Post by johndon86 on Jun 20, 2005 8:29:37 GMT -5
HAIR BLONDISM Fair hairs Fischer scale numbers 9 - 26 (light brown and lighter
shades, red hairs are not included)
Vepses - 61%
Estonians - 56%
Poles - 55%
Northern Bielorussians - 53%
Finns - 51.5%
Latvians - 50%
Norwegians - 50%
Lithuanians - 47.5%
Northern Russians - 47.5%
Southern Russians - 30%
Data on Swedes and NW Germans/Frisians is not available for relevant
comparison. Swedes must be blonder than Southern Russians and NW
Germans/Frisians may be blonder than Southern Russians, but both groups are
less blond than Norwegians.
EYE BLONDISM Pure light eyes
Sweden:
Light and light mixed eyes - 67% - 87%, thus *pure* light eyes must be around
38.5%.
Norway:
Light and light mixed eyes - 76%, including 38.5% of *pure* light eyes.
The blondest Norwegian group - 86.5% of light and light mixed eyes, thus *pure*
light eyes must be about 43.25%.
Ireland:
Light and light mixed eyes - 76%, including 46% of *pure* light eyes.
Eastern Europe:
Estonians - 64.5% of *pure* light eyes.
Latvians - 62.5% of *pure* light eyes.
Vepses - 62% of *pure* light eyes.
Northern Bielorussians - 56% of *pure* light eyes.
Eastern Russians - 50%-55% of *pure* light eyes (regional max. 60%).
Western Russians - 45-50% of *pure* light eyes.
Lithuanians - 47.5% of *pure* light eyes.
Ukrainians - 38% of *pure* light eyes.
Sources:
1. Coon, Carleton, The Races of Europe, Chapter IX, The North.
2. Bunak, Viktor Valrievich, Origins and Ethnic History of the Russian People, various charts.
3. Dyachenko, V. D, Anthropological Composition of the Ukrainian People, various charts.