Los Ahijados — The Godchildren — is a Dominican music group that has worked in the genres of son, bolero, and tropical, occupying a distinctive place within Dominican popular music through their engagement with the more intimate and romantic end of the Caribbean musical spectrum. Son and bolero are genres that demand subtlety and emotional restraint alongside rhythmic precision, and a group working in these traditions necessarily has a different aesthetic from the high-energy merengue ensembles that dominate Dominican popular culture. Their name carries a sense of affection and familial connection that suits the intimate emotional character of bolero and the rhythmically elegant world of son.