His mum looks standard creole with slightly more SSA than usual. I'd guess she's 40% SSA, 30% Euro, 20%% South Asian and the last 10% Austronesian/Chinese/MalayQuote:
Originally Posted by Leto
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His mum looks standard creole with slightly more SSA than usual. I'd guess she's 40% SSA, 30% Euro, 20%% South Asian and the last 10% Austronesian/Chinese/MalayQuote:
Originally Posted by Leto
Well, that'd make him 65% white, not just 50%.Quote:
Originally Posted by El_Abominacion
Pretty much all Mauritians that identify as creole have substantial European admixture (British&French) but it varies depending on the definition of creole, someone with 80%+ SSA can be a creole like someone with only 30%Quote:
Originally Posted by Leto
My Sino-Mauritian friend just sent in a 23andMe kit. Will post his results here in the coming weeks. I'll also get his GEDMatch.
That's great! Interested to seeQuote:
Originally Posted by Markos
The purity is so strong!!! He is very surprised.Quote:
Originally Posted by El_Abominacion
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Well damn, he's extremely Chinese! Those regions make sense as the overwhelming majority of Chinese in Mauritius came from the Cantonese speaking regions of China particularly Guangdong (The majority of Chinese diaspora worldwide also share similar southern Chinese origins). Thanks for sharing broQuote:
Originally Posted by Markos
It's crazy how there's absolutely no evidence of Mauritius (any other ethnic groups there), even though they've been there for a number of generations. Pretty interesting actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by El_Abominacion
It is quite strange indeed considering that most of the immigrants from China to Mauritius were males coming for work purposes and few were women. Many Chinese men intermixed with Indian and African womenQuote:
Originally Posted by Markos
Cool. What does your friend look like? Is his family English-speaking?Quote:
Originally Posted by Markos