Filipino mestizo is a term used in the Philippines to describe people of mixed Filipino and any foreign ancestry. The word mestizo is of Spanish origin, and was originally used in the Americas to only describe people of mixed European and Native American ancestry.
The Guerrero brothers refer to themselves as Filipino Mestizo, or “mixed” because of their Spanish lineage, said Fred Guerrero, who added that he is not particularly political ... Another Filipino American, Lynda P.