores or black Arabs from Spain . They ruled half of Spain for 500+ years. So the first Spaniards that came to Puerto Rico were most likely mixed with the Moores.😊
Jibara Soy, con mucho Orgullo!
The majority of my Iberian DNA 🧬 came back from the Canary Islands 🇮🇨
Tenerife and grand Canaria . The 2nd most was Andalusia.
I'm of mixed ancestry, my grandmother's side of her family were light skinned and fair eyed. My grandfather had African features dark and kinky hair.
well, that explains all the nuances about their history; I was wondering about. I thought it would be hard on RUclips to get those answers. Thanks, for making it direct.
Interestingly with regards to my 23andme dna results. "Spain has 19 administrative regions. You share DNA with 23andMe participants who most frequently report their ancestors were from the following 7 regions." The Canary Islands and Andalusia respectively are my two largest regions within my Spanish ancestory.
I was born in Puerto Rico, n my maternal grandmother was from Spain raised in Puerto Rico.
I love your channel 👌i am 4 percent basque beside also Portuguese
Great video, very accurate , I can confirm this within my own family, got everyone DNA tested , we're all island born Ricans
My father and grandfather were born in Puerto Rico. My great grandfather was from the Canary Islands.
My wife’s mother and grandmother were also born in Puerto Rico, but her great grandfather and great grandmother were born in Canary Island and Córcega respectively.
Yes we're are Spaniards my great grandfather came from Galicia. My sons family are from Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Don’t tell that to the African wannabes who keep saying Puerto Rico is black
Some are saying the Africans were there before the Spanish lol
la pregunta si eres o no eres tiene una solucion. haganse la prreba de ADN. yo lo hice y tengo un 65 porciento de adn de la peninsula iberica. o sea, SOY ESPAÑOL. no soy frances, gringo, italiano ni arabe aunque en la mezcla de todos que en algun momento dado invadieron a hispania, tengo ademas otros rasgos muy diminutos de otras nacionalidades. notaran ademas que si buscan archivos de sus familiares entre 1873 a 1900 notaran el sello de la CORONA DE ESPAÑA.
You don't mention Murcia, and the Puerto Rican accent is clearly influenced by Murcian region of Spain, even the cities names!
@cachipum the Spanish accent in Puerto Rico mostly resembles the Spanish from the Canary Islands..
Nope. PR Spanish is unique. A mix of so many things. Nothing like the Canarians unless they are trying to imitate us because of the music.
@@frankieriospr yeah PR spanish a unique mix between the boricua indigenous, and different regions from Spain, but I am so curious about the "Acho" expression that I only observed in the region of Murcia and PR so it must have a common ancestor between them, or some murcian people went to PR and made the Acho expression popular somehow...
I agree with this from what se bass Regan, and Castillo, Catalans, and Aragon, my big blood lines history with the caribe and Taino, can’t find if I have no then Africa but something must be in there. From my great grand parents where of Spanish blood line I tried the D,N,A test but they never sent me my results two times. By I can tell by the way my parents grand parents looks I know I am bass, Castillo, lion, Atalanta,Aragon, and I know for shore there is Taino, and caribe, so a mutt. Hahaha but wish I can se how far back I can go in Europe the Americas. Hopefully I can get a D,N,A, test that can show me how far back like I know Jewish, Italian, German, and and so on but har far back can I find out ? Roman, Greek, Middle East ?
My ancestors are from Cantabria, Spain.
Awesome!
who are the libertos, they didn’t influence PR at all?
ReyBrugal Sure, they did!
Listen stop denying the white part from Spain.
76% Celtiberian. We can still get Spanish citizenship only requires us to live there 2 years everyone else needs 10. We had the opportunity to get it free until 2011 I missed it by a month when I went to get it.
Yes, anybody that has proof that their ancestors were born in Spain can get citizenship.
