Original sentence: Because there is no Taino tribal entity with continuity from Pre-Colombian times, but rather modern cultural heritage groups, it is difficult to determine who is of true Taino descent.Furthermore, after extinguishing most of the Taino population, Spaniards imported Native Americans from Yucatan, Mexico to replace Tainos as slave labor on several islands, including Puerto Rico.Therefore persons claiming native descent in some islands may not in fact descend from Tainos at all, but of tribes in adjacent areas of the Caribbean region
Edited sentence: Although the numbers are small and ultimately mixed, some of these descendants' communities maintain some form of connection with their historic identities.Because there is Taino a Tribe the tribal members must submit to DNA testing as part of the enrollment process as do most American Indian tribes.However, there are in fact a small number of persons of appreciable Taino descent in the Caribbean, mostly in Puerto Rico, though there are small minorities which still exist in Hispaniola and Eastern Cuba.This process has proven that the members are in fact mestizo who are of Native American Indians ancestry