DOES BROWN HAIR INDICATE SPANlSH ANCESTRY???

Question

I was pretty light skinned and have light brown hair...also my sister had green eyes as a baby but they changed into a honey color. I'm mexican...but im not sure if im of spanish ancestry because no one ever kept record.

Answer 1

I am 1/2 Spanish from my mom, 1/2 Irish from my dad,  I have very light skin, dark brown reddish hair, and lots of moles and freckles. I have dark brown eyes, but my mom, who is of Spanish decent from both her mom's and dad's side, had dark reddish brown hair, light blue eyes and very light skin.

Lots of Mexican people have Spanish blood in their family genealogy because of the Spanish conquest of the New World, you can look up a history of your family name on any of the genealogy web sites like Family Tree.com. If you don't subscribe to their services, there is a free message board you can look at and see what other people with your name have posted about their family history, maybe get a sense of where you roots are from with their comments.

Answer 2

no

Answer 3

Sure. It's possible that your ancestors were Spanish or your from a Mexican lineage and someone Spanish married into the family. I'm Filipino and my mom's sister looks Spanish too--- brown hair, fair skin, tall and voluptuous. My grandfather's grandpa was of Spanish descent. As for me and my brothers, we just look Filipino. :)

Answer 4

Brown haired people are found in all parts of the world.  Hair color doesn't necessarily tell anything about your ancestry.  what about all those brown-haired Swedes or Germans or Belgians?

Answer 5

Spanish ancestry in any part of the north or south Americas is VERY common.

Jewish people came as crypto-Jews in 1500's fleeing Inquisition and some not til much later.  Pure bred Spaniards came to conquer and expand.  Both populations mixed with the Indian natives to some degree.

You'll have to research your lineage to find exactly where you fit in.  Here are some links to get you started, good luck :)

Answer 6

Mexicans of Spanish Ancestry have different colour hair it depends were there Spanish Ancestors come from in Spain Spanish people have different colour hair its varies in different regions of Spanish the further south you go the darker the hair colour gets Spanish people in Andalusia in the south of Spain have Black hair and their Skin colour ranges from Olive to Brown Mexicans of Spanish ancestry they ancestors come mostly from the Basque Region of Spain and the Catalonia region of Spain which has a lot of people of Andalusian Origin because of the Andalusian Influence a large amount of Andalusians immigrated to Catalonia

Answer 7

It could - or it could indicate some other ancestry. Try tracing your family tree back a few generations and see what you can find.