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Post by Igu on Jun 20, 2004 6:27:52 GMT -5
do redhead people have a specific smell? my cousin smells like his sister...and like many other redhead people.
I heard that black people have a specific smell, But I didn't notice that at all.
Maybe you would read smell=stink, but it is not what I mean, I apologize (problem of english).
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Post by Elistariel on Jul 15, 2004 22:24:11 GMT -5
I've noticed the "different" smells to, that has nothing to do with this topic though. I have heard that in eye color, Brown is dominant over Blue, and that Green is considered to be genetically Blue. (sorry no specific sources, all acquired thru google). If that is the case, then how do you explain this: dodona.proboards35.com/index.cgi?board=genetics&action=display&thread=1089930089&start=0go to II, how did my Blue eyed and Green eyed greatgrandparents have 2/3 Brown eyed children? Also Blue and Green tends to produce more Green than blue. In my family, you are more likely to find blue eyes if both parents are b/b or one is b/b and one is Br/b OR both are B/b.
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Post by jhs2006ihy on Jul 19, 2004 21:26:21 GMT -5
I know most children are born with blue eyes but, what is the chance that a child will be born with brown eyes (straight out of the womb).
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Post by Sirona on Jul 20, 2004 13:28:55 GMT -5
My friend is a nurse and she said that babies of asian and african descent are born with hazel, gray-brown or brown eyes at birth. I'm not sure if it's all of them, maybe just the majority as some strange things can happen with eye colour.
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Post by buddyrydell on Jul 20, 2004 16:55:48 GMT -5
I understand that hair can darken even into the 20s for many people (mostly people of European descent however). I have an interesting one. My father's hair was light-medium brown as a child, it darkened over the years to a very dark brown by the time he was 18-19, then later to pretty much jet-black. My hair was also lighter brown as a young child, now it's dark brown (many say black but it's definitely dark brown) at 20 yrs. of age. Should I expect my hair to get even darker like my father's did?
For the record, my mother was born with light blond hair which darkened over the years to a medium brown. Also, my father has hazel-brown eyes, mine are green (they used to be blue but darkened with age), while my mother's are still blue. Just thought I'd throw out the fact that I'm one of those rarer people who have very dark hair with lighter eyes.
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Post by Cerdic on Jul 21, 2004 2:12:03 GMT -5
It isn't all that rare in Ireland, or even in Britain (both my grandmothers had black hair and blue eyes). The opposite, blond hair and brown eyes is common in Poland and the Baltic states.
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Post by buddyrydell on Jul 21, 2004 18:09:07 GMT -5
It isn't all that rare in Ireland, or even in Britain (both my grandmothers had black hair and blue eyes). The opposite, blond hair and brown eyes is common in Poland and the Baltic states. I knew such combinations existed in Ireland but I thought they were less common. In any case, despite my dark hair and green eyes, few ever think I'm Irish/British (although I am part on my mom's side), but most say Italian/Greek (half Sicilian from my dad's side), and that is also probably attributed to my brunet white/light olive skin tone and facial features. This brings me to another interesting question: Is there anything that determines the dominance of certain facial traits?
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Post by Graeme on Jul 22, 2004 11:59:29 GMT -5
I would have to agree with Cerdic about the prevalence of black hair and blue eyes in Ireland, the Irish Republic anyway. Also the Scots tend to be dark haired and blue eyed. The idea that the British Kelts are Nordic really irritates me. Yes they have blond, red, brownish and mixtures of blond/red/brown hair but I would not class the Irish as a blond people. A blue eyed people definitely.
I am Maltese and I have dark hair and brown eyes (mostly) but I am accepted as an Anglo here in Australia. Not sure why, as I do look non Anglo to me. I do not look typically Mediterranean in that I am very UP in shape and I don't have that typical Mediterranean oval face. I am not brunet white. I am often told I look like someone else, it annoys me, but the someone else always has an Anglo surname. I think that face details and shape are more indicative of origin than colouring. I know Greeks and Italians of were fair in colouring but who still looked Italian or Greek. It depends on the country you come from. I gather that Americans have more of an idea what Americans are supposed to look like. In Australia, people don't think that way very often and are not really interested where your ethnic or racial origins come from.
Some traits are dominant. Detached earlobes are dominant. Large lips are dominant. Big ears are dominant. Think about most desirable features; they are not common are they. However even if your folks were beautiful, sexual reproduction often has a way of combining characteristics in a less than pleasing way. It is the luck of the draw so to speak.
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Post by buddyrydell on Jul 22, 2004 18:03:25 GMT -5
Thanks for replying Graeme. I have also heard that traits such as large lips, ears, and noses are dominant traits. Just out of curiosity, have you ever classified me?
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Post by Graeme on Jul 24, 2004 11:42:18 GMT -5
No, I am not big on classification. Most of us have phenotypes which are unclassifiable. I prefer to look for what I think are physical traits indicative of one's nationality, that Greek, Italian, English... I not interested in whether someone is Nordic, Noric, Atlanto-Mediterranean.... what have you. I still haven't found a way to tell Maltese people apart from Southern Europeans.
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Post by buddyrydell on Jul 24, 2004 17:47:58 GMT -5
I've also found some of the terms confusing sometimes (Noric, Dinaric, Alpine, etc.), but I try if I think I can make out the phenotype. I do think that some of these terms are a bit outdated however. So you'll often find me guessing the country of origin rather than the physical type. Oh well!
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Post by zemelmete on Jul 31, 2004 18:31:28 GMT -5
I believe that skin, hair, eye colour are independent. For example I have brown eyes and dark brown hair. But in the same time I have very pale skin and often have sunburns (I live in Northern Europe). Many blondhaired people get suntan better than me.
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Post by Graeme on Aug 1, 2004 10:13:05 GMT -5
It is a Nordicist piece of misinformation that blond haired people do not tan or tan slightly. Just as it is always assumed that if you have dark brown or black hair you tan to a dark brown. I know from my experience that blonds do mostly tan very well and a minority of dark haired people don't tan at all. I am one of those non tanners.
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Post by Arwen on Aug 4, 2004 21:25:42 GMT -5
It is a Nordicist piece of misinformation that blond haired people do not tan or tan slightly. Just as it is always assumed that if you have dark brown or black hair you tan to a dark brown. I know from my experience that blonds do mostly tan very well and a minority of dark haired people don't tan at all. I am one of those non tanners. This is true. I have very light blonde hair (even into my mid-20's), green eyes, yet I can tan pretty easily (although untanned, my skin is very light). The only reason I don't like to tan is because I want to have wrinkle-free skin for as long as possible ;D
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Post by izabet on Aug 5, 2004 11:34:37 GMT -5
Within families, i.e. siblings, people can vary greatly in their colouring. For instance, my sister has the much more "golden" Northern Italian look: hazel eyes, skin that tans to a nice warm tone, and light brown hair. On the other hand, I have black-brown eyes, pale olive skin, and chestnut brown hair.
We both look typically Northern Italian in some ways, but we look different. (Though we also have British traits -- her physique is like my English grandmother's. I only got a British forehead.) We also have some Native American traits, though I show more than she does.
Neither of us have the same colouring as our parents. Dad: grey eyes, black hair, very dark red skin. Mother: creamy skin, red-brown eyes, and auburn hair.
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