Why are some Polish people dark complected,and others very light

Hey.......I can pull it off Maybe I can edit that picture and make the cat black and the melon yellow, like a mango

Can someone post a pic of a dark skinned Pole? I want to place this in its proper context.

isn't our word enough - what proper context do you have in mind???

I was wondering same thing.......

Sorry Jose,
it sounds kinda weird............Polish people have olive skin to really white, freckled, one.
We have very dark hair to really blond or red sometimes. The is a whole range of complexions. That's it. I am sure you can google it , if you are so curious.

A picture is worth a thousand words. But forget about it. It isn't weird. Context means understanding a term in relation to its surrounding information. Nothing wierd or esoteric about it.

what does a picture mean though?

I think it would be hard to tell if someone is dark skinned or olive skinned naturally because it might just be a tan. I think an olive skinned person would be that color all over, without a tan. I know people who have very white legs but when they wear shorts in the summer they get a dark tan but they're still a light skinned person despite it.

The Poles I have seen and met while I lived in NYC were all lily-white, blonde. I've never seen a dark skinned Pole with dark hair. Its like when Europeans saw Black Africans for the first time, they rubbed their skin to see if it would come off.

ALL over???? By what do you mean ALL???

I mean exactly what you're thinking.

I have olive colored skin, however, I do not let the sun shine on my chest or arms too much, i work out in the sun, and it is hard on the skin, so I keep covered and I am pearly white where the sun dont shine!!!

Did you ever watch the show American Inventor? A Polish man won the contest. You should look him up and see his picture. He's not blond or lily white:

Janusz Liberkowski

abc.go.com/primetime/americaninventor/bios/janusz_liberkowski.html

I hace dark skin like I said, and also dark black hair and brown eyes!! Eww Handsome, somebody slap me!!!

Careful what you ask for.

So, who wants a slapping then?

Yikes, now that looks scary!!!!

Looks like I got what I asked for!!

Weird.....Olive colored teeth.....ewwwww.

Sounds absolutely Horid, if i do say so myslef chaps!!

Jose,
I understand the meaning of the word "context" and I didn't ask you the this explanation, which I am sure you knew anyways.

I don't understand you motives. I am a person who is interested in motives and makes moral judgements, so after receiving your answer to my question, I am not any clearer on the purpose of you "skin colour" investigation.

i agree, i dont think matters if a pic of a darker skinned pole is posted or not.

You're so bad.

My Polish wife is pretty, and pretty dark too.
Jet black hair, dark skin, suffers in the Polish winter from a lack of sunshine (a vitamin D thing).
Based on mtDNA testing of the EU 18 haplotype, Poles are generally fairly similar gentically to Albanians, Croatians, Georgians, Syrians and Udmurts (whoever they are - sorry any Udmurts who might be reading!)
I thought I'd blind you with a smidgin of science

Interesting what you said about suffering from the luck of vit D in the winter - I have the same problem. Although my features are not as dark as your wife's and I have green eyes.

It often results in liver and pancreas problems, apparently.
It's all to do with the darker skin being less able to produce vitamin D3 from exposure to sunlight.
D3 is 2000 times more bio-active than dietary vitamin D so you have to get a source of UVB light from somewhere. Solaria usually tan you with 95% UVA, which is pretty much useless for D3 production and exposes you to an increased risk of skin cancer. However, it is theoretically possible to get them to regulate their sunbeds to give you greater UVB. Unfortunately, UVB burns quite quickly so they can't get the same amount of money from you that way - hence they will probably turn your request down!

Oh, by the way, my pet tortoise basks under a UVB light bulb ... but I haven't the heart to deprive my little dinosaur of his sunshine!

Ok,
thanks Varsovian
I have a question - does she take vit D3? Does she find it helpfull at all?

The tortoise?
Hah ha ha!

She doesn't take any pills, my wife that is. Strictly Catholic.

(Soorrry, couldn't resist that one!)
Seriously, she just needs lots of sunshine early in the year and late in the year and she's OK.
Fears osteoporosis though - that's linked too. And, despite the propaganda, increased milk consumption clearly puts you at greater risk of osteoporosis.

V,
I asked you about vit D3, not your wife's sexual life.

That was a silly answer, pfffff.......
Hope you don't have any other problems


Cheers