Creoles are descendants of mixed marriages

What are the races in the world, they know almost everything: europeoid, Mongoloid and Negroid. But Creoles, mestizo, mulattoes - these names of people belonging to mixed interracial progeny, often cause confusion with a common man in the street. Not everyone can precisely and immediately tell who is who, especially as there are ambiguous interpretations in scientific interpretations. In this article we will try to answer this rather difficult question and find out, finally, who is who.

Creoles

Initially Creoles are the descendants of the colonizers of the territories of America, North and South. The Portuguese, the Spaniards, the less often the French marryed the indigenous Indian population. Creoles are children from these marriages, as well as all subsequent offspring. In different historical times the Creole population of the continents had a great influence on various events, including in terms of gaining independence from the colonists.

In Brazil

In this country, Creoles are descendants of black slaves and local people. With the advent of Negroes in the American continent (they were brought here by Europeans), the marriages of Indians with slaves became frequent. By the way, the recent leader of Venezuela Chavez also had a similar African-Indian origin. Another such offspring is called the word "sambo".

In Alaska

Here the Creoles are the name of the descendants of the mixed bonds of Russians and representatives of the peoples of the north: the Aleuts, the Eskimos, and also the Indians. As a kind of name - Sakhalery. They are descendants of Russians and Yakuts. So the son of the famous Russian pioneer Semyon Dezhnev, Lyubim Dezhnev, was a born Sakhalar (or Creole in the general sense), since his father was married to the Yakut woman, Abakayed.

Mulatto and Creole

But a child born from a mixed marriage of representatives of the Negroid and European races is called a mulatto. Metis, Creole and mulatto are quite different in appearance, so confusing is quite difficult. For example, the current American president is a mulatto, since he was born from the marriage of a Kenyan and a Caucasian American. Mulattoes are often called those whose blood is divided in half. The origin of the word is two versions: Arabic and Spanish. So in Spain they called animal hybrids (for example, a cross between an ass and a mare).

In turn, those who have blood for 1/4 of the Negro, were called quaternaries, 1/8 - oktoronami. One of the most famous quartets is Alexander Dumas.

Mestizo

But the concept of the half-breed, judging by everything, is the most common. In modern society, so-called descendants of any mixed marriages (including mulattoes and Creoles) are called. The word itself derives from the French root of the words "mixed", "confused" and goes back to the Latin root. But in some countries and areas there are still more local definitions of the term. In America, for example, the Mestizo are descendants of Caucasians and Indians. In Asia, the so-called descendants of Mongoloids and Europeans are called. In Brazil, the children of the Portuguese and Tupi Indians (Mamelukos).

Mélanden

This is how the descendants of three races are named in America : Negroid, Caucasoid, Americanoid (in North and South America). The origin of the term from the French word "mixture" ("melange"). At the moment there are more than 200 cultural groups of melanden.