Good question! I have always read these threads when they appear on here. As for Mikayla....we aren't sure. She has lighter skin than most of her fellow Guatemalan friends and her eye color is light brown. She also has no bridge between her eyes from her nose...it is totally flat. Many people from our agency and also people in Guatemala commented that she looked Asian or had western DNA. Yet, her birthfather's name is very hispanic as is her mothers. I do not think Mikayla is Mayan. Her birthmother has very light eyes as well. On Mikayla's birth certificate it says she is white! I am not sure...I honestly think it's interesting but I doubt I will ever know the "full" story of her heritage and that's OK with me.
I wanted to add after I put the pictures on here that I curl her hair with a curling iron every day. It's not curly but it's not stick straight either. Very soft and shiny though:-)