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Oh really? Juggernaut2016, to inform your ignorance. British people are getting blonder and bluer-eyed than before. There's the scientific study that proves it! So what's so "Mediterranean" about it?
Typical girl from northern germany, she has nothing to do with brits physically wise but look much alike the Dutch or Southern Scandinavians (danes, southern swedes/southern norwegians)..
Germans are not lighter than Brits, they are similar with slight differences. Genetically Germans are closer to the British and other people of North-West Europe too. However if we split them into smaller groups, west and south Germans would be closer to Southern Europeans mainly to Iberians but not so much Italians. While North Germans would be closer to the Brits.
Germans are WAY lighter than brits (more so hair, but also skin and eyes), and much much taller, its not even funny. I have worked with large groups of brits in Germany and the difference between its people is considerable.
average groups of german students (with few people of immigrant background in between)
If you want some anthropology saxon those are alpinized brunn + atlantid, aka native british, not germanic faelid/borreby/nordic. And they obviously have bleached hair, their hair is way too thick to be naturally blonde, the fact that the dark roots are growing doesnt help either.
Why don't you agree with him now! You've always sided with the ignorance of Don Caballero, Traveller 86, Zektor and more who said that Brits were dark Iberians, that they were short and that British women were ugly. What happened now?
I have? When was that exactly? I don't know which of you two talks the most bollox! You are both the same, you both 'claim' that the British look a certain way, its B.O.L.L.O.X. of the largest order!
Germans are WAY lighter than brits (more so hair, but also skin and eyes), and much much taller, its not even funny. I have worked with large groups of brits in Germany and the difference between its people is considerable.
average groups of german students (with few people of immigrant background in between)
If you want some anthropology saxon those are alpinized brunn + atlantid, aka native british, not germanic faelid/borreby/nordic. And they obviously have bleached hair, their hair is way too thick to be naturally blonde, the fact that the dark roots are growing doesnt help either.
Hey, German celebrities such as Claudia Schiffer (photocopy of Brigitte Bardot) bleached her hair, Heidi Klum bleached her hair, another German soccer player did bleached his hair as well. So it is quite ridiculous to go there. Yes, there are people who are blond-haired with darker roots. You better know what you are talking if you want to go in physical anthropology. The Alpine/West Alpinid phenotype is predominant in parts of Germany and France, it much scarcer in the British Isles.
Germans are WAY lighter than brits (more so hair, but also skin and eyes), and much much taller, its not even funny. I have worked with large groups of brits in Germany and the difference between its people is considerable.
average groups of german students (with few people of immigrant background in between)
If you want some anthropology saxon those are alpinized brunn + atlantid, aka native british, not germanic faelid/borreby/nordic. And they obviously have bleached hair, their hair is way too thick to be naturally blonde, the fact that the dark roots are growing doesnt help either.
In both the British and German population, brown hair is the commonest for hair tones amongst adults. The slight differences are that Germans have more of the ash-blondes, while British have more of the golden or rufous-blonde types. The British have slightly more light or blue eyes, actually the commonest eye color in Britain(ethnic British) is blue(ScottishDNA Project 2014). This high ratio of light eyes explains why the combination of blue or green eyes and brown hair amongst the Brits is only surpass by the Irish. Though many Icelanders are pretty close. The commonest eye color in Germany is brown, though blue eyes are quite common especially the North Germans. In term of skin complexion, it is a well known fact that not only Germans, but also the Dutch, Scandinavians generally tan better than the Britons, especially those of predominantly Celtic extraction ( whether Brythonic/Gaelic).
Genetical studies cleared up everything that physical anthropology couldn't answer. Britons and Irish are not any closer to Iberians than Germans or Dutch people. The Basque seem to be an isolate.
Genetical studies cleared up everything that physical anthropology couldn't answer. Britons and Irish are not any closer to Iberians than Germans or Dutch people. The Basque seem to be an isolate.
Many people say British are closer to Iberians than Germans because Brits are much darker than Germans and many Brits are as dark as Iberians even if they don"t share the same DNA.
Welsh are very dark for instance.
Many people in Groenland look like Japanese but they don't share the same DNA. It is the same between many Britons and Iberians.
Many people say British are closer to Iberians than Germans because Brits are much darker than Germans and many Brits are as dark as Iberians even if they don"t share the same DNA.
Welsh are very dark for instance.
Many people in Groenland look like Japanese but they don't share the same DNA. It is the same between many Britons and Iberians.
Much darker? What illusion is that? Most likely linked to the stereotype set from the Nazi days of a blonde, blue-eyed German, thus many people picture Germans as being blonde. I definitely don't. The people, I see which are quite blonde are the Scandinavians and Icelanders. The French rather are much closer to Iberians, especially the southern French and French Basques. The palest people, I have ever seen are Irish, British, Icelandic people too. Swedish and Norwegians can be quite blonde but they usually not always tan pretty well. On the other, I have seen many Irish, British, including my dad who is of British descent who even when brown or dark-haired don't tan at all and have freckle complexion. There was or is a stereotype for the Welsh being "dark", well they are not any particularly darker than other Britons. Some Welsh might be dark ( Catherine Zeta Jones), but let us not exaggerate. One of the blondest Britons, I know is of Welsh origin, Iwan Thomas. Facts are according to the ScottishDNA Project, the Welsh have a higher frequency of red hair than all the English regions and a higher frequency of blue eyes than Southwest, Southeast and East English. So how can that be very dark? Iberians have lower frequencies of light pigmentation than the French let alone the Britons.
Many people say British are closer to Iberians than Germans because Brits are much darker than Germans and many Brits are as dark as Iberians even if they don"t share the same DNA.
Welsh are very dark for instance.
Many people in Groenland look like Japanese but they don't share the same DNA. It is the same between many Britons and Iberians.
The indigenous people of Greenland are Inuits not Japanese!! They belong to the Mongolid race, but are different. Don't be racist please!
Many people say British are closer to Iberians than Germans because Brits are much darker than Germans and many Brits are as dark as Iberians even if they don"t share the same DNA.
Welsh are very dark for instance.
Many people in Groenland look like Japanese but they don't share the same DNA. It is the same between many Britons and Iberians.
That is not in general usage at all. I've never heard that connection made outside the Anthroforum world. It is only used on anthroforums by a certain group of people who want to separate their country from the Mediterranean and make it more "Atlantic" just like Juggernaut here. It was very common a few years ago and obviously still occurs to a certain extent. I also find it strange that a French national would think that "many Brits are as dark as Iberians" as that is definitely not common belief and obviously not correct. Welsh are very dark? Now that's a real anthroforum myth and dark compared to what?
What is particularly Iberian about these Irish people? This is a google search so random and not cherrypicked. I don't think they look German (and why should they) but they don't look Iberian either. Do they look anymore Iberian than any other European nationality (such as the French for example)?
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