Mestizo (from Late Latin Mixticius, meaning "mixed") is a Spanish term that was used in the Spanish Empire to designate people of mixed European (Spaniard) and Amerindian ancestry living in the region of Latin America [LINK: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/mestizo] Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Its cognates in Portuguese (Mestiço) and in French (Métis) are used for people of whatever mixtures, i.e. for people that descend from more than one racial group. In the Philippines, the term "mestizo" originally bore the connotation of mixed Spaniard and Filipino, whereas nowadays the term is used to identify individuals who are mixed indigenous Austronesian and European or any other Foreign ancestry. Americas Spanish-speaking Americas Under the caste system of Latin America and Spain, the term originally applied to the childre

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