Redbone had various meanings starting back in the 1800s but most implied was a race mixture. The racial mix is usually referred to as Tri-racial or more and may be any combination of the following: Native American, European,
Asians, or Portuguese, Spanish,
Turk, and African sub-groups. Thus generating lighter
skin.
For some examples a Red Bone mix could be
asian irish jamican or
cuban, hawiian,african. just to name a few there are many more combo s