Pomeranians

[Megrez]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Administrative_division_of_pomerania.png/800px-Administrative_division_of_pomerania.png

Well, Pomerania doesn't exist as a distinct region in Europe anymore, and had its historical inhabitants expelled after WW2, so ethnic Pomeranians today are practically only found in Brazil (mainly), a few in Australia and North America. Just a few remained in Europe, and are mostly integrated to the major populations of the countries they inhabit, Germany and Poland.

There are ~450,000 Pomeranians in Brazil today, descendants of XIX century immigrants. Pictures of the Brazilian Pomeranians:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2105/2260894984_ed0dcff59d_z.jpg?zz=1
http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/braziliancitys/Espirito%20Santo/Domingos%20Martins/Pommerfest/1210_2341_casamentopomerano.jpg
http://www.paradaviva.com/xpanel/sys_news/fotos//35BF8A3992.JPG
http://www.pomerano-es.com.br/arquivos/imagens/pomeranas.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/3231880762_58e67ce83b_z.jpg?zz=1
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/116/276974047_2cb3c49cb4_z.jpg?zz=1
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2693/4030883706_b2801b7d59_z.jpg?zz=1
http://citybrazil.uol.com.br/arquivos/imagens/galfotos/gfu_800_00004059.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/UmTEM4YKSbY/0.jpg

[Megrez]

http://www.adjorisc.com.br/polopoly_fs/1.358658.1287150031!/image/2737274333.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y-GhEPcEhig/TARXWiMgNNI/AAAAAAAAAs4/XnfwaT7mp44/s1600/ma+vo+fil.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_y-GhEPcEhig/TARWnUfbIfI/AAAAAAAAAsg/24NT9hyaI_c/s1600/P5160004.JPG
http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/braziliancitys/Espirito%20Santo/Domingos%20Martins/Pommerfest/tejucopretothiagoDomingosmartins.jpg
http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/braziliancitys/Espirito%20Santo/Domingos%20Martins/Pommerfest/244228259_033527a8fa_o.jpg
http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww344/braziliancitys/Espirito%20Santo/Domingos%20Martins/Pommerfest/244226506_e734071511_o.jpg
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/ww130/brcity/Espirito%20Santo/pomeranas/sta%20maria%20jetiba/2971918311_ece83780d9_o.jpg
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/ww130/brcity/Espirito%20Santo/pomeranas/sta%20maria%20jetiba/425730463_baefd6dad2_b.jpg
http://i729.photobucket.com/albums/ww292/cidades/Cidades%20por%20Estado/Espirito%20Santo/SMJ/SMJ3.jpg
http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww130/brcity/Santa%20Catarina/Pomerode/festapomerana2.jpg

[Megrez]

A few redheads are to be noticed:

http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww130/brcity/Santa%20Catarina/Pomerode/1638587.jpg
http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww130/brcity/Santa%20Catarina/Pomerode/festapomerana.jpg

The pictures below were taken at a re-enactment of the colonists' arrival:

http://gazetaonline.globo.com/_midias/jpg/146082-4a4523ac7d637.jpg
http://gazetaonline.globo.com/_midias/jpg/146083-4a4523ac96ce5.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3052/2401133070_b9d6a85c9a_z.jpg?zz=1
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2401132748_a6911199f6_z.jpg?zz=1

Other:

http://www.vilapavao.es.gov.br/Fotos/jonas%20e%20paulim%20a.jpg
http://www.abih-sc.com.br/userfiles/image/informativo_405/info_405___foto_07___festa_pomerana.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVvi4M7Hztk/SXsXqCICHjI/AAAAAAAACBc/yrfgsgBfnKA/s1600/IMG_0768.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GVvi4M7Hztk/SXsR5nHVW-I/AAAAAAAAB-8/_LRa5W5pkxY/s1600/IMG_0764.jpg

