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Polin

Oct 1, 08, 20:26 #361

Dear Lukasz ;p I'm not saying I'm mongol either ;p just to say that the eye thing is not a common thing in western Europe. There might be more blue eyed blondies in Poland statistically but I don't know why we look at the the dark eyes, light brown hair as both Polish and Slavic. I think same might be in Germany even though people there look very different the blue eyes and blond hair is considered as a germanic look no?

LukaszThreads: 73 Posts: 2,396 Joined: Sep 1, 07 ♂	Edited by: Lukasz Oct 3, 08, 03:30 #362

LukaszThreads: 73 Posts: 2,396 Joined: Sep 1, 07 ♂	Edited by: Lukasz Oct 3, 08, 06:20 #363
So Blue eyes are more common than blond hair in Poland. I am good example. I have blue eyes and dark hair.

sylvan106

Oct 4, 08, 06:40 #364

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Typical Polish looks

In reply to the many responses about typical Polish looks, my sentiments are the same as many others, in as much as there is a big mix of people in Europe through history.However, in my case with Polish parents,from Torun ex "Thorn" whilst under German"Prussian" rule, I have distinct Germanic looks, so much so, that rather annoyingly when I go abroad, everytime,you can guarantee,Germans approach me and naturally assume I am German. Rather annoying because i was taught from an early age "Rotas Poem" and my father was at Montecassino, safe to say,they get an early rebuke from me in Polish of course, "K---a Pier---a,and you should see their faces "Priceless". Worryingly, whilst queuing I do have a strange urge come over me to step in front of the queue, and I am obesessed with perfection to the point where I am too long doing something.Contrary though ,I do have a sense of humour, for instance,"Why was Jesus not born in Germany???They could not find three wise men and a virgin at the time!!!!There is however a tale to be told in every face, as in my case, my father and mother were typical Polish looking,perhaps I am a throwback from Prussian rule, I do tend to march down the street, and very much enjoy administering direct orders to my sub-ordinates whilst stroking long haired white cats and dreaming of world domination,and you know what they say,"It is a wise man,that knows his father".Joking aside, I think were all in a melting pot,should be proud of our heritage,but realising that distinguishing differences is a catalyst to many of our world problems to this day,with this in mind,I look forward to a day in the future when Germany has been ethnically cleansed of humourless, self divine,thiefs of Polish football players,and a sense of humour has been indoctrinated into its population by us Poles.So you see, your looks are unimportant,YOUR HEART AND SPIRIT IS...................

BartolomeThreads: 2 Posts: 1,342 Joined: Sep 14, 06 ♂	Oct 4, 08, 06:43 #365
I don't think there are something like 'typical Polish looks' - in fact they may be deceiving. I'm staying in Scotland - and sometimes I'm taken for a Scot or a French :)

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,868 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER ♀	Oct 4, 08, 06:43 #366
what is the point of this thread exactly?

sylvan106	Oct 4, 08, 06:51 #367
Are you German ????????????????

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,868 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER ♀	Oct 4, 08, 06:52 #368
err no i'm polish

sylvan106	Oct 4, 08, 07:00 #369
Witam,apologies, I am simply trying to stimulate conversation through contradictory statements and humour,which as the media displays is the most effective method of doing so,this is the " ethos of my epistle".If you cannot understand this or the meaning of the word "humour" this is not my problem.Prosto.

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,868 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER ♀	Oct 4, 08, 07:09 #370
you're a weirdo and all you talk about is yourself. but good luck with getting people interested in this discussion, you'll need it.

RomekThreads: - Posts: 9 Joined: Oct 4, 08 ♂	Oct 4, 08, 12:14 #371
he he he eastern Germans are more blue eyed than western. SLAVA

sylvan777

Oct 4, 08, 12:25 #372

Hi, apologies for my idiot cousin,I joined site a while ago and this afternoon I went out and left computer open.When I came home he told me about this topic,he thought this was funny,this is not me, I hope you are not too offended by him,I joined the site too find relatives a while ago,looking for relatives in Poland under name "Glazowski" if you want to check my old post,I was ready to come home and check for replies when he did this,once again apologies,his sentiments certainly are not mine, but he was just being an idiot,he did not mean anything,or at least I hope not,please accept my apologies on his behalf.You can choose friends,but not your family.Respect Jozef

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Oct 4, 08, 13:04 #373

My aunt Kathy is all polish as opposed to me. They call her cat woman. She has mediterranean skin - beautiful olive. black hair and dark cat-like eyes big and round like Turkmen and pointed like the monguls (asian). it wasn't until i read more about polish history that i acknowledged - it really wasn't the milkman!

