"for all intents and purposes"
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Raysand — 14 years ago(November 11, 2011 01:45 AM)
I don't know what her ethnic make-up is, but for those that claim that she is mestiza, I can assure you that she is not, since the Tainos were wiped out of Cuba centuries before Eva was born. That said, her mother looks white as in European descendant. Here's a picture of her with her mother [sorry for the long messy hyperlink]:
http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&biw=1024&bih=536&tbm=isch&tbnid=82J2jejXKY1FtM:&imgrefurl=http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-62082598/stock-photo-los-angeles-sep-eva-mendes-amp-mother-arrive-at-variety-s-nd-annual-power-of-women.html&docid=eVUypKoqFk_2lM&imgurl=http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/564025/564025,1285919422,40/stock-photo-los-angeles-sep-eva-mendes-amp-mother-arrive-at-variety-s-nd-annual-power-of-women-62082598.jpg&w=300&h=470&ei=luu8TvONDIXe0QGF_-3UBA&zoom=1
Anyway, I guess that we would have to look at her father in order to get a better idea of what she might be, but don't discard that she could just be of Spanish ancestry as in Spain. In the South of Spain its not uncommon to see people with exotic features and dark complexions as a result of the centuries of arab occupation as well as the many gypsies that lived/live in the area. To me, she has that exotic gypsy/arabic look.
