Our connected world

I’ve always had interest in learning about the history of Polynesian.  For many reasons one being, because when growing up all through grade school my good friend was a Polynesian.  I remember when we were taking history in middle school, our class was learning about Aztec whom are indigenous from Mexico.  I was excited to learn about my ancestors.  When I asked my friend about her indigenous people from her homeland, which is Tonga.  She answer that they really did not have a history.  I’m glad to be learning about events that happen but have not been paid much attention.    

            From the reading, the author speaks about how these humans/tribes traveled to countless countries and island, it made me really questions how close we are as humans.  I feel like many of us do not pay attention to our history or in some cases we are not informed with the history that will open our eyes. By opening our eyes I mean making us realize that we might not but a full blood Mexican or Dominican, we might have a little of Native American or some type of other ethnicity.  On page 25 of the reading it shows us how much these humans traveled.  I enjoyed seeing how connected we are because who would have thought that Alaskan’s and Ecuadorians would have a same type of blood from a tribe who once lived years ago.  These two places are millions miles way but it really shows us how small this world is.

            This reading brought me back to my own experience that I had, for many years ever since I was a young child many people have confused me for a Filipino.  Some of my cousins have experience the same thing, however, the only history we knew about our grandparents was that they we were Mexicans, my cousin doing research found that one of our grandpa’s father was half Pilipino. Which I could not when she told me but it’s amazing finding out information like this.  Just like the readings history states that Europeans were in the Philippines and also Mexico so that might had been how it happen.