I thought he was a Brazilian or Argentinian mestizo. Nope, he was a White Argentine of Basque and Irish descent. Such a shame he had to be a leftist we could've used a revolutionary of his calibur on our side...     The first thing to note is that in my son's veins flowed the blood of the  Irish rebels , the  Spanish conquistadores  and the  Argentinean patriots . Evidently Che inherited some of the features of our restless ancestors. There was something in his nature which drew him to distant wanderings, dangerous adventures and new ideas.”  — Ernesto Guevara  Lynch , Che's Father