Do Polish people have big noses?

Look at your member down there - what can you see???

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Where are the big noses from?

Hello. I am from America. But my family is Polish. My whole town is Polish. And we all have these really big noses! Thin nostrils. But tall, high on the face, and very long. Straight. Like a perfect triangle. You can tell someone is Polish by this nose! However, I once visited Poland to see where my family came from, and I was shocked that no one had big noses! I did not see a single one! Now, this is not generations from Poland. Most people in this town were born in Poland. I was part of the first generation in the USA. And so many people say we are Jewish. No! It is not a curved nose. We are all 100% Roman Catholic, pink-skinned, Slavic-looking Poles with huge, pointy noses! Fish on Fridays and kielbasa, golumpki, and pierogis the rest of the week. I have been trying to find out for many years, as I am old now. It is not possible we all simply left for America. There must be some region or sub-culture? But Baltics do not have big noses. Nor do Slovaks, Czechs, Russians or Germans. So there must be some small group in Poland. Someone also suggested a phenomenon known as "vodka nose". But I do not drink. And many Russians and Balts do, but have small noses. Any idea or lead will help. No matter how far-fetched. Really, it keeps me up at night! Ha ha. Thank you all. Dziękuję Ci.

Maybe you are descendants of Turkish settlers in Poland.

@Alien Thank you for the hypothesis Any are appreciated. But don't the Turks have hook noses like the Jewish? Ours are completely straight! It seems I am not the only one with this question, and my thread has been merged. I guess I have some reading to do here!

Do you mean everybody in your town has this nose or just in your family? What part of Poland did your family come from?


It's possible - all it would take is one Turkish ancestor. But is there is a typical Turkish nose?? I've known a few Turks and they had fairly ordinary noses and many Turks are quite fair and European looking.

it's not possible because there was no Turkish settlement in Poland

Yes, and the Turks travelled. There genes are across Eastern and Central Europe.


The same.

Not on a large scale but there were definitely some Turks living in Poland .

I can't seem to see any pictures here. Is anyone else experiencing this?

@Atch

Yeah, literally the entire town. Quite a lot of people according to google, Turks are dark and have hooked noses. So that does not seem likely. But I will explore all options. Sadly, I have little idea where in Poland. Now, most of my family is dead, I have lost contact with friends, and now I live in SE Europe. Maybe that is why this is so important to me. I'm kind of looking up my past. Oh, and for the record, I love my big nose. Unlike the person in this thread. I was made fun of it in school, growing up, but it is straight and strong. No one ever said to me "Look at that big nose on him, just like a girl." I find it manly and attractive. Though I do not have a "Polish Prince" t-shirt. lol

@gumishu

I didn't think so. Turks look very different anyways. Also, I have the DNA ancestry done. Nothing remotely Turkish. Can pics be posted on here? I do have example pictures, without using my own. On an aside, I have seen some Germanic peoples (I won't tell if you won't!), Scandinavian and British come to mind, with big noses? Scandinavia is fairly close.... Oh! While the rest of the face is not the same, Captain Picard on Star Trek has a pretty good nose like what I am talking about. You can see the bridge really high too. Like a wall between the eyes.

Too much Hershey chocolade will do it to you.

Have you been in Turkey? Exteme genetic diversity (dating from Ottoman empire) at street level you see people that could pass for Scandinavian or Chinese and everything in between....

@smaczny

Maybe your family are Jewish?

No, in #423 he wrote that they are not.

He may be wrong and these people converted years ago.

That's not actually true. Many Turks are quite fair and many have quite unremarkable noses. And when it comes to Europeans, there is great diversity in our appearance including nose size. I'm Irish and we're not known for large noses but you'll still encounter some Irish people with a big nose. It really isn't that easy to get a simple answer to your question.

I don't find it odd that you or your family have bigger than average noses. What is odd is that you say everyone in your town of Polish extraction has similarly large noses. That would suggest that they all came from the same part of Poland where big noses prevailed which isn't at all likely. But I would suggest that rather than trying to find out about your own family, you should try to find out more about the history of the settlement of your town in the USA.

That's kind of contradictory, don't you think?

Yeah, he is of Jewish descent, no question....But is in denial.

@Ekler

That is exactly the point!

@Miloslaw

You apparently have no idea what a Jew is.

Really?
I have known many Jews in my long life, most of them Polish.
I suspect that I know a lot more about Jews and especially Polish Jews than you do.
Look at yourself in the mirror and learn more.
There is nothing to be ashamed of.
Polish Jews had a huge and beneficial impact on Polish culture, society and cuisine.

I've known lots of Jews too, in the UK. Many of them were fair skinned to the point of being pale, one even had red hair, blue eyes and freckles. Their noses were a mixed bag. I can only recall one guy with a typical Jewish nose and he was Israeli but he was fair haired with green eyes.

For reference, I made this:





Do I need to upload some pierogis and golumpki too? Dom Polski Lifetime Member Key?

Maybe some of them are just turists?

So devoted to the trip that they speak Turkish and carry muslim prayer beads?

There are also some who could pass for Native American (esp women).

Here's a small sample of the diversity (at street level, if anything it's more diverse).

quora.com/Do-East-Asian-looking-Turks-face-any-racism-in-Turkey

It's a former very large empire that brought in many people from the edges to the center (on their own or by force) so genetic diversity is what you'd expect.

Not just in the USA.
All my family have slightly upturned noses....

Idk why there's been a whole conversation on this, but frankly I love it 😂 I also have a Polish mate with a very large, hooked nose.

Not excessively large, no. But Slavs in general, Russians, Serbians, Poles, etc. DO have a slight predisposition to 'large' noses. This does not mean absurdly large, or ALL Poles or anything, it's just a generic Slavic trait, like blonde/brown hair. A lot of Poles and other Slavs have blonde/brown hair, doesn't mean ALL. Likewise a lot have grey eyes, again, not ALL. What's so bad about a big nose, anyway? All being said, the Poles I know all have tiny noses.

My grandpa came from Poland so I grew up proud to be polish, never understood the Polish Jokes and insinuation Polish people aren't very smart. I was told that by someone when I was in sixth grade by a boy. Who said I shouldn't tell people I was Polish because they are dumb, however, I had straights A's in school and this person graded so lowly I'm not sure what letter they would use...lol

As for my nose well my uncle, my mom, and I all look pretty similar and yes I would say a larger nose is one of the traits I see in our family.

@Einsteinette
Big noses are not a characteristic feature of Poles, on the contrary, Polish girls have rather beautiful small noses.

Yes, I have. So what??? It is good - a big nose means big everything.

A big nose primarily means a big catarrh.