Since ancient times, many of them already had mixed blood with other tribes, namely with Europeans (generally the Netherlands and Portugal) and Spain, then the Arabs were very common considering this area had been controlled by foreign nations for 2,300 years and gave birth to new descendants, which is no longer a pure Melanesian race but still inherits and lives with the Melanesian-Alifuru style.
Sejak zaman dahulu, banyak di antara mereka yang sudah memiliki darah campuran dengan suku lain yaitu dengan bangsa Eropa (umumnya Belanda dan Portugal) serta Spanyol, kemudian bangsa Arab sudah sangat lazim mengingat daerah ini telah dikuasai bangsa asing selama 2.300 tahun dan melahirkan keturunan keturunan baru, yang mana sudah bukan ras Melanesia murni lagi namun tetap mewarisi dan hidup dengan beradatkan gaya Melanesia-Alifuru.