Are Northern Euros more "adapted" to the cold and prefer lower temperature than other races?

[Sehnsucht]

Is it true that if you are of Northern European ancestry you will prefer a lower temperature and more likely to be uncomfortable in a warm environment strictly due to your ancestors had lived in a cold climate?

Makes sense, and it seems like this is true. They also seem to be the least tolerant of heat. Even the ones who have lived in warm areas all of their lives, you would think they would have built up a tolerance for it, but that seems to be not the case. Just ask rhiannon. She has lived in Southern California for 40 something years and has not adapted!

Rhiannon, Leliana, and Norman de Poer, all krauts and I found at least one reference to them being "not made for a hot environment".

I have been on Skadi (a Germanics-only forum so a 100% Germanic population sample) and I couldn't find a single person who enjoys or even tolerates hot weather. Lots of complaining about heat during the summer months over there. Some even said they would die if it ever got above 70F!

Even in Minnesota, where its mostly white folk they are not that "extreme" about it, we Minnesotans can function above 70F even if the average Skadiite can't (we've had days over 90F though) I have mostly noticed that the minorities seem to be more tolerant of it than the general population (the Northern Euros).

I would say that I'm most like a typical Minnesotan, (perhaps a little more cold adapted than average).I wouldn't say that I would melt above 70F, that's perfect weather for me (though wouldn't mind it a bit cooler) but above 75F it gets a little uncomfortable and above 90F there is nothing in me that functions besides my heart. My brain is completely useless above 85F unless air conditioning is involoved. I would rather it be too cold than too hot.

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So why is it that in my family on my mothers side it's only Northern Europe heritage (German, Irish, Belgian) but they seem to be hot weather people? They like it quite a bit warmer than the average person. HATE air conditioning during the summer months. Assuming that we are not mixed and our ancestors from Europe were really European.

My mother and her siblings, if their Northern heritage adapted them for the cold, they don't show it at all. My mom says that growing up in her home on the farm they never used air conditioning. And they don't just tolearte heat, they prefer it to cold. They will go for these 100 mile bike rides in late August when it's 90F, but once it gets below 70F, it's time to turn the furnace on. I would estimate that their ideal temperature would be mid 80's, thought they seem to tolerate 90F well.

In my immediate family it's my mom, my dad, and my siblings, and we rarely have the air conditioner on, or must turn it on when mom's not home, because she always complains and puts on warm clothing when we have it on and that is just annoying as well when I find it to be quite comfortable.


There are pictures of my maternal grandfather with a jacket on in the part of July where you can't take off enough clothing to be cool, I'm not kidding. As if he can't get enough warmth in July. He never went swimming because he didn't like the "cold water". I'm sure if my mom and her siblings get it from anyone they get it from him, and he only has German ancestry.


It's just beyond strange, it's downright bizarre. Is there any possible explaination for this (other than non-Euro heritage)?

[Tooting Carmen]

I suppose that makes sense.

[Scandalf]

Yes! And I don't feel very well where I live. I'd prefer a more continental climate, although I love the mediterranean nights!

[Xanthias]

Even though I have no German ancestry, I am quit more accomodated to cold weather than hot weather, I don't support at all humid, hot weather that is somehow "stagned" (by this I mean not renewed) and the ongoing climate change that is raising temperatures. I do like a lot the breeze and the wind, the clear air of the landfields, the fragrants of it but I don't think at all it has something to do with Germanic (although they are maybe more sensible to that ?) but morely with where you were used to grow.

The worst thing for me is the air city: I absolutely can't stand it, this thick, polluted air (I swear you can get a lot of problems with it) and it gets even worse when it's hot and humid weather.

so basically no, I'd pretty much say it depends on people's reactions: some are sensible, some are not.

[Ouistreham]

Is it true that if you are of Northern European ancestry you will prefer a lower temperature and more likely to be uncomfortable in a warm environment strictly due to your ancestors had lived in a cold climate?

No. Nordids are adapted to fresh temperatures and to misty weather conditions with moderate sunshine (like in Trøndelag, Western Norway or Scotland), but aren't inherently able to withstand low temperatures. The fittest ones are the Chinese, the Mongols, their Inuit cousins, and to some extent East-Baltids and Alpinids, who all are compact built, with a stocky body and short limbs, in order to minimize surface-to-volume ratio.

I have been on Skadi (a Germanics-only forum so a 100% Germanic population sample) and I couldn't find a single person who enjoys or even tolerates hot weather. Lots of complaining about heat during the summer months over there. Some even said they would die if it ever got above 70F!

This is quintessential bullshit. Has any of those people spent a winter in Central/Northern Sweden? They would experience that the colder it is outside, the hotter they keep the house inside, often well over 25°C or 80°F, taking advantage of the superior insulating properties of their wooden cottages (They also do in Quebec and certainly the rest of Canada, it's a friggin' thermal shock when entering their homes when it's -25°C [-13°F] outside).

On the other hand, most French and English don't tolerate indoor temperatures over 21°C (70°F). And in Scotland, believe it or not, I've seen lots of houses (made of stone) with no heating system at all upstairs.

[King Claus]

No. Nordids are adapted to fresh temperatures and to misty weather conditions with moderate sunshine (like in Trøndelag, Western Norway or Scotland), but aren't inherently able to withstand low temperatures. The fittest ones are the Chinese, the Mongols, their Inuit cousins, and to some extent East-Baltids and Alpinids, who all are compact built, with a stocky body and short limbs, in order to minimize surface-to-volume ratio.



This is quintessential bullshit. Has any of those people spent a winter in Central/Northern Sweden? They would experience that the colder it is outside, the hotter they keep the house inside, often well over 25°C or 80°F, taking advantage of the superior insulating properties of their wooden cottages (They also do in Quebec and certainly the rest of Canada, it's a friggin' thermal shock when entering their homes when it's -25°C [-13°F] outside).

On the other hand, most French and English don't tolerate indoor temperatures over 21°C (70°F). And in Scotland, believe it or not, I've seen lots of houses (made of stone) with no heating system at all upstairs.

I honestly dislike every temperature above 16 degrees celcius and I rather have a temp of -30 than 30

[portusaus]

Of course, they have more subcutaneous fat. That's why many Nordids have a yellow skin tone, particularly Swedes.

[Nehellenia]

Pale people are from the north, tanned people are from the south, the difference is higher melanin I think it explains itself.

[Not a Cop]

Absolute bullshit.

Northern Euros are just more adapted to the cold weather, since they are more meso-endo in body built so thermal exchange will took longer time for them - for example look at polar pilots - all of them are of bulky build.

It has veen proven long ago, that mediterranian climate is the best for human health in ,majority of aspects, note that thoose areas are most populatrd in the world.

[Not a Cop]

I honestly dislike every temperature above 16 degrees celcius and I rather have a temp of -30 than 30

Now, when you live with central heating and air conditioning you do, but i would like to look at you at middle centuries at least.