by %:


🇧🇷 Brazil
2015 autosomal genetic study (data of 25 studies of 38 different Brazilian populations): 62% EUR, 21% AFR, 17% AMR.
• The Southern region had a greater EUR contribution (77%)
• Northeast (NE) region had the highest AFR contribution (27%)
• North regions had more AMR contribution (32%).[232]

🇨🇱 Chile
2015: 55.16% European, 42.38% Native American and 2.44% African, using LAMP-LD modeling; and 54.38% European, 43.22% Native American, and 2.40% African, using RFMix.[249]

🇦🇷 Argentina
A 2012 autosomal DNA study found the genetic composition of Argentines to be 65% European, 31% Native American, and 4% African.[183]
  • South Zone (Chubut Province): 54% European and 46% others.
  • Northeast Zone (Misiones, Corrientes, Chaco & Formosa provinces): 54% European and 46% others.
  • Northwest Zone (Salta Province): 33% European and 67% others.


🇨🇴 Colombia
2008 University of Brasilia: 45.9% European, 33.8% Amerindian, and 20.3% African ancestry.[164]

🇪🇨 Ecuador
2008 University of Brasilia: 64.6% Amerindian, 31.0% European, and 4.4% African ancestry.[164]

🇵🇪 Peru
2008 University of Brasilia: Peruvian genetic admixture indicates 73.0% Amerindian, 15.1% European, and 11.9% African ancestry.[164]

🇻🇪 Venezuela
2008 University of Brasilia: 60.6% European, 23.0% Amerindian, and 16.3% African ancestry.[164

🇸🇻 El Salvador
2008 University of Brasilia: Salvadoran genetic admixture shows an average of 45.2% Amerindian, 45.2% European, and 9.7% African ancestry.[164]

🇳🇮 Nicaragua
2017 Japanese study "Genomic Components in America’s demography":
Average Nicaraguan is
European (58%-62%)
• Spanish (43.63%)
• German, French, and Italian ancestry
indigenous American (28%)
Northwest African (14%)[180]

🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
2008 University of Brasilia: 60.3% European, 26.4% African, and 13.2% Amerindian ancestry.[164]

🇨🇺 Cuba
2014 autosomal study: 72% European, 20% African, and 8% Native American with different proportions depending on the self-reported ancestry (White, Mulatto or Mestizo, and Black).
On average, "Whites" are 86% European (65% to 99%), 6.7% African and 7.8% Native American
• 75% of them are over 80% European
• 50% are over 88% European[124]

2009 Havana City (n=209)[126]
Self-reported ancestry European African Native American
White 86% 6.7% 7.8%
White (Havana) 86% 14% 0%
Mulatto/Mestizo 50.8% 45.5% 3.7%
Mulatto/Mestizo (Havana) 60% 40% 0%
Black 29% 65.5% 5.5%
Black (Havana) 23% 77% 0%

🇲🇽 Mexico


2017 Martínez-Cortés et al.
Sinaloa, Jalisco, Yucatán and Mexico City[95]: European; (25.4%-48.7%) Amerindian; (70.2%-46.2%) African (5.2%-2.8%).

2012 Journal of Human Genetics.
Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Veracruz and Yucatan.[114]: European (64.9%), Native American (30.8%) African (4.2%).
• Those with European ancestry were most prevalent in the north and west (66.7–95%),
• [Those] with Native American ancestry in the center and southeast (37–50%)
• [Those] with African ancestry being evenly distributed throughout (0–8.8%).[106]


(Part 1)