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**Reafnartefs** · 08-05-2011, 01:00 AM

Jamaicans and Puerto Ricans have told me I look like a mix of Jamaican/PR or Jamaican/DR Jamaicans have also perceived me as Trini and Guyanese A LOT. I am often thought to be Trini by Spanish speaking people and English speaking Caribbean people. I went to Miami Carnival, a SOCA carnival like they do in T and T and I was amazed at how many Trinis are my complexion.

So basically you would be mistaken for FGM SSA-descendant/Hispanic mix or a member of another highly admixed partly SSA-descended population. Very typical identification schemes. People generally try to explain that which they cannot understand or categorize that which remains ambiguous in general.

08-05-2011, 01:00 AM	#37
Reafnartefs Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 408 Senior Member	Jamaicans and Puerto Ricans have told me I look like a mix of Jamaican/PR or Jamaican/DR Jamaicans have also perceived me as Trini and Guyanese A LOT. I am often thought to be Trini by Spanish speaking people and English speaking Caribbean people. I went to Miami Carnival, a SOCA carnival like they do in T and T and I was amazed at how many Trinis are my complexion. So basically you would be mistaken for FGM SSA-descendant/Hispanic mix or a member of another highly admixed partly SSA-descended population. Very typical identification schemes. People generally try to explain that which they cannot understand or categorize that which remains ambiguous in general.
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