Finding Family Ties to Indian Slavery in New Mexico
It seems like today everyone want to feel victimized somehow, sure a lot of terrible things happened in the past, and it&#x27;s good to be aware of that so we won&#x27;t let that kind of atrocities happen ever again.<p>I&#x27;m from Mexico and here a lot of people &quot;hate&quot; on Spaniards because &quot;they conquered us&quot; that exclamation sounds pretty absurd when it comes from a dude with lactose tolerance and a big beard (both gifts from Europe). Population from northern states will have around 70% European DNA and 30% Native American, Southern states usually go the other way around 30% European 70% Native American, some researchers would say not even Native Americans of today are 100% pure natives, Mexico experienced a mix of cultures and blood since the XVI century. And yes it involved war, slavery and a lot of other atrocities. But the truth is we&#x27;re not either the conquerors nor the conquered ones or you could say we&#x27;re both, we&#x27;re the result of that mix of cultures, trying to feel victimized for something that provoked one of your ancestors to other of your ancestors doesn&#x27;t make sense.