[Megrez]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GVvi4M7Hztk/SXsR5OqodQI/AAAAAAAAB-0/4ar-nMkMUXA/s1600/IMG_0752.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GVvi4M7Hztk/SXsXpM6kGZI/AAAAAAAACBE/GB1BxR8yJSE/s1600/IMG_0751.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVvi4M7Hztk/SXsW8L0NeDI/AAAAAAAACAc/k9hGp1YKgOo/s1600/IMG_0787.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_GVvi4M7Hztk/SXsW8bL1lpI/AAAAAAAACAk/nh8IiA9ZlbM/s1600/IMG_0788.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_GVvi4M7Hztk/SXsW8odji0I/AAAAAAAACAs/wL-aXz-e-ZA/s1600/IMG_0786.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GVvi4M7Hztk/SXsW81l01CI/AAAAAAAACA0/Sa7eMsK-HX0/s1600/IMG_0784.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GVvi4M7Hztk/SXsX-18RliI/AAAAAAAACBs/CMN1efdTbC4/s1600/IMG_0750.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GVvi4M7Hztk/SXsVZGUccOI/AAAAAAAACAM/QuXqQhp164M/s1600/IMG_0791.jpg

[aherne]

By "Pomeranians" you mean Germans from Pomerania or Kashubians? Anyway, these people are Pomeranian Germans and look like German-Slav mixes (hardly unexpected, given the history of the region).

[Magister Eckhart]

http://www.freewebs.com/brandenburgstudies/PomeranianCover.jpg
:p

[Megrez]

By "Pomeranians" you mean Germans from Pomerania or Kashubians? Anyway, these people are Pomeranian Germans and look like German-Slav mixes (hardly unexpected, given the history of the region).
Germans from Pomerania. They speak a Low German language.

[Rostislav]

They looks average Polish.

[kwp_wp]

They looks average Polish.

yup, they look.
it's also my impression.
This is what I would have said if somebody had been asked me about it :)

[Rostislav]

yup, they look.
it's also my impression.
This is what I would have said if somebody had been asked me about it :)

A few of the people look East Slavic specific though

[Agrippa]

A few of the people look East Slavic specific though

Something Osteuropid is present in some of them indeed.

[Rostislav]

Something Osteuropid is present in some of them indeed.

Exactly :)

[Sturmgewehr]

I think they look German, some Polish as well.

[aherne]

Germanization of Pomerania involved both large scale colonization of Germans from Saxony & Low Countries as well as large scale assimilation of Kashubian Poles. By early 20th century, Germanization was almost complete (Kashubian language island remaining in "Korridor" region). If those pictures are correct, it looks like the Slavic element is dominant. Most of these people would better fit in Poland than Netherlands.

[Megrez]

I have the impression that Baltid element is relevant among them.

[Megrez]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__KDcatI6hLQ/S_wZ7xcrSPI/AAAAAAAAAS4/aslNjhz1MTE/s1600/DSC03174.JPG
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__KDcatI6hLQ/S_wXBJtmKKI/AAAAAAAAASo/Db95MzzPEnU/s1600/DSC03165.JPG
http://iguide.travel/photos/Domingos_Martins-3.jpg
http://www.andreatestoni.com/photos/pomerode/pomerode/content/bin/images/large/Testoni_pomerode_17.jpg
http://www.andreatestoni.com/photos/pomerode/pomerode/content/bin/images/large/Testoni_pomerode_14.jpg
http://www.andreatestoni.com/photos/pomerode/pomerode/content/bin/images/large/Testoni_pomerode_09.jpg
http://www.andreatestoni.com/photos/pomerode/pomerode/content/bin/images/large/Testoni_pomerode_04.jpg
http://www.andreatestoni.com/photos/pomerode/pomerode/content/bin/images/large/Testoni_pomerode_03.jpg
http://www.andreatestoni.com/photos/pomerode/pomerode/content/bin/images/large/Testoni_pomerode_01.jpg
http://www.belasantacatarina.com.br/images/images/noticias2/pomerode2(1).jpg