Aboriginal heritage still runs through paradise island

I WAS not surprised to read a genetic study of the present day inhabitants of the Canary Islands, revealed that the natives of La Gomera — our second home for over 30 years — retain more of the aboriginal DNA that the inhabitants of the other islands.

The average throughout the archipelago is 17%; here it is 42%.

This aboriginal Guanche blood is evident in the profile of the people; many are fair-skinned and some are blue-eyed; their beauty, commented upon by the first outsiders to encounter them, can still be seen in the girls and boys of today.