Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [451]

Hmmm...growing up I used to hate my nose too =P but I came to accept it :))

I don't have many member of my family with 'big noses'; just a few.

I do have the Polish 'cheeks'! they're poofy! I don't have a high forehead though...

I don't think I look like a Polish gal =/ I remember growing up wondering why I didn't look so Polish? is it because I didn't have light hair colour? high forehead? I don't know :))

I take it after my father who look like a Greek or Italian guy (with dark curly/wavy hair, & 'butt chin')...my mom all Polish, blonde, the nose..everything :)) (my brother takes after her).

Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [451]

sh$t I just realized what I typed in =P hahaha! yeah puffy it is :)) you're right

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [451]

I don't have blonde hair :) I do have olive green eyes (although they can change). When I was born I had dark curly hair with blue eyes. As I got older; my hair went lighter and straight. My eyes became more green. Now I have wavy, medium brown hair with olive green. I take it after my father (who got dark wavy/curly hair, green eyes, tan all summer like some Italian or Greek guy)...my mom does have blonde, blue eyes :) sometime people mistaken her for Russian. I got family members with dark brown, brown eyes (almost half of my family) and the rest light hair colour, coloured eyes).

Language / NAMES POLES GIVE THEIR DOGS [76]

My dog (an English Cocker Spaniel) who just turned 14 (on Monday); her name is Lotinka :) (Lotina, Tina, Tinka, or my dad like to call her "pana Finka" (lady Finka) or "babcia Finka" =P)

Life / Who here watch "M Jak Milosc" or "Klan"? :D [7]

Yeah that's the show :D

Life / Any good Polish films to watch? [110]

Thanks! :D I'll check it out! (whoa unusual film "seksmisja" I just read a bit now...interesting)

Life / Any good Polish films to watch? [110]

I think I've seen him somewhere :) I recognize lots of Polish actors...I grew up watching many Polish films (my parents enjoyed watching them)...they also enjoyed watching Polish comedies (they're pretty hilarious :P) "sami swoi" never got me bored :)

Life / Any good Polish films to watch? [110]


sorry :) I guess I don't go to often here to check (just recently I have started checking this site out) ...but I'll check it out; dzenki!

Genealogy / Vintage Photos of Polish ancestors [144]


That is so cool :)) I've just started doing my family albums; organizing...so much work to do! my babcia just recently died :( she left lots of old photos...I couldn't believe how much history ...a picture can have :)) maybe I'll try to post them here...

I love looking at old photos..they have so much meaning :))

Life / Any good Polish films to watch? [110]

is it in Polish? (I don't mind in Polish :)) just curious here

Life / Any good Polish films to watch? [110]


No problem :)

"Ashes and Diamonds" = Popiół i diament
"Man of Iron" = Człowiek z żelaza
"Kanal" = Kanał
"The Decologue" = Dekalog

Thanks Krzysztof! :)

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [656]

From my experience and my family...that I know my mom, my grandmothers, female cousins, friends most of them got puffy cheeks, their cheek bone, round or heart shape face, usually dimples (I know I have 'em), dark to light hair, almond eye shape, peachy to milky skin colour, roundish-squishy? type of nose...(most people think I look Polish because of my face shape, puffy cheeks, dimples, my almond eye shape, cheek bone...etc)

I can spot a Polish person easily on a street (I guess I just have a strong gut feeling, she must be Polish or he must be Polish, there just something about their face)

Men? my brother had white blonde hair when he was little now dark blonde hair. Men in my family are average height to tall (I have about 80% of my male cousins that are over 6' foot tall), they don't age, my dad is about 50; he look most at 40...men look younger (well in my family I guess).

Life / Please help me, with deciding a good Polish name for my baby boy :) [48]

Ned?? Come on, for real :-P

...and why would they make fun of "Jakub"? They would just say "Jacob" just a different spell. I've known plenty of Jakubs here & not once I've heard that they were bullied. Same for Lukas but I'll omit "z" in here.

I'm pretty sure Oliver is not Polish ;)

Believe me, in Canada...there are names from all over the world. So it isn't too bad here :-)

Btw, I've always had my name: Kasia here. I never changed to Kate or Kathy. It never bothered me & no, I was never bullied either.

Life / Please help me, with deciding a good Polish name for my baby boy :) [48]

Anyhoo... I'm bumping this thread. I've created a poll here: babynamegenie.com/polls/420676

So I need more votes here :) Thanks!

The reason I came on this site, was to find some Polish people's opinions on names.

Life / Please help me, with deciding a good Polish name for my baby boy :) [48]


I think it will flow nicely :-)

Life / Please help me, with deciding a good Polish name for my baby boy :) [48]

Well, well... I've got some interesting suggestions on here lol Thank you all! ;)

I think I might stick to Jakub or Lukas. I did think of Adam but I think there are way too many Adams that I know here. I'd like a name that can flow well both in Polish and English.