I am polish and irish and have dark eyes (from black irish grandma). Yes high cheekbones and a serious booty! The thing i LOVED about going to Poland was seeing men with serious gedonkadunks!! YeeHAwww!

I have been told by a puertorican there is no way I can be "white" (poor uninformed child ie european) "with a booty like dat."

Native americans stop me - thinking i am a lost tribe member. people think i am turkish , lebanese..... half korean....Irish and polish have the almond eyes. the irish have this part of the eye that will fold over but since my skin tone is yellow from my father's side(irish), people think I'm Asian.

There is no "typical " polish person... I learned that on my trip. There is such a diversity of looks and people there. Yes the women are good looking but so are the men!!!!

Guest

Oct 4, 08, 13:21 #374

I find the correlations of both maps Lukasz extremely interesting, I have heard the term "White Russian" before from my father,meaning blonde hair, blue eyes.Interesting,the epicentre of these statistics,and correct me if I am wrong all point to Scandinavia, is there evidence other than this that correlates to the Vikings, after all ,I believe Russia gained its name from a viking leader "Rus",and this paralell of blonde hair and blue eyes co-incides with what I propose to have been Viking, conquered areas, that were most convenient for their initial campaigns.

Hite89Threads: 1 Posts: 4 Joined: Oct 4, 08 ♂	Edited by: Hite89 Oct 4, 08, 14:08 #375
Hi everyone, I'm new here (first post actually), and I find this thread very interesting. I'm 19, half-Belgian, half-Polish. People always think I'm 100% Belgian. I'm bad at describing my looks in English, so I added a picture of myself on my profile, and I'm very curious to hear what the 'experts' have to say. Never mind my hair, it's always in such a mess. cheers

Polin

Oct 5, 08, 17:37 #376

Hi there,

The maps are really interesting but I would say quite deceiving. They show you the countries after 1945 and to give a thought to 'Polish look' as a percentage of face features within 'Yalta borders' - which is also a very harsh and 'touchy' subject for Poles - might be just a bit inadequate. It is not to argue about history cos everybody knows Polish borders where changing and reaching more to the east and south than on the maps above - everybody knows that in XVI century people who lived in Poland (or the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) where very mixed - ethnically just to think now of the words they used to describe each other like Lach, Madziar, Rusin (which doesn't mean Russian) or if you think of Mickiewicz writing 'Litva! My country (...)' in Polish.

Anyway people will always try to guess where you from just looking at your face or your accent or sometimes even your clothes. You can point them a map with 'percentage average Polish look' or educate them about history but as you can see from the discussion above it is not an easy question and these are hardly answers to them.

The only thing I can say that if you were shooting a movie about early Polish country (10th century), Slavic tribe life or even about what we call 'Kresy' - your cast would hardly be full of light skin, blue eyes blondies ;p

rgds

Historician	Oct 5, 08, 17:46 #377
Polin: The only thing I can say that if you were shooting a movie about early Polish country (10th century), Slavic tribe life or even about what we call 'Kresy' - your cast would hardly be full of light skin, blue eyes blondies ;p In 10th century Jewish travler Abraham ben Jacob decribed Poles. He claimed that Poles were much fairer than Czechs.

RomekThreads: - Posts: 9 Joined: Oct 4, 08 ♂	Edited by: Romek Oct 5, 08, 18:32 #378
19th century Polish paintings Polish vilagers

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Edited by: Polin Oct 5, 08, 19:02 #379

Yeah, I can agree with that. But it depends how he described Czechs as well - cos scandinavian blond is what I'd call 'blondies'. It is because yes originally Slavs are a nordic 'nation' (or Indo-European) as most of the nations in Europe. I'm sorry I'm not an expert so please correct me when I'm wrong. Some argue that 'nordic' was actually more ginger than blond - but it is used I guess mostly against people claiming some 'white domination' or superiority within European nations or other racist stuff. In European culture the image of blond hair, blue eyes has a meaning for people, sometimes it's good sometimes very much politically incorrect. Anyway even if we take the group who came from the east as light hair one the thing that later distinguished Poles from the rest of the Europe was the closeness to other groups like Mongols, Bulgars, Huns, Magyars - which contributes to the features like for example the dark eyes or at some point very dark hair. Some say the fact that the slavic languages are different than the germanic ones because of the impact the eastern groups had on Slavs - even when it comes to character.

