My Grandfather's parents were from Poland. He was about 5'5,with very dark hair(black. But I don't think jet black).His skin was very dark. He had a very slight yellowish color to his skin. But his skin was very brown.His eyes were hazel. His Brother and Sister were both blonde headed and blue eyes. I have met a few people from Poland. One was olive complected. One was light brown complected,and the other one was very fair complected. What makes Polish people look like this?
thats interesting - i have almost identical colouring to your grandfather - skin and eye colour is not so unusual but my hair, very dark but not black, is considered unusual... last summer, when tanned, i was asked if i was romany...
its sumthin to do with the genes. look up sumthing like R1a gene on wikipedia it ll tell u a bit about it poland has the highest rate of that gene which all slavic people have as well as in the middle east or india or sumthing i dunno just chek it out
In human genetics, Haplogroup R1a1 (M17) is a Y-chromosome haplogroup that is spread across Eurasia.
It is common in Europe, Central Asia, and South Asia. In Europe, the highest frequencies are found in Central and Eastern Europe. Today it is found with its highest levels in Hungary (60%, 20%), Poland (56%), Ukraine (54% or 44%), and Russia, where one out of two men has this haplogroup.
Relatively high frequencies are also found in Northern Europe, the largest being 23% in Iceland, and it is believed to have been spread across Europe by the Indo-Europeans or perhaps later migrations of Vikings, which accounts for the existence of it in, among other places, the British Isles.
Lower frequencies of R1a1 are found among populations of West Asia.
your looks can go either way.my parents are dark haired, pale and brown eyes.and I have dark green eyes and copper hair,my beard is black-orange,but i shave it.i look more a like i'm from scotland than croatia,but i'm a bit a medditerain skin type,not so pale.dna don't care for nationality,be grateful you're alive
Hungarian 60% is surprising cos they are not a Slavic people at all, but related distantly to Finns & Estonians whose most frequent haplotype is N.
Haplotype N is also big in Russia. Czechs used to say that Russians are Slavicized Finns. Hehe :) Interesting to know that genetic kinship is different from linguistic kinship.
I was in Cyprus about 15 years ago and kept getting mistaken as a local i.e. locals spoke to me in Greek.....freaked them out when I spoke Polish to em, especially the police he he!
Dark skinned poles? perhaps they have some type of kurd mix to them its not a polish trait thats for sure at least not your average pole. As for hungarians its rumored they have asian lineage way back. In fact they speak a asiatic language.
Which nation in Europe is not of mixed genetic origin? Do you think all Germans or British are blonde and blue-eyed? No. Still, dark skin is only usual in Southern Europe(Mediterranian type).
Polish People come in a variety of complexions,as is the case with every country in europe,but this can also be caused by intermixing with other groups.
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All humans have no right to be prideful based on wealth, fame or beauty. Deep down inside we are all a smelly, slimy, putrefying rot. Its especially concentrated in our intestines. Yes, humans are smelly animals. Humans have to bathe constantly to remove the stench. So why so much pride?
Over the centuries Poland received immigrants from far away lands such as Jews, Gypsies, and Armenians who are dark haired/skinned. And overtime they mixed with poles!
