". ▁A ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁national ▁poll ▁revealed ▁that ▁a ▁majority ▁of ▁Chile ans ▁believed ▁they ▁possessed ▁" some " ▁( 4 3 . 4 %) ▁or ▁" m uch " ▁( 8 . 3 %) ▁ind igen ous ▁blood , ▁while ▁ 4 0 . 3 % ▁respond ed ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁none . ▁ ▁Population ▁gen et ics ▁ ▁Gen et ics ▁studies ▁fl uct uate ▁between ▁ 5 1 . 6 % ▁and ▁ 6 7 . 9 % ▁European ; ▁between ▁ 3 2 . 1 % ▁and ▁ 4 4 . 3 % ▁amer ind ian ; ▁and ▁ 2 . 5 % — 6 . 3 % ▁African ▁ancest ry ▁percent ages . ▁ ▁European ▁imm igration ▁▁ ▁Chile ▁was ▁never ▁an ▁attract ive ▁place ▁for ▁migr ants ▁simply ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁far ▁from ▁Europe , ▁and ▁the ▁difficulty ▁of ▁reaching ▁such ▁a ▁remote ▁place , ▁a ▁situation ▁recognized ▁in ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁the ▁census ▁which ▁recorded ▁the ▁highest ▁percentage ▁of ▁Europe ans ▁versus ▁the ▁total ▁population ▁of ▁Chile ▁( 2 . 2 %). ▁ ▁The ▁European ▁migration ▁did ▁not ▁result ▁in ▁a ▁remarkable ▁change ▁in ▁the ▁eth nic ▁composition ▁of ▁Chile , ▁except ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁of ▁Mag ellan . ▁ ▁Spain ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁source ▁of ▁European ▁imm igration ▁to ▁Chile , ▁since ▁there ▁was ▁never ▁a ▁massive ▁imm igration , ▁as ▁happened ▁in ▁neighbor ing ▁nations ▁such ▁as ▁Argentina ▁or ▁Uruguay . ▁Therefore , ▁neither ▁have