Im 26% Spanish, 15% Portuguese, 21% Taino, 34% African, 4% other European. I just recently started accepting what I am. I didn’t really care. I was Puerto Rican. That’s what I am but my DNA and my heritage comes from many places.
As a Puerto Ricans please let us alone
@JudithSanchez-ht6jn ?
@@coquireport I mean a lot of these tubers special the black Americans they pick on Puerto Rico because we are proud of our Spanish legacy.
@@JudithSanchez-ht6jn Because they are jealous. I leaned that years ago.
I’m not advocating for picking on people.
I think many Puerto Ricans do not embrace their African and Taino roots.
Wake up !Africa is a large continent and not a small country as Spain.
Spain was your colonizer.
I am not a Spaniard. Trust me. I live in Spain and am married to a Spaniard woman. The cultural similarities are there, but there are huge differences. I am not going to go into the details, but we are a much warmer, open, and humble people. The average spaniard has some level of superiority complex that is the result of the founding myth of their nation, the Reconquista and the Conquest of the Americas. According to family history, we descend from Extremadurans, Andalucians, and Canarians of Sephardic Jeiwsh origin. Originally, they had fled to Canarias as it was considered a backwater territory, but when the Inquisition got a hold of those islands, they fled to Puerto Rico and mixed with everything that was in Puerto Rico for the next three centuries. My genome says I am 81% Spanish, out of which 54% is European and 27% is Sephardic Jeiwsh, 10% SSA and 9% Native. My Y dna is Sephardic Jeiwsh and my mtDNA is from Ethiopia in its origin and it is present in Berbers, Guanches, Black Africans, and Sephardics. I am proud of all of my ancestries and hold a special place in my heart for the indigenous people of Puerto Rico, the Huecoides and the Arawaks, as well as my ancestors who were brought in chains from Sub Saharan Africa. Our people is a Multiracial and Multiethnic people completely different to Spaniards.
@dbbrainer..Great comment!
You didn’t mention what part of Spain you live in…. Could it maybe provide context in the sense that Spain has many regions and it would only make sense that certain regions would be different vs others that are more similar?
What is your ethnicity?
@@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192 Boricua
Absurd comment, spanirds are very diferent among them, northern people are cold, southern people are 90% as american, canarian people are 100% like boricuas, dominican or cuban.
Proud of be PuertoRican!!!
For those that have doubts, just do a DNA test before arguing. Why, because DNA does not care about people's feeling, just facts.
Us Puerto Ricans are Hispanic. We are all mix of Spanish, Native Taino, and African. I hate it when people say we are "Americans." it urks my soul.
Yes I am Puerto Rican and did 23and me and I am 60% Spaniard that is my biggest DNA group
People from New Mexico USA also have 65 to 70 percent European...equally to Puerto Rico..
Spain allowed under agreement to populate more with professionals from France, Italy, Germany and Spain without paying taxes. In the case of Germany there was another emigration of Germans-Brazilians.
Question: Would it be legal to have a political Party in Puerto Rico to leave the USA and join the Kingdom of Spain?
I mean. Maybe that way the debt could be paid, and then some.
@nmnopnonld3ti I don't think the overwhelming majority of Puerto Ricans want that..
@@coquireport That's not the question.
I have 54% Spaniard and I always thought I was pure nicaraguan 🇳🇮 indígenas ,but then I started thinking why I’m more white complected with green eyes if I’m indigenous so I did ancestry dna find out I have like 5%french 20%indigenous de centro america 2%senegal 2% Nigerian and 1% south Italy 10% vasco de España y Portugal like 3% I was like I’m confused now 😁 ,I know y’all don’t care but the point is we part of a big family we come from the big Spaniard empire ,we the babies of the indigenous and European
What about black and Jewish influence???
