The Tainos inhabited the caribbean. They are the indigenous people of many islands including the Bahamas, Hispanola(Haiti & Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica & more.
It was believed in the past that all tainos died off from disease brought over from Europe & from harsh treatment from being made slaves. But there were always stories of the spanish settlers taking taino women for wives or impregnating them which led some areas to have a mixed race. Recently a study by the University of PR found that over 61% of puerto ricans have taino DNA.
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