Latin America's diverse genetic landscape provides a unique opportunity to study Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The Multi-Partner Consortium to Expand Dementia Research in Latin America (ReDLat) recruited 2,162 participants with AD, FTD, or as healthy controls from six countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. Participants underwent genomic sequencing and population structure analyses were conducted using Principal Component Analysis and ADMIXTURE. The study revealed a predominant mix of American, African, and European ancestries, with an additional East Asian component in Brazil. Variant curation identified 17 pathogenic variants, pathogenic