Interesting maps of Europe

osiol wrote:

There isn't 'the blond gene' - it is much more complex than that. There are many more redheads in the British Isles and Ireland, then again, amongst certain populations in the eastern side of European Russia, then again amongst Ashkenazi Jews, whereas predominance of blond hair doesn't entirely correlate with this

QacerThreads: 44 Posts: 120 Joined: Jul 9, 07	Jan 7, 08, 06:22 / #
Such as the blond hair distribution of Europe It is very likely to encounter more blond and light-colored eye Polish people along the Baltic Coast than in any other parts of the country.

helloThreads: 37 Posts: 1,104 Joined: Dec 5, 06	Jan 7, 08, 18:09 / #
Interesting indeed.

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,812 Joined: May 9, 07	Jan 7, 08, 18:42 / #
Yeah very interesting maps ;) Thanks Qacer.

PolskaDollThreads: 44 Posts: 4,134 Joined: Jun 15, 07	Jan 7, 08, 19:40 / #
Yes those maps are interesting...but kind of remind me of the maps I used to have to look at in Geography :)

polishgirltx	Jan 7, 08, 19:41 / #
An interactive Polish travel map staypoland.com/map.htm

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Edited by: osiol Jan 7, 08, 19:43 / #
I've always liked a map. Far more than I like flow charts or Venn diagrams. They beat lists and day!

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,412 Joined: Aug 29, 07	Jan 7, 08, 23:49 / #
Qacer wrote: Such as the blond hair distribution of Europe well, i am outside of that area.. hehe... the vikes made it in pretty far at times. :D

noimmigration	Jan 8, 08, 15:43 / #
poles are not as blond or as blue eyed as us scots.

southernThreads: 116 Posts: 10,948 Joined: May 17, 07	Jan 8, 08, 16:04 / #
Qacer wrote: It is very likely to encounter more blond and light-colored eye Polish people along the Baltic Coast than in any other parts of the country It is true.I have noticed that.Generally people living in former Hansa teritorries(Hamburg,Holland,Gdansk,Riga,Talinn,Bergen etc) tend to look tall,blond,Viking like,sometimes different from populations inside the country.

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Jan 8, 08, 16:17 / #
noimmigration wrote: blond or as blue eyed as us scots. I know three Scots, two with dark hair, dark eyes and pale skin, the other ginger. That's the ones I know personally. The ones I don't know personally, ie. on the internet, I can't be so sure about, but I know at least one of them is entirely covered in hair and his knuckles drag along the ground southern wrote: different from populations inside the country I've also noticed that Slovaks tend to be a lot darker.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Jan 8, 08, 17:12 / #
That's true enough. I see myself as a red-headed Celt, a descendant of the Picts I guess. It's be cool to have viking blood. How about u noimmigration, r u blond?

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,812 Joined: May 9, 07	Jan 8, 08, 17:18 / #
noimmigration wrote: poles are not as blond or as blue eyed as us scots. noimmigration wrote: ginger hair comes from the blond gene, two people with red hair can have blond children. I have red haired ancestors And so what ? I know all that, except that there are more blond and blue eyed Scots than Poles...i'm not sure about that... Tell me noimmigration, "blond hair" blue eyes", is there anything about the pure race/blood ?...just been wondering... Btw, isn't your second name Adolf ? Hehe, just curious... ;) PolskaDoll wrote: These maps are interesting as I said before, but how do they get the statistics for something like hair? Polls maybe... Seanus wrote: It's be cool to have viking blood. How about u noimmigration, r u blond? Possibly...noimmigration sees himself belonging to the upper race or something... Btw, Vikings were not all blond and blue-eyed, that's a myth ;)

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Jan 8, 08, 17:27 / #
Polson wrote: blond and red-hair people share the same gene Just one gene? So there's actually a consistent correlation between numbers of blond-haired and red-haired people?

