What would "mulatto" mean?

Question

I am doing my family tree, and for my great grandmother and great grandfather, they are both listed on the 1910 census as "mulatto". Does that mean they were of mixed race? I am having an extremely hard time finding any information on them, such as great grandmother's maiden name, and each of their parents, would this be because if they each had a white parent that this he or she would not have wanted to be affiliated with a mixed child? This was back in the mid 1800's.

Answer 1

To give you something further to consider: Many people of American Indian ancestry and also those of Mediterranean ancestry, when mixed with white European ancestry, were called "Free Persons of Color" on many censuses done during the late 1700s to about 1870. This designation was often mistaken for "mulatto", a person whose heritage contained African ancestors. These people are usually not of mixed heritage with African ancestors, but to distinguish them from freed African slaves, this designation was begun. Most of these people are probably "Melungeon", and if you Google the word Melungeon, you will find many fascinating articles, theories, legends, and family stories about where these people might have originally come from. Good luck!

Answer 2

A mulatto (also mulato) is a person of mixed ancestry with an African and a European parent (half black and half white), the offspring of two mulatto parents, or a person with a mixture of African/European ancestry

In the past the term originally referred to the children of one European and one African parent, or the children of two mulatto parents.[citation needed] Then a myriad of other terms, both in Latin America and the United States, were in use to denote other individuals of African/European ancestry. This term can be considered offensive by some English speakers, who often prefer terms like "biracial" or "mixed race," instead. Similar terms in other languages such as Spanish or Portuguese are not regarded as inherently offensive.

Answer 3

Mulatto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A mulatto (also mulato) is a person of mixed ancestry with an African and a ... Merriam-Webster Dictionary: mulatto Definition 2

Answer 4

Avatars refer to a concept that is not any different at all from your "real" name as also only concept. This is a spiritual question because, in fact, there is nothing such as a You that exists. The You/Me/I which folks think they are is a linguistic convention for something that exists only in a dualistic consciousness. Importantly and ultimately, there is not a You and Your Life. There is not God except as your dualistic consciousness thinks one up. Knowing this or even just acting as if this were true changes behavior in a positive way. Thinking there is a God usually (not always) results in the worst kind of behavior because of the divisive delusion and ultimate arrogance it is based on. The practice of remembering and reminding one's "self" this is usually called religion in the broadest sense. Kshetra means a field of action and a holy place - sometimes site of a war - which affects consciousness in the way that physics describes reality. The World Trade Center Site in New York is one such Kshetra.

Answer 5

Yes, mulatto is mixed. But it only means mixed with Black and White. I remember two terms from high school history class (and history was my worst subject) one was about being mixed with Black and White, and the other was Mexican and White(Mestizo or something like that).

Oh yeah by the way I'm mulatto too.

Answer 6

mulatto was the old term for half black half white. Yes, mixed race. It is considered offensive because of its etymology (coming from the spanish word mulo, meaning mule in english).

Answer 7

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