I think you put too much stock into the conquered / conqueror narrative. These are living breathing cultures which develop in their own ways beyond the interact

I think you put too much stock into the conquered / conqueror narrative. These are living breathing cultures which develop in their own ways beyond the interactions of their ancestors. The majority of the population is a blend between both, and even many cultural traditions are a clear blend of both (Dia de los Muertos being probably the most obvious). Most Hispanics I've spoken to about this see it all as apart of what makes them, them, not some artificial separation based on what modern politics thinks of the groups their ancestors were apart of. In another sense you cannot remove one part and still have the Hispanic people, and they also cannot reconstruct what has been lost. You can also see this with groups like the Cape Coloureds who have their own distinct culture from the black, white, and indian cultures which it grew out of. > who don’t even control anything in the area anymore Note that they still speak Spanish and many are Catholic to this day - you can identify a lion by the marks of its claws so to speak.