The reason I ask is I know someone who is mexican and has blue eyes. I also know someone who is Puerto Rican and had has greenish eyes. Is it rare among Hispanics?
2006-12-22 08:23:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
No it's not rare to see light skinned and light eyed hispanics, at least as far as Puerto Rican people go. There's more info in this link (scroll down to "Racial Diversity".
2006-12-22 09:12:08 · answer #1 · answered by precious_jules81 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but no more unusual than a mixed race black or, to a lesser degree, white person with light eyes. Light colored eyes are always 'rare' in that they aren't the norm; it's a physical characteristic achieved by the coming together of two recessive genes.
Hispanics are as likely to have those genes as anyone else ESPECIALLY since 'Hispanic' covers an ethnic group and not a race. Hispanics are a people of mixed Spanish (white), Amerindian (widely acknowledged as asian) and often African heritage.
My husband is Chicano; his eyes 'change color' but remain mostly green or blue, his hair is curly and a dark ash blond and his skin is not brown in any way. He's the only one in his immediate (and one of few in his extended) family with that particular pigmentation.
2006-12-22 16:51:53 · answer #2 · answered by anita.revolution 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most hispanics have brown eyes, but some do have blue or green eyes. Being hispanic is an ethnicity, it is not a race. There are some white hispanics and some of them have blue or green eyes.
2006-12-22 17:55:44 · answer #3 · answered by devil's advocate 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I must say any Hispanics/Latino people I have ever seen have dark colored eyes but it's cool to be different.
2006-12-22 16:32:54 · answer #4 · answered by ISzejko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not. In fact, if you watch some of the novellas on the Hispanic channels, a lot of those people look white as in blonde hair and blue eyes.
2006-12-22 16:31:43 · answer #5 · answered by germaine_87313 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no not at all uncommon. My dad infact has green eyes and he is 100% mexican. When the Spaniards conquered the Mesoamerican people, their genes mixed in with the natives genes and vuola, green and blue eyed Latinos. It is really common to see blonde blue eyed people in the northern regions of Mexico, Argetina and Venezuela
2006-12-22 16:35:00 · answer #6 · answered by Serendipity III 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no it is not rare. it's less common than among North Americans and Europeans, but it is not rare
2006-12-26 14:25:05 · answer #7 · answered by karkondrite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are called Mestizos somewhere in their heritage there was a European and the trait although latent does pop up from time to time.
2006-12-22 16:33:43 · answer #8 · answered by crawler 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it's not too surprising giving the fact that Latinos are mixture of people native to the Americas, Europeans and Africans.
2006-12-22 16:33:37 · answer #9 · answered by goldenbrowngod 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
no, not rare, yes it's normal
2006-12-22 16:43:10 · answer #10 · answered by The Key Master 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