The biggest difference between Luzon and Visayas from a phenotype standpoint

[Isleño]

Abboitz family of Cebu

Wow, they are whites! They don't look like the rest of the population. I was expecting mestizos, but they are beyond what I expected. Do they get mistaken for foreigners I wonder.

[Kamal900]

I'm going there pretty soon. It will be interesting to see the different phenotypes there. I'm interested in the Philippines Spanish history and Spanish influence on the culture. It would be interesting to see some flips (lol Hawaiian way to call Filipinos) with some significant Spanish ancestry.

I would like to visit some tropical country in south-east Asia too. We have many Filipinos here in this country, and they are indeed very diverse bunch.

[Ingenious]

Wow, they are whites! They don't look like the rest of the population. I was expecting mestizos, but they are beyond what I expected. Do they get mistaken for foreigners I wonder.

....Philippines is a multi-racial region forced to become a country when colonized by spain. They are filipino....but yeah I would not be suprised if they would be mistaken for foreigners.

[Ingenious]

I have a theory...that Luzon ...especially northern luzon...are formosan origin.

And Visayas and Mindanao are mainland Malaysia origin.

Hence why Visayans seem to have daic influences that tagalog seem to not have as,much

[turbosat]

....Philippines is a multi-racial region forced to become a country when colonized by spain. They are filipino....but yeah I would not be suprised if they would be mistaken for foreigners.

must be filipino mixed with whites or something like that.

[Amor Vincit Omnia]

Indian Filipinos refers to Filipinos of Indian descent who have historical connections with and have established themselves in what is now the Philippines. The term refers to Filipino citizens of either pure or mixed Indian descent currently residing in the country, the latter a result of intermarriages between the Indians and local populations.

Iron Age finds in Philippines also point to the existence of trade between the Indian Subcontinent and the Philippine Islands during the ninth and tenth centuries B.C.[2]

According to the National Geographic's DNA study, "The Genographic Project", they found out that the average Filipino's genes is 3% South Asian origin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Filipino

[Amor Vincit Omnia]

http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v...g2013122a.html

The Philippines is a strategic point in the Asia-Pacific region for the study of human diversity, history and origins, as it is a cross-road for human migrations and consequently exhibits enormous ethnolinguistic diversity. Following on a previous in-depth study of Y-chromosome variation, here we provide new insights into the maternal genetic history of Filipino ethnolinguistic groups by surveying complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genomes from a total of 14 groups (11 groups in this study and 3 groups previously published) including previously published mtDNA hypervariable segment (HVS) data from Filipino regional center groups. Comparison of HVS data indicate genetic differences between ethnolinguistic and regional center groups. The complete mtDNA genomes of 14 ethnolinguistic groups reveal genetic aspects consistent with the Y-chromosome, namely: diversity and heterogeneity of groups, no support for a simple dichotomy between Negrito and non-Negrito groups, and different genetic affinities with Asia-Pacific groups that are both ancient and recent. Although some mtDNA haplogroups can be associated with the Austronesian expansion, there are others that associate with South Asia, Near Oceania and Australia that are consistent with a southern migration route for ethnolinguistic group ancestors into the Asia-Pacific, with a timeline that overlaps with the initial colonization of the Asia-Pacific region, the initial colonization of the Philippines and a possible separate post-colonization migration into the Philippine archipelago.

Complete mtDNA genomes of Filipino ethnolinguistic groups: a melting pot of recent and ancient lineages in the Asia-Pacific region

[Amor Vincit Omnia]

The modern Filipino identity, with its Austronesian roots, was developed in conjunction with Spanish, Chinese and American influences. According to The Genographic Project, a DNA study on modern-day populations by the National Geographic Society, the studied population living in the Philippine archipelago are on average about: 53% Southeast Asian/Oceanian, 36% East Asian, 5% Southern European, 3% South Asian, and 2% Native American.

[Ingenious]

The modern Filipino identity, with its Austronesian roots, was developed in conjunction with Spanish, Chinese and American influences. According to The Genographic Project, a DNA study on modern-day populations by the National Geographic Society, the studied population living in the Philippine archipelago are on average about: 53% Southeast Asian/Oceanian, 36% East Asian, 5% Southern European, 3% South Asian, and 2% Native American.

The results vary depending on who you test...and depending on which region they hail from

[Timawa]

The map is the proof of evidence that's show below.



Link:https://www.livingdna.com/en-us/family-ancestry

Luzonians and Visayans are genetically related to each other. Phenotype-wise, they look like each other. End of story.