Hi Captain! I'm writing a story set in the Anglo-Saxon time in England. Od love to know whether it would be possible for my character to look Hispanic or Mixed Race (vaguely based on Anthony Ramos). Thanks!
Hello! It’s absolutely possible for your character to have mixed ancestry. In fact, semi-recent DNA studies show that British people have largely Spanish ancestry (or, rather, belong to the Iberian genetic group which means they have similar DNA to people of southern France and northern Spain). However, the actor you want to base your character of is Puerto Rican and I cannot say anything about his DNA. I can say, however that “The average Puerto Rican individual carries 12% Native American, 65% West Eurasian (Mediterranean, Northern European and/or Middle Eastern) and 20% Sub-Saharan African DNA.” This means that it’s not likely that your character would like Anthony Ramos. Perhaps your character would look something like Sebastian Armesto, British actor with a London-born Spanish father and British mother.