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dsi1[_20_]

On 9/16/2016 12:43 PM, wrote:
> In the past both Spain and Portugal were very important.
>

That would be true. The Portuguese were the first great explorers of the
world. My guess is that a Portuguese sailor landed in Okinawa 600 or so
years ago and proceeded to spread his seed around. This resulted in the
Okinawans looking distinctly different from the Japanese - hairy and stocky.

As far as Spain goes, they had many colonies around the world as did
England. For some reason, the former British colonies seem to have fared
better in modern times than the Spanish ones.