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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet. 2010;11:65–89. doi: 10.1146/annurev-genom-082509-141523

Table 2.

Ancestry estimates of four Latino populations

Percent ancestry by population (%)
Latino (Los Angeles) Mexican Brazilian Columbian
European (United States) 48 52 71 71
North Amerindiana 40 43 10 7
South Amerindianb 4 2 8 12
African (Ghana) 8 4 11 10
a

Zapotec, Mixe, Mixtec, Maya, Mazahuas, Purepechas.

b

Embera, Kogi, Quenchua, Ticuna, Waunana, Zenu. Zapotec ancestry was 15% and 17% in Latino (Los Angeles) and 2% each in Brazilian and Columbian Latinos. No single South American Amerindian population sampled contributed >3% ancestry to South American Latinos sampled.

Table modified from Reference (53).