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Do polish people often have the mongolian spot?


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rocaThreads: 7
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Joined: Sep 3, 11 ♂ 		 Oct 19, 11, 23:32    #1
Hi!

Have you heard about the mongolian spot?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_spot

There are people all over the world who has it, it is however more frecuent among asians and their descendents. I have seen that some polish people have mongolian features (very few of them, but still some). This is linked to the time when the mongols attacked Europe.

So, does the mongolian spot appear often among poles?
For instance among Hungarians is quite common
holmes  Oct 19, 11, 23:43    #2
No and it really doesn't seem to have much to do Mongolians except that it was discovered on them first. Mongolians never attacked Africa nor America.
hague1cmaeronThreads: 21
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Joined: Mar 30, 10 ♂ 		 Oct 19, 11, 23:53    #3
[quote=roca]This is linked to the time when the mongols attacked Europe.[/quote
There is no historical evidence for this. The invading force was minuscule in comparison to the rest of the population. What did happen however was the migration of some Tatars to the country over a period of time to serve in the army, these people have long since integrated into the Polish population. Furthermore in recent history the Russians always stained quite big armies in Poland going back to some 200 years, that usually numbered some 100 000-150 000, it is quite plausible that some Poles might be the descendants of those Russians. The second proposition is just speculation, but it is far more probable than your hypothesis.
NatasaThreads: 7
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Joined: Jun 6, 10  Pictures: 2  Gold Member MEMBER ♀ 		 Oct 20, 11, 01:17    #4
I've seen this for the first time. And having one according to the link you provided doesn't prove Mongolian ancestry, because it's prevalence among those with full Caucasian ancestry is 1 to 10 %.

stop the earth i want to get off
hague1cmaeronThreads: 21
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Joined: Mar 30, 10 ♂ 		 Oct 20, 11, 04:06    #5
hague1cmaeron:
the Russians always stained quite big armies

Should have been always stationed.
antheadsThreads: 13
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Joined: Jan 21, 11  Pictures: 1 ♂ 		Edited by: antheads  Oct 20, 11, 04:11    #6
this is why some polish women are so exoticaly hot, a bit of mongolian in em, light olive skin, brown hair flying in the wind, fire in their brown eyes... :)
PlasticPoleThreads: 10
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Joined: May 28, 09 ♀ 		 Oct 20, 11, 05:40    #7
It goes away before adulthood so how can you get an accurate count of how many have it? I don't have it and have never seen one in person.


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