How do you explain Mats Hummels?

[Pascoal]

He seems to be showed on this forum in many threads as an example of a darker German, but how common is his phenotype as a German? Does he has some turkish heritage?

[Padanian]

He doesn't look German imo, but I also don't think he looks Turkish at all. He would fit very well in Italy from northern to central regions.



By the way, the vocalist of Alphaville band looks way more exotic than Hummels in my opinion.

[Tser]

possibly descended from French Huguenots

[Pascoal]

He also definitely looks much more southern european than tanned brits like Ronnie Wood, Cozy Powell, Liam Gallagher, Rowan Atkinson...

[Pascoal]

He doesn't look German imo, but I also don't think he looks Turkish at all. He would fit very well in Italy from northern to central regions.

By the way, the vocalist of Alphaville band looks way more exotic than Hummels in my opinion.

That guy from Alphaville has very Northern features, especially on his eye area, Hummels looks much more mediterranean than him.

[Padanian]

That guy from Alphaville has very Northern features, especially on his eye area, Hummels looks much more mediterranean than him.

His brother looks more atypical than him.

[Flashball]

Doesn't looks atypical for Germany.
Looks normal Western Euro.

[Immanenz]

Either relative "Nu-meds" that settled in West Europe (likely) or unaltered old-meds (anything unaltered by Whg/EHG). I ve met one guy from Frankfurt and another from Luxenbourg, who joked themselves that they looked like Turks or Mena terrorists.

[Creoda]

Why is it always Latin Americans who ask these inane questions?

Rhineland Germans like him are nearly halfway between Scandinavians/North Germans and North Italians genetically (with low distances). Why that's so historically is the only thing worthy of debate.

Distance to: German_Rhineland-Palatinate
0.92674028 51.00% Italian_Veneto + 49.00% German_Frisian
0.94721204 59.20% Dutch_Friesland + 40.80% Italian_Lombardy
1.34037737 44.80% Italian_Emilia + 55.20% German_Frisian
1.49233456 45.60% Italian_Liguria + 54.40% German_Frisian
1.52808194 55.40% Dutch_Friesland + 44.60% Italian_Piedmont
1.57714660 60.60% Dutch_Friesland + 39.40% Italian_Liguria
1.59977773 38.00% Italian_Liguria + 62.00% German_Schleswig-Holstein
1.64944130 51.00% Italian_Piedmont + 49.00% German_Frisian
1.70538508 41.80% Italian_Tuscany + 58.20% German_Frisian
1.71719726 55.20% Italian_Trentino + 44.80% German_Frisian
1.72366928 53.40% Italian_Friuli + 46.60% German_Frisian
1.84134395 39.40% Italian_Lombardy + 60.60% German_Schleswig-Holstein
1.87515543 55.60% Norwegian_Southcentral + 44.40% Italian_Lombardy
1.89144497 37.20% Italian_Emilia + 62.80% German_Schleswig-Holstein
1.95516257 56.60% Danish + 43.40% Italian_Lombardy
1.96664907 61.60% Dutch_Friesland + 38.40% Italian_Emilia
2.03142393 34.40% Italian_Tuscany + 65.60% German_Schleswig-Holstein
2.03278950 55.40% Dutch_Friesland + 44.60% Italian_Veneto
2.04364501 40.40% Italian_Romagna + 59.60% German_Frisian
2.10847640 43.20% Italian_Piedmont + 56.80% German_Schleswig-Holstein

Distance to: German_North_Rhine
1.35898626 65.40% German_Lower_Saxony_North + 34.60% Italian_Liguria
1.40147905 66.00% German_Lower_Saxony_North + 34.00% Italian_Emilia
1.50256566 60.60% German_Lower_Saxony_North + 39.40% Italian_Veneto
1.67889290 47.00% German_Lower_Saxony_North + 53.00% Italian_Aosta_Valley
1.74907700 68.60% German_Lower_Saxony_North + 31.40% Italian_Tuscany
1.78210386 64.40% German_Lower_Saxony_North + 35.60% Italian_Lombardy
1.78377319 61.00% German_Lower_Saxony_North + 39.00% Italian_Piedmont
1.78627292 60.60% Dutch_Friesland + 39.40% Italian_Veneto
1.95713411 71.20% German_Lower_Saxony_North + 28.80% Italian_Lazio
2.00414998 70.40% German_Lower_Saxony_North + 29.60% Italian_Umbria
2.01383193 42.00% Swedish_West-Svealand + 58.00% Italian_Aosta_Valley
2.03622499 43.00% Norwegian_Southcentral + 57.00% Italian_Aosta_Valley
2.04110667 43.20% Swedish_Götaland + 56.80% Italian_Aosta_Valley
2.04686260 63.80% Danish + 36.20% Italian_Emilia
2.06316433 44.20% Danish + 55.80% Italian_Aosta_Valley
2.08515556 66.20% Dutch_Friesland + 33.80% Italian_Emilia
2.11904151 63.00% Danish + 37.00% Italian_Liguria
2.12428647 58.00% Danish + 42.00% Italian_Veneto
2.17212802 71.20% German_Lower_Saxony_North + 28.80% Italian_Marche
2.18588609 69.60% German_Lower_Saxony_North + 30.40% Italian_Romagna

If anything it's surprising that there aren't more Meddish looking Germans.

[Pascoal]

Doesn't looks atypical for Germany.
Looks normal Western Euro.

Lol