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Jan 8, 08, 17:33 / #
Who is the geneticist on this thread? Yeah, many women in Scotland are going for secretary jobs, gotta look the part, hehehe.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Jan 8, 08, 17:04 / #
I have ginger hair and bright blue eyes

noimmigration	Jan 8, 08, 17:06 / #
ginger hair comes from the blond gene, two people with red hair can have blond children. I have red haired ancestors

PolskaDollThreads: 44 Posts: 4,134 Joined: Jun 15, 07	Jan 8, 08, 17:10 / #
These maps are interesting as I said before, but how do they get the statistics for something like hair?

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Edited by: osiol Jan 8, 08, 17:22 / #
PolskaDoll wrote: how do they get the statistics for something like hair? I don't know, but I have an old Atlas of the British Isles with hair colour in maps (this one divided over three four different maps for the different hair colours). As this dates from the 1950s, it shows a situation before more recent large-scale population movements. noimmigration wrote: ginger hair comes from the blond gene There isn't 'the blond gene' - it is much more complex than that. There are many more redheads in the British Isles and Ireland, then again another peak amongst certain populations in the eastern side of European Russia, then there is quite a strong redhead element amongst Ashkenazi Jews, whereas predominance of blond hair doesn't entirely correlate with this.

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,812 Joined: May 9, 07	Jan 8, 08, 17:25 / #
osiol wrote: There isn't 'the blond gene' - it is much more complex than that. There are many more redheads in the British Isles and Ireland, then again, amongst certain populations in the eastern side of European Russia, then again amongst Ashkenazi Jews, whereas predominance of blond hair doesn't entirely correlate with this Yeah but actually blond and red-hair people share the same gene...red hair is a kind of blond hair.

PolskaDollThreads: 44 Posts: 4,134 Joined: Jun 15, 07	Jan 8, 08, 17:25 / #
Polson wrote: Polls maybe... osiol wrote: I don't know, but I have an old Atlas of the British Isles with hair colour in maps (this one divided over three four different maps for the different hair colours) I thought polls but I'm still not sure. The majority of Scottish females that I know who have blonde hair are only blonde because they dye it that way. They are naturally brunette or alike.

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,812 Joined: May 9, 07	Jan 8, 08, 17:26 / #
PolskaDoll wrote: The majority of Scottish females that I know who have blonde hair are only blonde because they dye it that way. They are naturally brunette or alike. Yeah many blond people are not true one ;) Btw, Celts were rather dark haired than blond...

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,812 Joined: May 9, 07	Jan 8, 08, 17:46 / #
osiol wrote: Just one gene? So there's actually a consistent correlation between numbers of blond-haired and red-haired people? Hmm...i'm trying to find something on the Internet but can't find anything relevant... Seanus wrote: Yeah, many women in Scotland are going for secretary jobs, gotta look the part, hehehe Haha, secretaries must be blond ;P

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Edited by: osiol Jan 8, 08, 18:09 / #
I hadn't realised cannabis has been decriminalised in the UK. They say smoking cannabis can cause paranoia. These days I don't touch the stuff, but the fact that I stop taking it and they relax the laws around it proves that I was right to be paranoid. Bonus type: It also looks like the UK is not the fullest country in Europe. From the map it looks as though the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and maybe even Itlay are more densely populated.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Jan 8, 08, 18:13 / #
They say being a politician can cause paranoia too, often mass paranoia so u suspect that other countries have WMD

noimmigration	Edited by: noimmigration Jan 9, 08, 08:05 / #
osiol wrote: It also looks like the UK is not the fullest country in Europe. From the map it looks as though the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and maybe even Itlay are more densely populated. have you been sniffing around other countries, looking for another place so you can show up in hundreds of thousands with your toilet brushes and washing gloves. we brits dont want the small unspoilt countryside packed in with even more poles.

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,812 Joined: May 9, 07	Jan 9, 08, 08:06 / #
noimmigration wrote: have you been sniffing around ther countries, looking for another place so you can show up in hundreds of thousands with your toilet brushes and washing gloves. For the good cause, go hang yourself.