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Your post was funny until you got to the last sentance.
I know a lot of folks from Punjab and other parts of India, and they show don't look anything like Caucasian.
No it's the other way around. Blond hair, blue eyes and light skin are recessive traits. Brown eyes, dark hair, dark skin are dominant.
That's incorrect. Anthropologically, blond hair and blue eyes are the result of dominant genes and that is why most are so attracted to blonds---genetically, they will breed the strongest, healthiest children, who are most resistant to disease. This was a foundational part of the Third Reich, to give you a historical example.
Light hair/skin/eyes allows for the most vitamin D absorption. Vitamin D is critical to fighting off both bacterial and viral infections. For a society without refrigeration, this is the difference between survival and extinction.
That's incorrect. Anthropologically, blond hair and blue eyes are the result of dominant genes and that is why most are so attracted to blonds---genetically, they will breed the strongest, healthiest children, who are most resistant to disease. This was a foundational part of the Third Reich, to give you a historical example.
Light hair/skin/eyes allows for the most vitamin D absorption. Vitamin D is critical to fighting off both bacterial and viral infections. For a society without refrigeration, this is the difference between survival and extinction.
This is completely false not a single part of it is correct. Sounds like you have been reading some crazy out there sources. LoL
The 25th of June will mark five years for this thread's existence. Five years ago...Man, I made this thread before I graduated high school (June 2011).
And it's STILL going!
This is by far the biggest and most successful thread I've ever made on the Internet.
Thanks for all the replies over this half decade.
Hello, OP.
I would love for you to have your DNA tested by Ancestry.com. Please post the results in this thread if you ever do this.
You will most likely discover the reason for your phenotype!
Anyway, are you ever mistaken for a race/ethnicity/ancestry that you are not?
I'm 75% Scandinavian (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, & Finnish) and 25% French. Unlike most Scandinavians, I have dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, and an olive skin tone. Apparently, being one-quarter French was enough to give me all those features. Then again, it shouldn't be surprising because dark hair, dark eyes, and olive skin, are dominant to light hair, light eyes, and "paper white" skin.
In tenth grade (I'm going to be in twelfth this year), I was in a special education class. This one guy would refuse to believe that I was white, and it really got on my nerves. Even after I told him my ancestries, he would still refuse to believe that I was white. He said that I was Mexican, so I'm assuming he thinks I'm Mestizo. I'm not Mestizo. Heck, I still could be Mexican though. Not all Mexicans are dark-skinned, dark-eyed, dark-haired Mestizos. There are Mexicans of European descent. But guess what? I'm not Mexican; I'm American. I'm a European American of Scandinavian and French ancestry.
A girl also said that I looked Puerto Rican, which is understandable. Most Puerto Ricans are of European descent, mostly Spanish. I'm a quarter French, and France borders Spain. Lots of Spaniards are olive skinned, brown-eyed, and dark-haired. But I'm still not Puerto Rican.
*sighs*
What about you?
What does your mom and dad look like? What about your siblings, if any.
When in Europe I'm always assumed to be German. I'm about 1/2 German and the rest a mix of Irish, Dutch, French Walloon and English...so northern Euroipean. I suspect there are native-born Europeans with much the same genetics. Being pegged as an American is tied to behavior, mannerisms and style. Americans eat differently. Being "corrected" on how to hold a knife and fork is not uncommon.
Probably has Tatar ancestry,sometimes you can tell by the surname.
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My father is 100% Polish. No one ever guesses that by looking at him. He's very dark-complected, his eyes are dark, dark, dark brown, almost black, and he has straight jet-black hair. He golfs all the time, so on top of his already dark complexion, he's very tan as well. He also has high cheekbones and his eyes are slightly tilted.
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He said that I was Mexican, so I'm assuming he thinks I'm Mestizo. I'm not Mestizo. Heck, I still could be Mexican though. Not all Mexicans are dark-skinned, dark-eyed, dark-haired Mestizos. There are Mexicans of European descent. But guess what? I'm not Mexican; I'm American. I'm a European American of Scandinavian and French ancestry.
