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