"OK, they weren't exactly natives, but they weren't ethnic English either (albeit they had some English ancestry in Pitcairn). English ancestry from back when the age of consent was 10-12 in that society, so having an unofficial AoC of 12 was keeping in line with British thinking at the time their British ancestors made contact with their Polynesian ancestors."

In Tahiti the polynesian culture was dominated by the men. After the mutiny the Tahitian men were reduced to near slave status and eventually killed off entirely a few years later.

By 1808, when the population were discovered by Americans, only John Adams remained of the original adult males.

"By this time, Adams had set up a school for the island's children, in which the teaching of Christianity was an important part. He was known as "father" by all members of the community."

The 1820s saw further settlement by a few British males. And in the 1850s the American Warren family settled there.

So its not just "some British ancestry." There are no "pure" polynesian natives on Pitcairn. Everyone traces to a British or American male ancestor. And nearly everyone is a Christian, Warren, Young, or Brown.

"It doesn't appear that St. Helenans have much, if any, British ancestry."

As there were no settlers but the British, where do you get this from?

"the island has a population of about 4,250 inhabitants, mainly descended from people from Britain – settlers ("planters") and soldiers – and slaves who were brought there from the beginning of settlement"

We can similarly ask of the former colony the USA how much the ethnic makeup of interbreeding with the descendants of African slaves have made our language, religion and laws less English and more African?

Dante







• ( http link ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands
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