Question

What evidence suggests that the Tainos were not annihilated and to some extent still exist today?

Answer 1

Some of the Tainos married with Spanish and Africans so they still exist. The few survivors intermarried with other ethnic groups.

Answer 2

Some of the Tainos married with Spanish and Africans so they still exist to some extent today. Most of the Tainos died because of disease but there were a few who survived. The genes of those who survived are now probably mixed with the genes of others since their numbers were too little to create a Taino population again.