@leydaltorres Jewish influence came mainly from sephardic news through Spain...And I did a separate video on African slavery in Puerto Rico..Here's the link..ruclips.net/video/4NnpLt9cgYw/видео.htmlsi=q5vukFmdBnAzwTMK
Tienes toda la razón ,pero Puerto Rico ha conservado el Español siendo territorio americano y todo sobre quien somos,somos Españoles con mirar los pueblitos de la Isla las facciones de nuestros abuelitos
No solo, somos de origen espanol. Hay una mescla de otros paises europeos. Mi abuelita era mitad Espanola e Italiana. Mi abuelo materno era espanol por ambas partes pero nacido en Puert Rico. Y tuve un bisabuelo que nacio en Saragosa y vino adulto a Puerto Rico. Y es verdad que yo siempre, desde nena, note ciertos rasgos y la forma distinta de hablar. Mami a veces hablaba con el ceseo espanol sin darse cuenta.
Hispanics not spaniards.
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I am puerto rican but also this isn’t just puerto rico but it’s all of latin america (the new world) colombia, mexico, dr, panama, uruguay, paraguay, nicaragua, chile, venezuela, cuba all of these countries have ties to spain and their culture has a heavy spanish influence and spanish dna and argentina is the south american country with more european dna than puerto rico so it’s not just us puerto ricans because the spanish were colonising all of latin america at the time even i believe mexico at one time it was called new spain before it was called mexico so idk why people think it’s just puerto ricans with spanish ancestry i am puerto rican and even i know all this 🙄 the video was very educational but puerto rico wasn’t the only place being colonised by the spanish at the time all latin american countries have spanish influence and share spanish dna
viciousthrill7103 I'm aware of that but the focus of the channel is Puerto Rico. 🇵🇷 However all Latin American countries are cousins to one another..
I’m aware of this as well but ya, it’s a channel on Puerto Rico 🙄
You’re talking about Spanish America, not “Latin America” and just so you know, this video talks about Puerto Rico and how it’s culture is predominantly based of Canarians and andalusians
@@cdiz765 not necessarily puerto ricans along with cubans and dominicans have more african dna than pure spanish dna just because they were colonised longer by spain doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s a statistics also they did a study on
Argentina lo que tiene son mas genes italianos pero PR es el pais mas iberico del mundo y queda en america
Busca el estudio que hizo una universidad de los mormones de USA en cuanto a las pruebas de ancestry
The dominant culture in Puerto Rico is Spanish in origin. The Spanish surnames, the Catholic faith, the Spanish language, and the hundreds of families that settled on the island from the Canary Islands and other parts of Spain. Once in Puerto Rico, many absorbed elements of the original Taíno population as well as that of the Sub-Saharan African population brought to the island as slaves. Despite the "mestizaje" that occurred throughout the island, Puertoricans are, in essence, culturally Spanish. By 1897, Puerto Rico was an autonomous overseas region of Spain, and its people were Spanish citizens, regardless of race, until the United States invaded the island and took possession of it after the Spanish-American War.
The question I asked myself did Spaniards come America through Ellis island
@Goddessa-rs6qq The Spaniards conquered most of the Americas..
@@coquireport hmm but why didn’t they go through Ellis island like everyone else
@@Goddesso-rs6qq Are you joking?
@@coquireport no it’s just a question
@@Goddesso-rs6qq You do the know the Spanish preceded the British in conquering the Americas..They didn't come as immigrants..They came as conquerers.. There was no Ellis island, New York or United States for that matter when they came.
Me encanta Madre Espana
I vote for Reunification!
Our heritage is Spaniard and Taino Indian, lets not forget that. My grandfather on my mother's side was full blood Spaniard and my grandmother was full blood Taino Indian, together they had 4 children.
@amarylisesquilin1433 Full blooded Taino?
I think a DNA test is in order for you. The full blooded Taino part is very suspect.
"Es que yo... tengo 3 razas: jibaro, taino (y) niche , mamita, mamita que pasa!" Hector LaVoe en La Fama
Me too, 100%
Niche? Es un eufemismo o se refiere a los guanches canarios de España?
