Variety of Pacific ppls

[greatness]

Does anyone have any info on the origins of these islander ppls. I know there supposed to be descendant of the same ppl as Aborigines but their so different-looking. DOes anyone have any specific info on their origins.

My theory comes from Darwin. He said that populations isolated on islands tend to differentiate because their is little if any mixing. Now these ppl trapped on these Pacific Islands, due to genetic drift, seem to have developed very unique physical types and all very interesting and unique IMO.


Polynesian


Melanesians


Samoan


Maori


Aborigine


Micronesians

[Mike the Jedi]

I'm not well-versed enough in genetics to know, but there is always that theory that the natives of the Pacific (and even Southeast Asia) were totally Australiform before being diluted by migrating Mongoloids (or Pre-Mongoloids) from further north. Sort of the equivalent of the West's Neolithic migrations.

[aroundtheworld]

Now there is a large German/dutch admixture in many islands. many Tongans carry German names.

[Mike the Jedi]

I hear the Rock is going to play a Hawaiian king in an upcoming movie. Now that would be interesting, considering that region of the world is often ignored in Hollywood.

[Josh]

xcalator1 said:

I hear the Rock is going to play a Hawaiian king in an upcoming movie. Now that would be interesting, considering that region of the world is often ignored in Hollywood.

It's a shame that they couldn't find a better actor.

[greatness]

josh said:

xcalator1 said:

I hear the Rock is going to play a Hawaiian king in an upcoming movie. Now that would be interesting, considering that region of the world is often ignored in Hollywood.

It's a shame that they couldn't find a better actor.

Well Im sure they could... They're just looking for a big name like the Rock to attract viewers. It's really quite sad that today we must have a Brad Pitt, or an Orlando Bloom to make a movie popular.

I'd much rather have a native Hawaiian play the king. Reminds of the Cyrus movie. So far they haven't been able to get together. Thank God! They wanted Jude Law to play Cyrus the great, that is Jude Law to play the guy in my avatar! Don't even get me started...

But back to the topic yeah, they do have a lot of admixture nowadays from English, Dutch, German, French, Japanese (especially in Fiji), Indian, and African migrant workers or colonists.

[vgambler33]

aroundtheworld said:

Now there is a large German/dutch admixture in many islands. many Tongans carry German names.

Some have Spanish ancestry in Guam, Mariana Islands.

[vgambler33]

Mariana Islands

Located east of the Philippines, it comprises 15 islands and is divided politically into Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. The population is descended from the pre-Spanish Chamorro people and Spanish, Mexican, German, Philippine, and Japanese settlers. Spanish cultural traditions are strong. After Ferdinand Magellan became the first European to discover them in 1521, they were visited frequently but were not colonized until 1668, at which time Jesuit missionaries changed their name to honor Mariana of Austria, regent of Spain.

[vgambler33]

For the first fifteen years missionary work was largely limited to Guam, but in 1684 the Spanish launched a major campaign to subjugate and confert Chamorro communities on the islands to the north. By the late 1690s, worn down by a quarter century of conflict and decimated by exotic diseases against which they had no natural resistance, surviving Chamorros in what is now the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands capitulated. Many islanders were resettled into mission villages on Guam where they quietly converted to the Catholic faith under the watchful eyes of the Spanish priests. Along with the Catholic religion, Chamorros also adopted a number of other foreign customs including a patrilineal family organization, western dress, private land ownership, and food preferences influenced by Spanish and Mexican cuisines. In spite of these major changes, Chamorros continued to speak their indigenous languages and maintained many aspects of traditional culture that they successfully blended with European and New World elements to form a new culture now referred to by modern Chamorros as "Kustumbren Chamorro" (Chamorro culture).

[aroundtheworld]

Chamorros and Filipinos are very similar. The Filipino/chamarro marriage rate is over 40% now.

The only difference is chamarro are a bit darker with kinkier/coarser hair and the features are a bit different. Most Americans cannot tell the difference but of course Pacific/Asians can tell.