Yes he was. Along with Caesar Rodney. These two men signed the Declaration of Independence.
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William Bligh had six daughter. Elizabeth Bligh was born on 24 March 1786 at London, England. She was the daughter of Vice-Admiral William Bligh and Elizabeth Betham. She was baptised on 5 May 1786 at St. George's in the East, London. She married Richard Bligh (not a close relation) in December 1817. Anna Bligh's descent is from this couple. She is a direct descendant of William Bligh, in the paternal line to Elizabeth Bligh, the Vice-Admiral's daughter. She inherits the Bligh surname from Richard Bligh.
The descent traced through the mothers in a family tree is known as matrilineal. This usually happens in Africa.
MESTIZOS are people of mixed European and Indigenous descent in Latin America.
To be oriental, you must be of Asian culture and Asian descent.