she’s basically accusing me of “stolen valor” by saying “youre not indigenous, youre mexican,” despite having 25% “indigenous peoples: mexico” on my ancestry DNA test. can anyone please explain to my mother how this works? i tried to explain it but she wont listen to me.
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You never mentioned where your mom was from, but if she is Mexican, she is probably more used to the term mestizo.
In the US, it is very common for people to say that they are 1/16 Navajo (or something like that) but, traditionally, Mexicans don’t have this idea. If you have a mix of indigenous and European ancestry, you are a mestizo.
Technically, the majority of the Mexican population is mestizo, so they reserve the term indigena or indio (indigenous, native) for people who don’t have any (or very little) European ancestry.
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