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grandmas ancestry?
my grandma was born in mexico except she looks white
she doesnt look like the typical mexican could she be mixed with other european cultures
Of course it is possible that your grandmother had ancestors, even parents, from areas other than Mexico.
But be very, very careful about stereotypical feature identification, especially identifications that go against the stereotypical standard.
That she "looks white" honestly doesn't tell you anything. Yes, most people of Mexican descent have darker skin coloring. Most but certainly not all. There are multiple shades that occur in any ethnic group, even "white".
Skin coloring is related to eumelanin and pheomelanin concentrations and distributions in the body.
There is a genetic component to this related to the amount of eumelanin and pheomelanin that CAN be produced by the body. However, actual skin color goes way beyond genetics. There are many mechanisms involved, with no known genetic tie. These mechanisms deterime how much of the xMelanin's are actually produced (different than what CAN be produced that has a genetic tie) and more importantly, how the xMelanin is distributed and collected throughout the body.
You can see this on your own body. While you typically think of yourself as a "single color", if you look closely, you will see that different parts of your body are different shades. Also, in any individual, this shading can change over time as the body mechanisms develop and as environmental conditions (UV exposure for example) take effect. Very few people are the same "shade" as an adult as they are as a child. This holds for hair color as well as that too is a product of xMelanin production and distribution.
So it is possible that your grandmother looks "white" [now] because, well, that's just the way her body mechanisms developed. And she may have been "darker" in her younger years. Her parents may both fall into the shading stereotypically associated with "Mexicans".
Then again, she might have ancestors, even parents, from areas other than Mexico (actually if not "completely" Colhua-Mexica, Acolhua or Tepanec, then by definition she has ancestors not of "Mexico".)
LOOK! It's your GRANDMA on E at a European Dance Festival.....