hair/eye color and phenotype

[Laudanum]

My eyes are mostly blue, but they are also a bit grey/green, so I was wondering, can people of the ''Nordid'' race have green eyes? I couldn't really find any thread about this, so I hope anyone can answer my question.

Thanks,
Folkstorm.

[HawkR]

Well, as it says on Wikipedia:

Green eyes are the product of low to moderate amounts of melanin and probably represent the interaction of multiple variants within the OCA2 and in other genes

OCA2 encodes the human homologue of the mouse p (pink-eyed dilution) gene. The P protein is believed to be an integral membrane protein involved in small molecule transport, specifically tyrosine - a precursor of melanin.

Melanin (Greek μέλας, black; pronounced /ˈmɛlənɪn/ ( listen)) is a class of compounds found in plants, animals, and protists, where it serves predominantly as a pigment.

So, in easier words: Green eyes comes because of a low-moderate amounts of pigmentations to the eye. Blue eyes, have in diference low-zero amounts of pigmentations. Brown eyes, well, take a guess

[Laudanum]

Thank you, but are they considered Nordic or not?

[Tabiti]

In most descriptions "light eyes" are mentioned.
Even Hans F.K. Günther (as well known Nordicist) says it is possible, so don't worry

The Nordic eye, that is, its iris, is blue, blue-grey, or grey. Although grey eyes are common in the East Baltic race, we must assume that they belong also to the Nordics, for they are found, too, in areas beyond the reach of any East Baltic strain. Nordic eyes often have something shining, something radiant about them. Their expression can grow hard, and generally has something decided about it, but a kindly though always decided expression is not seldom to be seen.

Sorry, this is the only example I can find now, good or bad.

[HawkR]

I would guess they are, it's most common in northern europe, mostly in Skandinavia so yeah. They are/have to be considered nordic.

[Laudanum]

Thanks for helping me, HawKR and Tabiti.

[Jarl]

Definitely pale green (blue-green, gray-green) eyes are considered a Northern trait. By this I mean shades from 10 to 12 on the Martin's scale. On the contrary, brown-green and hazel (7-9 on the same scale) are also relatively common in the Med. Green eyes are, however, not typically Germanic or arch-Scandinavian (or for that matter Nordic). From what I know, Celtic, and particularly Slavic and Baltic populations have highest frequencies of green eyes.

[Tabiti]

Green eyes are more "eastern" as a whole, imo.
On the other hand, 90% of the so called green eyes are just mixed types with blue, gray, yellow or hazel shades.

[Sarmata]

Definitely pale green (blue-green, gray-green) eyes are considered a Northern trait. By this I mean shades from 10 to 12 on the Martin's scale. On the contrary, brown-green and hazel (7-9 on the same scale) are also relatively common in the Med. Green eyes are, however, not typically Germanic or arch-Scandinavian (or for that matter Nordic). From what I know, Celtic, and particularly Slavic and Baltic populations have highest frequencies of green eyes.

I thought that blue eyes are rather common(if not just typical) amongst Slavs, from my personal observations I think that Green-eyes are rather rare amongst Poles/Slavs.

[Vargtand]

yeah I'd say so, isn't race and sub races.. at least their key characteristics something said race and sub race has a higher tendency rather than a requirement. I mean look at me I am fully scandinavian, and I'm neither blond nor tall. That is my take on it at least.