Here is another politically motivated genetic study about uruguay, note the confusing language and massive ranges they use to "prove" their point:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15101054
Quote:
For many years it has been assumed that the population of Uruguay is almost exclusively European-derived and that the biological contribution of the native population as well as of individuals of African descent is negligible. Several recent studies based on a variety of genetic markers, mostly morphological and serological markers, have produced quite a different picture of the constitution of the Uruguayan population. The Native American contribution varies from 1-20% (1-20% is a huge range, and also impossible, considering Europeans and amerindians in Uruguay have not been in contact long enough for someone to be 1% Indian), while the African contribution ranges from 7-15% (yes, in some of the small segregated negro towns), in different regions of the country. In the present study we examine the way the admixture process took place in Uruguay by analyzing the ancestry of maternal lineages in a sample from the northern city of Tacuarembó. To accomplish this goal we typed mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) markers of Native American, African, and European origin and estimated the proportions of each parental group in the admixed population. We found that 62% of all mtDNA haplogroups were of Native American descent, a surprising figure considering the "European roots" (notice their hostile quotes) of the country. Consequently, this result assimilates Uruguay to the rest of Latin American populations where sex-biased gene flow between European men and Native American women has been the rule. We further analyzed the distribution of the four major founding mitochondrial lineages in Tacuarembó and compared it to other South American populations. We discuss our findings in the light of historical records and assess the need for additional genetic studies.
Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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There are probably some e people (by no means 62%, as this phoney study by the Jew Brum reports), especially in the countryside, with an Indian in the woodpile. Does that really make them the same as a 90% indian cholo like you Valdez?
There may be some people who call themselves nationalists that would make a big deal about it, but honestly, if some minority of whites who act like whites are some small percentage of amerindian, I could care less. If someone is part negro on the other hand, that is more destructive.