Relatives' Pictures: Do They Look Polish?

Yep Germans are past masters when it comes to genetic research, I will take your word for it, My cousin looks like a horse, does that mean he is probably German?

Only his head? :)

This facial structure doesn't mean he would be German, it means he has a strong germanic heritage...this feature isn't about Germans. You will find it in Scandinavia, in the british isles, France, Poland, more concentrated in central Europe, but not only. Through immigration you find it also in Africa, in South America and of course, the US.

Oh he also had a tail and was called ned.

I will look out for these characteristics next time I am in Gorlitz, to be honest I have found people there to be mostly brown skinned with dark hair and beards, or totally covered in a sheet from head to toe.

Probably Bavarians! :)

No really, it's a germanic feature, not a "german" one...in Germany you would find it mainly in northern Germany. In the South they look usually differently too.

Conjours up the thought of hard drinking fun loving party people, or bavarian. motor werken.

@Bratwurst Boy

Thanks for the reply. I'm relatively sure he is at least a quarter Polish. He actually looks sort of Asian to me, but I don't really think that is unheard of in Eastern Europe. Do you think Jewish ancestry is a possibility also?

Some eastern european Jews look still semitic (long faces, darker complexion, prominent nose), but most german/western european Jews looked after so many centuries deep assimilation quite european, even germanic! :)

So you're saying he doesn't look part Jewish? I wouldn't think he is, as Jewish-Christian marriages were not the norm, but I wondered.

I think it's really hard to point out some "part jewish" feature in a head...and I can't find any. Neither the complexion nor the facial structure points to a traditional jewish heritage. It looks more slavic than anything else if you ask me...

That makes sense. Thank you very much for your input. I appreciate it.

Bromberg, look up Anusim, B'nei Anusim, and atDNA.

Incidentally, "Foszko" is a variant of "Foczko" and "Focko", correct? (Just double checking) By the way, this is a picture of relative Dalma Foczko

What caught my eye here is that she kind of looks like Catherine Zeta Jones, who probably looks a good deal like Michael Douglas after almost 18 years of marriage. Also by the way, she looks Ashkenazi Jewish, right? Or does she look more Polish or otherwise Slavic?

Anusim are forcibly converted Jews? Do you think my ancestor looks Jewish? I have no reason to think he is, but with an unknown grandfather, anything is possible.

That is not funny at all.


He doesn't have to look Jewish to be Jewish. atDNA plays a significant role in this. Also, see "Anusim" on Jewish Virtual Library's website.

Well, no, looks aren't always reflective of reality. I was just wondering what inspired your comment. I have nothing to go on but his looks at this point. Hopefully, I can take a DNA test sometime in the future. That may give me a clue.