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Question: Dutch Indonesians!?
I'm part indonesian but someone actually told me that most dutch people have an indonesian ancestry!.!.and that in the netherlands the dutch east indies have the highest population,i dont know if I'm saying this right cause I'm not a native speaker of english but its probably clear what I want to say
anyway is that true that (almost) every dutch person has indonesian ancestry!?!?!?
so when I look around in the netherlands that almost everyone who walks here is eurasian!?!?!?
and maybe I placed it in the wrong catoregie but I dont know where the put it :(Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
some Dutch people would have Indonesian ancestry but only a vast minority some Indonesian people would Dutch ancestry what percentage of Indonesians have Dutch ancestry!. I don't know but many Indonesians have Dutch Ancestry because Indonesia was part of the Dutch East Indies a former Dutch colony it was Dutch colony but only 2% of Filipinos have Spanish ancestry Phillipines was part of the Spanish Empire a former Spanish colony it was a Spanish colony I'm actually part Indonesian myselfWww@QuestionHome@Com
Less than 5% of population in Netherlands has indonesian ancestry (the indos)!. Therefore we can't conclude that almost every dutch has indonesian ancestry!. Nor can we apply it to most indonesian!. Over the colonial times in indonesia, the indos' status is lower than the dutch but higher than the native indonesian!. In the very beginning (Dutch-Indies time), they were descended from the marriage of dutch high officials and the local women, given the absence of their dutch wives in Dutch-Indies!.
Nevertheless, the highest number of indos will be found in Netherlands!. A significant number emigrated to California!.
During the influx of the indos to Netherlands post-Indonesian independence, their presence was not really accepted by Dutch community!. Provided most Dutch have indonesian ancestry (belong to indo group), they would not have treated the indos that way!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
I think it is probably the other way round, many Indonesians have a partial Dutch ancestry, however -
Number of Indonesian Born in Selected Developed Nations :
Country + Year + Number + Source
Australia 2005 65,914 Australia Bureau of Statistics
United States 2005 75,370 US Census Bureau
Canada 2005 10,660 Statistics Canada
New Zealand 2006 4,614 New Zealand Census of 2006
Netherlands 2002 137,485 Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics
Japan 1999 16,400 OECD, 2001
Korea 1999 13,600 OECD, 2001Www@QuestionHome@Com