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Post by Graeme on Aug 5, 2004 12:03:16 GMT -5
I have 7 sibs, I am the fifth in the line. Five of eight, my Borg designation. Borg incidentally is a common Maltese surname. None of us look alike and we vary in skin colour and when young in hair colour. Our eyes are in the dark range, green, hazel and brown. I have never really cared about that or thought it significant. Your sibs are your sibs whether "olive" skinned, hazel eyed or whatever. Maltese people are like that, uncaring about the colour of hair, eyes and skin, and have a range of phenotypes in one family. If a family is large enough there is usually a dark skinned one, darker than what I call olive, but no one thinks that is significant or some throwback to a North African. Maybe some of you should be more tolerant and accepting of the variations in skin colour, hair and eye colours in your ethnic groups. Despite what people go on about, every population in Europe has blond people, green eyed people, red haired people and the occasional swarthy type. It does not mean negroid admixture, the affect of Moorish invasions or long lost Phoenicians. It is just normal population genetics of ethnic groups.
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izabet
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Post by izabet on Aug 10, 2004 10:41:33 GMT -5
Hey Graeme, tell that to my relatives in Italy. The darker, shorter, or more med-ish folks in my family (including me) are considered "ugly" or plain, while the fairer ones are considered more beautiful. I think this is true across many cultures...south asia, south america, southern europe. The more dark or mestizo you look, the less appealing you are. (That's not to say I have a complex about it. I could care less what they think.)
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Post by buddyrydell on Aug 10, 2004 23:40:11 GMT -5
Izabet has a good point. Many societies deem fairer features and great height as more attractive. It seems that women can't get enough of the tall guys . Fortunately I'm not that short, standing at 6'. Also, many societies, especially parts of Latin America and South Asia, deem fairer features as better-looking.
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