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In Mexico, a person with Spanish and Native American ancestry is referred to as ____.

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This person is called a "Mestizo" - meaning of "mixed" ancestry.

This in the past was included in a hierarchy which had the Spaniards on top (peninsulares), their children following (the criollos), then the mixed population (messtizos) and finally the indigenous population had the lowest posistion.
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