  The Magellanic Clouds are nearby dwarf irregular galaxies that represent a
unique laboratory for studying galaxy interactions. Their morphology and
dynamics have been heavily influenced by their mutual interactions as well as
with their interaction(s) with the Milky Way. We use the VISTA near-infrared
YJKs survey of the Magellanic Clouds system (VMC) in combination with stellar
partial models of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the Small Magellanic Cloud
(SMC) and the Milky Way to investigate the spatial distribution of stellar
populations of different ages across the Magellanic Clouds. In this
contribution, we present the results of these studies that allow us to trace
substructures possibly related to the interaction history of the Magellanic
Clouds.