Guanche de que carajos jajjj que va estar hector hablando de esas fantasias lmao
@@frankieriospr niche se refiere a alguien de desendencia africana...de color negro... aprende papi
@@edwinserrano1070 aprende dice este...
We are very Spanish
Peace to all the indigenous people of this continent
It’s crazy how we look at history some good some bad
You those people from Spain also have arabic blood,you think we have a tiny percentage of that
78% of the people in PR have European DNA this is why you see lots of people of white skin. Our customs and laguage come from Spain, Catalonia, Andaluz, Canary Island.
@elir.torres8642Almost all the people on the island have some level of European DNA..That's more than 78%.
Y por qué este video es en inglés y por qué todos contestan en inglés? Estoy de acuerdo que somos muy españoles. Pero debemos demostrarlo.
@waldemararroyorojas3784 porque ahora somos parte de los Estados Unidos..
Los puertorriqueños eran españoles, hasta que los USA los conquistaron o ellos se dejaron conquistar. Ahora son ciudadanos de segunda.
Boricuas are Spanish. A Boricua and a Spaniard are basically the same thing. African and Taíno is there too, but Spanish (as in Spaniard) is at least 80% for Puerto Ricans. Why? Very simple. Puerto Rico was always a military place for Spain. Not many african slaves were needed that much ever on the island as a result. And the Taínos merged quickly with the Spaniards. In the Dominican Republic, is the opposite, many slaves were needed there. That's why most Dominicans are black nowadays of which, obviously, they have no reason to be ashamed.
@lmf5299 the average Puerto Rican is 65-70% European mainly Spanish, 10-15% Taino or Amerindian and 15-20% Subsaharan African...
@@coquireport Well, close enough.
NO, Boricua and Spaniards are absolutely NOT the same! Only in your head, but still wrong!
@@miguelramirez6352 Remember that I said basically and not totally. We are boricuas but please be proud of your 60 to 80 percent Spanish blood and heritage. It's nothing to be ashamed of.
@@lmf5299 Because of the Canary Islands we have Jewish, Arab and Berber blood in us. We should be proud. We are Moors and Hebrews and Natives!!!! There are groups out there that claim to be those groups BUT are not. WE ARE!!
We are related to King David and the Prophet Mohammed.
The descendants of King David and the Prophet Mohammed went to live in Spain.
The Royals of Spain are related to both. From King David when Fadrique Lord of Haro, in which King Ferdinand II King of Aragon is a descendant of,married Paloma Ben Yahia of the Ibn Yahya family. From the Prophet Mohammed from King Alfonso VI of Castile’s wife Zaida.
This is the Hispanic Royal family, don't let other's steal this from you, and don't be fooled to be ashamed of your Spanish and Portuguese Blood.
You know, Spain is actually a fairly big country for a European country.
Somos bien Canarios.
Totalmente de acuerdo. Yo soy antillano puñeta. Canario ni Canario jodios charros
@@gg5508 cuantos años tienes pues?
@@gg5508 bueno, es cuanto menos curioso teniendo en cuenta que ya estabas ahí cuando llegaron los españoles.
My family is from Catalan . I had my DNA tested
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The empire in the north has more influence on PR than Spain does. I doubt Puerto Ricans will swap American citizenship for Spanish citizenship.
I am Borikua. Althought i hv ancestors from Spain, Portugal, west Africa and many others. I am Boricua. Spaniards are just part of the history, they are not the most important.
I live my spanish heritage! Viva Espan̈a!
My family always noticed that some white puerto ricans looked some people in our family and often they said the same about us. I have a spanish grand parent from Andalusia
I’m Puerto Rican and I too have a grandparents from Andalusia. Where you from???
I can trace my ancestors back to Cadiz Andalucía. We are mixed
50-60 white (Iberian European) 10-20% Amerindian
0-10% sub saharan african