Plenty of Afro-Latinos score some British on DNA tests. Whether that means they descend from British slaves that were bought by Spaniards or from West Indians that moved around post-slavery, I don't know, but it isn't unusual.
If her surname came from her father, she may have had an Irish indentured servant in her ancestry.
Her father was the one, who according to the DDP article, was of Puerto Rican ancestry.
That's what I mean; there was a sizeable Irish emigration to Puerto Rico in the old days, many of whom were indentured servants. I'm not saying they make up a large minority of Puerto Ricans, but there are definitely people there who have Irish names.
Thank you for the explanation! I did not know this, very interesting
