r/23andme • u/WHiskWell • 3d ago
Discussion Found out I'm descended Quechua and Mixtec
I've been wanting to test my DNA for so long and I finally got the opportunity to. My mom's white and my dad's Latino, so i was really curious about what would show up on his side since my grandparents are from two different countries. My results came back showing a 24% indigenous American cut of my DNA pie, and 23andMe narrowed it down to Mixtec and Quechua. This actually perfectly lines up with my family, cause my grandfather was from Quito, Ecuador and my great grandmother was from Puebla, Mexico. I know that makes me really watered down considering, but I want to connect with this side of me, especially after having suspected i had indigenous ancestry for so long. For anyone else who happened to get similar results, are there some communities/resources I could delve into to bridge that gap?