classify two women

[Swearengen]

The irony being that many of them look part-Gypsy.

Well according to the Behar et al study, ethnic Romanians are only 0.9% south asian. So I don't see how gypsy they can be.

[aherne]

I really don't get your agenda and why you do this (portraying romanains and Romania in a bad light) ? Is it because you are not a romanian yourself or because you are mix of several ethnicties (gypsy included), what's going on !?

I don't have to portray anyone in good light. I'm not a nationalist Reality is that Romanians have mixed with Gypsies so much historically that Gypsy features pop up quite frequently in people whose parents would otherwise look Romanian. That's reality: we Romanians don't like when foreigners say we look like Gypsies but a significant minority of us DO and they are more to come if mixing continues at current rate

[Trun]

Well according to the Behar et al study, ethnic Romanians are only 0.9% south asian. So I don't see how gypsy they can be.

Nearby Bulgaria has 0%

I don't have to portray anyone in good light. I'm not a nationalist Reality is that Romanians have mixed with Gypsies so much historically that Gypsy features pop up quite frequently in people whose parents would otherwise look Romanian. That's reality: we Romanians don't like when foreigners say we look like Gypsies but a significant minority of us DO and they are more to come if mixing continues at current rate

Well those people aren't considered as ethnic Romanians.

[Zmey Gorynych]

I don't have to portray anyone in good light. I'm not a nationalist

I suppose you're not obliged to do anything but you certainly like to project the image of a very diverse gypsy/turkic influenced Romania. I't very hard for man of mixed ancestry to be nationalistic, you show a great deal of inconsistency when identifying yourself, in one post you say you're romanian in the next you're german. So my question is why do you push this agenda !? I've been to Romania several times and my impression of what romanians look like is far from your description ... and what do you mean by "we" !?

Reality is that Romanians have mixed with Gypsies so much historically that Gypsy features pop up quite frequently in people whose parents would otherwise look Romanian. That's reality: we Romanians don't like when foreigners say we look like Gypsies but a significant minority of us DO and they are more to come if mixing continues at current rate

In your reality maybe. Nobody likes to be associated with gypsies especially when there's no reason for it and if someone looks gypsy then there can be no "us" or do you consider them to be one with you !? Once again my impression is very different from yours.

[Corvus]

Well according to the Behar et al study, ethnic Romanians are only 0.9% south asian. So I don't see how gypsy they can be.

Let the pictues do the talking, but still the number of unreduced Romanians is still prevelant, just compared to the other countries its widespread.

[Zmey Gorynych]

Well according to the Behar et al study, ethnic Romanians are only 0.9% south asian. So I don't see how gypsy they can be.

You mean to tell me that he average romanian has 0.9 % south-asian !? That's impossible !

Nearby Bulgaria has 0%

If romanians have 0.9 % south asian and gypsies form 3 % of Romania's total population how can bulgarians have 0% when gypsies form 5% of Bulgaria's total population !? It looks like this study is skewed.

[Trun]

If romanians have 0.9 % south asian and gypsies form 3 % of Romania's total population how can bulgarians have 0% when gypsies form 5% of Bulgaria's total population !? It looks like this study is skewed.

Very easy. Some of the Romanians tested has distant gypsy ancestor. None of the Bulgarians does.

[Zmey Gorynych]

Very easy. Some of the Romanians tested has distant gypsy ancestor. None of the Bulgarians does.

Well then the test is skewed and it gives a wrong impression of the average romanian's genetic make-up and people start saying that all romanians are part gypsy when in fact this is not the truth.

[glass]

women look russian i have to admit, but i can not imagine russian women with gypsies, just can not.
though ukrainian women are known for being slutty and marryng turks, tatars, gypsies and other brown people.
they accidently have old slavic / russian look, it happens sometimes, appeareance of some distant ancestor shows up.

ps: hard to believe that people used to be live with gypsies hundreds years have fetish for them. Less contacts with gypsies more positive opinion towards them i think, but not other way

[Swearengen]

Nearby Bulgaria has 0%



Well those people aren't considered as ethnic Romanians.

Yeah 0.1%. Interestingly, according to that study, Sweden has more south asian admixture than Romania does. That doesn't really make sense so I'm wondering if it even comes from gypsies at all.