Why are there Puerto Rican red heads?

For two reasons. The first is that you might assume all redheads must be Irish or Scottish. The second is that there is likely to be shared ancestry. Galicia is a region in northwest Spain. Galician people have celtic roots, Galicians - Wikipedia . read more

Because Puerto Rico was found by Spain, and consequently inhabited by peoples from that region, one can assume that redheads were involved. The tragedy of Puerto Rico is that the original inhabitants, the Tainos, were rather quickly decimated by the Spanish. read more

It is estimated by geneticists that around 25% of puerto ricans are of purely european descent so yes there are white puerto ricans. Ive known red heads, blue eyes, etc. They are a minority though. read more