Anyway maybe yes 10th might be to early to pin the Polish look as light brown hair, brown eyes (or even green) and light olive skin but it proves that what one thinks of ethnicity might be connected more to history, even literature or to put it in one word as culture rather that 'genes evaluation'. To be quite honest I would risk and say that what Poles think of their look could be more connected to what is written in such books as 'Ogniem i mieczem' or Chlopi or people's songs which praise those 'black eyes' And yes, 'White Russians' might have been earlier in those lands than those with other features (mostly result of mixture) but it doesn't explain why people hold this or other pictures in their mind of their or others ethnicity.

I don't know if it is something we can establish and give a simple answer to the question. As I said Poles very much mixed with nations around but this is this something peculiar about them and for me it makes it part of our identity - when I look at my eyes it is good to feel the 'history behind it' and knowing we shared this part of history with Ukrainians for example makes me sigh every time i hear Kozak, Sicz, Kresy etc. I don't know why I think like that but it's amazing what pictures one holds in its mind...

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Hmm, maybe that's why some people want to pin the Polish look as the dark eyes, dark blond hair as it was result of the fact that Poland was reaching so far east. Which brings back the image of this great, big and powerful country. These are the 'outcomes' of this part of history we are most proud of or maybe not, cos there are moments which fill us with pride even more, but definitely the stories and tales we most often sigh to ;p

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Edited by: Romek Oct 5, 08, 19:22 #380

Vilagers are more blond than other citizens - natural Polish look is fair hair and eyes it is not mixing result, nobility or townfolks mixed with French Italians and others go and look on Mazovian vilages they have nothing to do with east or west they sit in their vilages like it was 100 years ago and 200 years ago and 1000 years ago. Mongols settlet mostly in Ukriaine and Lithuaina it is historical fact.

RomekThreads: - Posts: 9 Joined: Oct 4, 08 ♂	Edited by: Romek Oct 5, 08, 19:55 #381
vilagers 1800s

Gurl	Oct 5, 08, 21:24 #382
face things always give me asians or one of the olsens so now i can tell asians ethnicities apart better than white people or other non asians lol

PolkaGAL

Oct 6, 08, 19:08 #383

Some people keep saying that polish people have one distinct look, that every single Pole looks absolutely Polish. No way, but in Eastern Europe, particularly in Poland, Ukraine and Russia, people just look very similar. I am 3rd generation Polish, and when I introduce myself to new people they ask, so when did you come to America? and what country are you from? Even close friends would swear that I am Russian, and where I work even foreign exchange students think I am one of them! I guess I have the "facial expressions" of a Slav. ;) Also I am tall and thin, and increasingly Americans are getting larger, so when they see a thin person theytag them as an outsider!!

Guest

Oct 14, 08, 04:22 #384

I am Polish and my whole entire family including me, have dark ash brown hair and brown eyes, but we ALL look Polsih, if you know what I mean. I think the typical Polish look is a cute and plummy face (not plumy as in fat, just roundish) with blonish, light hair. youtube.com/watch?v=OJQZ_p8X8C8&feature=related < if you look in this video, the blonde girl on the left, to me looks like the typical Polish girl. One thing I have noticed about Polish girls and men, and that is, they are beautiful, and its true.

Guest	Oct 14, 08, 04:28 #385
I just have to add, that when I was travelling to Poland, I could recognise every Polish person I saw on the plane and in the airport. The eyes give it away, they droop, like puppy dog eyes.

dexter	Oct 17, 08, 03:13 #386
Guest: youtube.com/watch?v=OJQZ_p8X8C8&feature=related thank you !

Guest	Nov 15, 08, 06:49 #387
Man do I hate poland. Polish people are ALL inbred and that's why 8 out of 10 girls look the same. There is nothing special about polish girls.they are FAR from being good looking. Most of them have MANLY features. POLAND SUCKS

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Nov 15, 08, 06:54 #388
If they are ALL inbred, surely 10 out of 10 would look the same, just a thought

H.mazurkiewicz	Nov 26, 08, 03:52 #389
my grandfather is Polish my last name is Mazurkiewicz i have black eyes dark red hair and my skin is tan like olive....

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Edited by: Kataryna Dec 15, 08, 19:16 #390

Great thread! Enjoyable reading. :)

I'm pretty good at figuring out ones nationality by certain features. This is a picture of my brother and I. We are 1/2 Irish and 1/2 Polish. I've been told that I look Irish and he looks Polish? Thoughts?

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