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Okay, I am trying to figure this out!. If two people get married, we'll call them Bob and Maria!. Bob's parents are both white, making him white, no mexican blood in his family, Maria's parents are both Mexican, making her a full blooded Mexican!. Okay, now suppose Bob and Maria have children!. Those children would be half mexican!? Apparently one of these children marries a Caucasian whose parents are both Caucasian and they have children, what fraction would those children be of mexican descent, is this one quarter mexican!. And what about the next generation and the next, assuming we keep adding a Caucasian to the mix!. Thank you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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You're right!.!.!. the child of Bob and Maria would be 1/2 Mexican!.
Adding pure Caucasion spouses:
The next generation would be 1/4 Mexican (Bob & Maria's grandkids)
The next generation would be 1/8 Mexican (Bob & Maria's great-grandkids)
Then 1/16 (great-great-grandkids)
1/32 (great-great-great grandkids)
1/64 (gggg-grandkids)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Genetics really comes under biology rather than genealogy!. However, it would depend on Maria's ancestry!. Mexican is a nationality, not a race of ethnicity!. People of Mexico are a mixture of European which includes Spanish and the native people that were there before the Europeans arrived!.

Europeans, including Spanish, are Caucasians!.
Most people of Mexico are of mixed ancestry!. Www@QuestionHome@Com