What is mestizo?

Question: What is mestizo!?

i am mexican-american but my dad says he is a mestizoWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Mestizos are the product of white and Native (or indian) therefore your father is of indigenous blood mixed with white (probably spaniard)Www@QuestionHome@Com

A person of racially mixed ancestry, esp!., in Latin America, of mixed American Indian and European!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Native Central American Indian and Spanish mixWww@QuestionHome@Com

It means that his father and mother are from different races, especially a white or indian man with a white or indian woman!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

An inter-racial term for a non african Aryan mix person!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Indian (native American) and European (Spaniard for example) ancestryWww@QuestionHome@Com

Mestizo is a Spanish term that was formerly used in the Spanish Empire to designate people of mixed European (Spaniard) and Amerindian ancestry living in the region of Latin America!. The word originated from the Romance language / Latin word Mixticius, meaning "mixed"!. In the Portuguese and French language, the word Mesti?o and Métis were also used in the Portuguese and French Empire, to identify individuals of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com