Why do Filipinos look chinese more often than Filipino?

Question

Are Filipino or Filipinas look more chinese than filipino? I just want to know for sure cause people kept asking me if I am chinese.

Answer 1

Coz they're so cute! (Both!) Ok, seriously, it may have to do with ancestry, far back, like thousand years ago--that far back. As you may already know, various nations had come in and, uh, exerted their influences on whoever the original peoples were. A good deal of the non-indigenous folks were either Chinese or descended of them. The Spanish and Portuguese were much, much later than the Chinese.

Maybe you could look up the history if it interests you. I'm just guessing that's why people ask, coz you may descend from those with less recent (500 years up) outside influences.

Personally, I think there is obvious distinction between Chinese and Filipino, amongst themselves even.

Answer 2

I'm Filipino as well and people can never guess what I am! Do you have fair skin? That could be a reason why you are mistaken for Chinese. I have light skin and people think I am half Chinese in the winter, in the summer when I am tanned I am mistaken for Hawaiian!

Does it really matter though?

Answer 3

Filipinos are a mix of chinese, spanish and malay. Chinese blood is the strongest possibly because they hardly marry outside of their race so when they do it really comes out in the kids. Filipinos being a mix our blood is not as concentrated so whoever we marry our children will look like that nationality.

Answer 4

Probably you have a fairer skin than other filipinos/filipinas and you might have a chinise heritage check your family tree and does it really matter?

Answer 5

hi .. Filipinos are Malay , our aborigines are scattered everywhere in the island so each and every island has a definite form of aborigines or natives . the three substantial islands , Luzon has the Mangyans which seems extra like indians yet have burlier physique physique and negritos that are shorter , darker in epidermis tone , curly hair , the well-known Island , Visayas has the Dato or Sultans like the single whose tribe killed Magellan (the Spaniards/Portugese conqueror who introduced Christianity interior the Philippines. ) Dato Lapu Lapu , they are pagans (it somewhat is why they resisted Christianity ) they suspect in anitos(their Gods ) that are concerns you discover interior the ambience like woods, plant life or any that would desire to furnish them ability and graces. In Mindanao interior the south , extra Dato and Sultans comparable as in Visayas additionally some negritos and Mangyans. yet Filipinos now have the different constructive factors of lanky physique geared up , we are continuously pointed out with our "particular norse " function . short , semi flat and wider than those of the caucasians yet shorter. well-known top of interior of reach ( potential no longer blended (mestisa) spaniard , jap , american , ecu , chinese language , indian, thse are the poeple whose united states of america conquered us ) 5'0 for females and 6" 3" for adult men . we've suitable epidermis tone , tan and enterprise , our eyes are fierce yet pointed out as extra brown than black . Our limbs are well-known yet no longer short , we've flatter bust like cup b is the main important , our hair is regularly brown black . So with a bit of luck you have an thought and can desire to % out our being Filipino and in elementary terms on your information ... we are proud to be Filipino . Filipinos climate storms in our existence by using our large humorousness, peace loving sensibilities , hardworking ideas-set , intelligence and chuffed human beings . on the downside we are chuffed circulate fortunate each and every so often which would be no longer sturdy each and every so often and likewise it takes lots to start us to act in terms of undesirable government .

Answer 6

my aunt is filipino she is verry pretty are you filipino you can tell the diffrance. i am red hair and white and people talk about me and my aunt just say to them **** off