Phenotypes of south-eastern France

[Boudin]

Saint-Julien-Labrousse

[sevruk]

Med, Alpine, Dinaric

[Beraud]

Med, Alpine, Dinaric

Ah yes, clearly no Nordic and Cro-magnid types in there.

[Boudin]

Ah yes, clearly no Nordic and Cro-magnid types in there.

Isn't Alpine a type of Cro-magnid?

[andrzej]

Modern phenotypes in the region:

As I said in the other thread, southern France has received a lot of French migrants from the north and that's clear by surnames alone. If you look at people from smaller towns and villages with Occitan surnames you see that most are indistinguishable from either their Spanish or Italian neighbours, with phenotypes like:

























Sorry for hijacking your thread Beraud.

[Beraud]

As I said in the other thread, southern France has received a lot of French migrants from the north and that's clear by surnames alone. If you look at people from smaller towns and villages with Occitan surnames you see that most are indistinguishable from either their Spanish or Italian neighbours, with phenotypes like:

























Sorry for hijacking your thread Beraud.

The men I have posted were all native occitans from the Massif Central, with local genealogies. They don't strike me as particularly Spanish or Italian-looking.

[Flashball]

The men I have posted were all native occitans from the Massif Central, with local genealogies. They don't strike me as particularly Spanish or Italian-looking.

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[Östsvensk]

Is it common in France that women who are darker have children who are blond at a young age?

Like this (1 minute in since you can't timestamp here):

[Beraud]

Is it common in France that women who are darker have children who are blond at a young age?

Like this (1 minute in since you can't timestamp here):

Most native French children (with exceptions, and note that this is only from personal experience) have blond hair that darkens with time, albeit at different speed depending on the individual (also obviously, some do not darken at all and remain blond). I had blond hair as a little kid, but now at ~25 it's brown, same for my brother and all my friends.

[Oliver109]

As I said in the other thread, southern France has received a lot of French migrants from the north and that's clear by surnames alone. If you look at people from smaller towns and villages with Occitan surnames you see that most are indistinguishable from either their Spanish or Italian neighbours, with phenotypes like:

























Sorry for hijacking your thread Beraud.

A lot look quite Greek or Balkan like, even Turkish, they must have their origins somewhere around the Anatolian region.