Are the British really much darker than other Northern Europeans?

[JohnSmith]

Poles usually do not have a prominent Atlantid looking nose you see along the Atlantic coast of Europe.

[Bahaman]

Poles usually do not have a prominent Atlantid looking nose you see along the Atlantic coast of Europe.

It's keltic nose. Not atlantid.

[JohnSmith]

It's keltic nose. Not atlantid.

Not all have a Keltic Nose and the Keltic Nose is similar to central European Dinarics. Many are Atlantid.

[Jackson]

The reason why Brits are darker than for example the Dutch is because their history is different. The English were native Celts with major Germanic admixture, whereas the Dutch are native Germanics with some minor Celtic admixture which limits itself to the south. Van Bommel and Van Nistelrooy are southerners by the way, and even there they are at the extreme end of dark. I have serious doubts whether they don't have recent foreign admixture.

Well it might be more accurate to say that we are Germanics with major Celtic admixture, more than the Dutch of course. After all England was formed in a Germanic society and not a Celtic society, culturally and linguistically speaking.

[LightHouse89]

The reason why Brits are darker than for example the Dutch is because their history is different. The English were native Celts with major Germanic admixture, whereas the Dutch are native Germanics with some minor Celtic admixture which limits itself to the south. Van Bommel and Van Nistelrooy are southerners by the way, and even there they are at the extreme end of dark. I have serious doubts whether they don't have recent foreign admixture.

Yet what is funny to me if I showed how the majority of Irish people looked you would change that statement fast LOL....majority Insular Celts are as white as artic snow. My mother's family is living testament of that especially those living in Ireland as oppose to the German relatives who can tan as much as a Frenchman hahah LOL.

[LightHouse89]

Well it might be more accurate to say that we are Germanics with major Celtic admixture, more than the Dutch of course. After all England was formed in a Germanic society and not a Celtic society, culturally and linguistically speaking.

Southern Englsh people have more tan to them where as Northern are the opposite. What is odd is that if you came to new england you would say every person who was light was obviously a descendant of WASPs but the fact is it is the Irish here who are as bright as arctic snow.

[LightHouse89]

Poles are round-headed with baltid/peasant features.

Brits are long-headed with delicate aristocratic features.

The noble Brit feature is associated with Keltic Nordid types. I am not sure about Poles but many are very light too as much as Brits or Irish people [Irish being some of the lightest people I have ever seen].

[Hevo]

Van Bommel and Van Nistelrooy are southerners by the way, and even there they are at the extreme end of dark. I have serious doubts whether they don't have recent foreign admixture.

Keep in mind that Limburg has been only part of The Netherlands since 1815 and it has received some migrations from Belgium/Western Germany so that could explain why there are some exotic people like Van Bommel.

[Isleño]

I think various Northern European countries have their darker types. It's just less common as the south, but they still exist. If we look at Northern Europe, many Northern European countries are partially Neolithic Mediterranean, so there are Mediterranean genes floating around Northern Europe which could contribute to these phenotypes and could probably be responsible for them.

[Tooting Carmen]

I think various Northern European countries have their darker types. It's just less common as the south, but they still exist. If we look at Northern Europe, many Northern European countries are partially Neolithic Mediterranean, so there are Mediterranean genes floating around Northern Europe which could contribute to these phenotypes and could probably be responsible for them.

But then how come the British Isles appear to have more of them than do other Northern European countries, albeit not to the extreme extent that some people here claim?