USADR previously said:

For Dominicans who either live in DR or travel their often, I got this question asked on another forum :

-How common is dating between Dominicans and Haitians?
-How common is marriage between Dominicans and Haitians?
-How common are mixed Dominican/Haitians in DR?
-How common are Haitians becoming citizens?
-Are Haitians becoming absorbed into the Dominican mainstream society, or is it more similar to the Bahamas in which they make up a distinct ethnic minority?

MIRABUENO previously said:


i would't say that thier are no dominican haitian couples it's just that it isn't as common as one would think. any that exist would be more in the border regions of our country.

TanBellaMami previously said:




TuPapaupa,

I am sorry to say you are quite wrong, but I can still agree with you only under the premise of the sense that whatever the percentage you think is or is not common falls into the category of feared social reprising disownment by some other fellow more resentful Dominican peers. That is not true that "Haitians stick to or with their own" There could not have been a more misconceived notion such as this.

If anything much like DR, there a lot of Haitians much like blacks anywhere who tend to love the idea of intermarriages with other creed with and of Europeans characteristic due to what they feel in mind society has told them to be desirable features thus the typical trendy of common societal conditioning insecurities.

Most of the Haitians that are illegals or are considered undocumented in DR are those Haitians from Haitian peasant provinces that seriously lack or let us just say "do not" have established Administrative infrastructures to be able to have the required items of documentation which would have deemed them documented on DR's soil as per DR's constitution states.

Such only required items are as follow and can be in either a combination of but not limited to, or under required possession of either, and or or:

-- A valid Haitian Identification Card.
-- A valid Haitian Passport.
-- A legitimate Birth Certificates.

As such, those documentations are required to must be recognizable by both Government institutions on the island as per agreeable foreign policies relations between the two nations do not so much "per say" claim those individuals to be illegals. That is why you see the word "Undocumented" or "In Transition" are rather often used.

TanBellaMami previously said:



Well,

Often when inter marriage happens between a Haitian and Dominican it is not broadcast due to of course the known stigmatized resentments and stereotypes but given that I have lived in DR growing up I have seem it all the time.

Or keep in mind that there is always a sense such couple often having to want to relocate to new "barrios o ciudades" soon after they marry so their such harmony would not be scrutinized. By the way, in intermarrying in DR there are much to consider culturally fused with traditionally class dynamics often play a major role. in the elite upper class level, intermarriages between Haitians and Dominicans happens everyday.

Especially those Haitian tourists men/women (Diasporas) from the USA whom may have once visited DR and have found themselves wives or husbands. To not also forget that often we have several of those couple who at times are well off and moved back to Haiti while owning properties in DR. Often, Dominican women would later find out of their spouse's ancestral background to have been of Haitian heritage due to mislead pretexts of appearance that some Dominicans often assume if one is light skinned therefore he or she may not be Haitian.

For example: As a Dominican-Haitian couple, If we are newlyweds new to a neighborhood and are culturally fluent constant Spanish speakers in our household... Who is going to assume that we are Dominican-Haitian intermarrying couple?