Hmmm Thats a very good question. People always assume that poles are blue eyed and blonde hair. Strangely enough, my whole family has brown hair, and hazel eyes. I on the other hand have blonde hair and blue/green eyes. I always thought it was strange how that worked. :)
But yes, same with Germans right? Blue eyes and blonde hair?
24 , brown eyes and brown hair, was very blonde as a kid.
I have narrowed the polish look down to three types,
very rounded or circular face, very halloween witchlike, sharp features, slighly ghoulish looking, (I'm seriouse) pefection, sharp features, very striking
and I now have a strong tendency to wear socks with my sandals around my house, havent upgraded to the public yet.
I'm brown haired and brown-eyed, but I have that from my Lemko (Ukrainian) side. The men on that side looked like Joseph Stalin (long faces, noses, pointed-up eyes), especially my great-grandfather. One Polish great-grandmother of mine, though, had brown hair and eyes. I agree with the above poster about the witchlike features.
Also, the Lemko men in my family have faces which are long by the eyes but become very narrow by the chin. The chin also protrudes.
I have auburn hair, blue eyes and 100% Polish. Most people assume that I'm Irish and are completely shocked when I tell them that I'm Polish. Both my mother and father are blondes and have blue eyes along with my brother who has dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. So not all Poles are the stereotypical picture of blonde hair and blue eyes.
Mickey...I coulda swore that all Polish people were Irish..............or at least wannabe Irish in waiting.................:)...seeing as Polish is now the second most commonly spoken language in Ireland....before Irish itself....only 50000 regular Irish speakers!!!!!
Well Well I have noticed that US Ambassy in PL is very racist. All my friends that have emigrated to US (three boys) have blue eyes and blond hair and these with dark hair havent got a VISA. A coincidence? I dont think so and I am not talkign only about my friends. I have watched a lot of photos about Polonia in US etc. So I am not surprised reading this thread.
And, I don't even have a cat! I used love playing with farm animals back in Poland when I grew up. They all had names and responded to them. It was amazing. I would walk outside and called "Pelasiaaaaa" and could see my guinea fowl running to me...I stick out my arm and she flew up and perched. She loved cottage cheese this funny bird. Sometime I cheated her and held a piece of paper in my hand..she followed me like a puppy. She looked "pissed" when I dropped it and it was only a paper! My favorite chicken Ciacia was also my feathered dog, following me around. She never ended as a chicken soup, she was killed by a red fox... I was in tears for days.
There was also my favorite baby lamb Puszek...Ok, that's enough. I could go on and on with my farm animal stories... :)
It did not matter what color of their eyes or their feathers were...They belonged to the "fowl" species. So, the same goes for our human species - ethnicity, race, eye and hair color...doesn't matter - still the same kind of "animal" :)
All the poles that i know are blonde with blue eyes.
I have dark hair, and brown eyes.. and I'm Polish.. but when I'm abroad everybody thinks that I'm spanish (?!)... so lets make it straight: there are polish people with dark hair and brown eyes
I think most slavs wether they are polish, russian, former yugoslavian have mostly dark hair, but obviosly any body in europe wether its west or east can have any type of hair color or eye color
I'm polish on half, I have black hair and dark green eyes. But I have very bright skin. In Cuocasus where I live now, all the people tell me german(don't know why:)).
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I think polishes can be and blonds and black haired - it depends on the climate. IMHO.
In the same way that Origen of Alexandria made a disastrous interpretation of the gospels. Some people take things too seriously - I mean killing yourself out of some weirdo racist beliefs that make no sense in the modern world.
And NO - I'm not going to tell you who Origen of Alexandria was ... but believe me, he was very silly.
my Mom is blue-eyed, pale skin blonde , Dad has blue eyes, black hair and preety dark skin. I'm brown haired, less dark skin than my Dad & blue eyed with a little asian look. My brother is simillar. I guess it's just hard to say who is 100% polish. Feel Polish, but I know that my familly mixed in the past with other nations. I guess as many other families. So Poles may be so different. As many ppl already said - it's just history / gene mixing.
my Mom is blue-eyed, pale skin blonde , Dad has blue eyes, black hair and preety dark skin. I'm brown haired, less dark skin than my Dad & blue eyed with a little asian look. My brother is simillar. I guess it's just hard to say who is 100% polish. Feel Polish, but I know that my familly mixed in the past with other nations. I guess as many other families. So Poles may be so different. As many ppl already said - it's just history / gene mixing.
Varsovian, I never realized that! I've heard from many people that I kind of look Asian (let alone, I have blonde hair as I said above) BUT I have heard that regardless. I guess it is my eyes. I guess you learn a new thing everyday.
Devils advocate here... Blonde with blue eyes is far north (probably Europe). People that easily tan or have a 'healthy' coloured skin and dark coloured hair, Middle Europe or towards Asia. Dark coloured skin and hair would be from anywhere further south!
This is a very broad speaking version, but if you think your something, your probably wrong, (e.g. Someone that thinks they are pure 100% English but, has black hair and brown eyes with white skin, is genetically wrong for what they are claiming).
I call myself a North European male and i mean this in the Geographical sense, not the political! So it covers a much wider spectrum. I have a little of the dark hair/skin/eye genetics but it only shows in my ermmm 'adult' hair, so I think its a minimal percentage?!?
Varsovian, I think I am backing you up on this point?
With an Asian mix of any kind, the strongest feature to continue through the blood line is the eye shape. It's very, very strong, and even noticable in blonde people with fair skin.