Would you agree that Danes and northern Germans don't look exactly the same?

[Watersater79]

Germany had a lot of internal migration, plus post-WWII refugees amounted for like 30% in Schleswig Holstein, so natives probably didn't look too different, but now you can see some difference.

You mean you had ethnic Germans moving from Poland to said region after WWII. What is your source for this (concerning that 30% figure)? Not discounting your point in any way shape or form.

[#Oda#]

Would you say those in Schleswig-Holstein look any different to those in Niedersachsen? From my understanding, it's as if people start to look Danish the moment you cross over the border. I wonder if there is any phenotypical difference between those on the mainland and the islands; only around half of Denmark's population actually resides on the Jutland Peninsula with the remaining half residing on the country's 1,419 islands.

I wasn't very often in Schleswig-Holstein, so my judgement can't be really good, but I'd say yes. They have more Slavic (Wendish) input than (indigenous) Lower Saxons, that get zero or close to zero Eastern components in common DNA tests, although the G25 results show small Slavic parts.

[Watersater79]

I wasn't very often in Schleswig-Holstein, so my judgement can't be really good, but I'd say yes. They have more Slavic (Wendish) input than (indigenous) Lower Saxons, that get zero or close to zero Eastern components in common DNA tests, although the G25 results show small Slavic parts.

It is also interesting as to what you were saying earlier, about how the Dutch can be distinguished in terms of facial features from those in Lower Saxony, even though NW Germans and the Dutch bear a negligible genetic difference from each other. I feel that Manuel Neuer would look very atypical in the Netherlands for example, even though he is from North Rhine-Westphalia (although his ancestry could come from other parts of Germany as well).

[Not a Cop]

You mean you had ethnic Germans moving from Poland to said region after WWII. What is your source for this (concerning that 30% figure)? Not discounting your point in any way shape or form.

Not only from Poland, but yes. https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachric...aea6890304.PNG

I saw that map in a museum, I guess if you look this theme up more in detail you'll be able to get even more info.

[Oliver109]

Germany had a lot of internal migration, plus post-WWII refugees amounted for like 30% in Schleswig Holstein, so natives probably didn't look too different, but now you can see some difference.

Denmark has different elements altogether from Germany though, faces in Germany have alpine, atlantid and dinaric influence everywhere, also atlantids etc while in Denmark people are overwhelmingly Borreby, Hallstatt, Strandid or faelid and tronder. some borders can be quite different when crossing i.e like the French and Flemish border where you see a notable difference.

[Watersater79]

Not only from Poland, but yes. https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachric...aea6890304.PNG

I saw that map in a museum, I guess if you look this theme up more in detail you'll be able to get even more info.

I do imagine though, that those communities in the Baltic would have originated in the Baltic parts of Germany, whilst those in Czechoslovakia (or further afield in Romania) would have originated in the south of the country. We all know that Germany is a very young country politically. It would surely be strange if a family of 'Swabian' descent was sent to Schleswig-Holstein, or vice versa.

[Not a Cop]

I do imagine though, that those communities in the Baltic would have originated in the Baltic parts of Germany, whilst those in Czechoslovakia (or further afield in Romania) would have originated in the south of the country. We all know that Germany is a very young country politically. It would surely be strange if a family of 'Swabian' descent was sent to Schleswig-Holstein, or vice versa.

At that time they didn't really cared about where the people came from, the situation was very chaotic.

[Not a Cop]

Denmark has different elements altogether from Germany though, faces in Germany have alpine, atlantid and dinaric influence everywhere, also atlantids etc while in Denmark people are overwhelmingly Borreby, Hallstatt, Strandid or faelid and tronder. some borders can be quite different when crossing i.e like the French and Flemish border where you see a notable difference.

Denmark actually has a sizeable number of Atlantids.

[Oliver109]

Denmark actually has a sizeable number of Atlantids.

I would agree it is a decent number, what i would say though is that generally Danes are fairer, i used to work at an airport with a lot of Danish tourists and they often equalled the Brits and Irish in paleness, not as much the case with Germans.