Classification

[krystalsuns]

My family going back several generations has been told we look Polish by fresh off the boat Poles and we live in an area densely populated by Poles. However, we are missing family records and know very little and don't even have many original surnames on record. 44017 Thanks in advance!!!

[portusaus]

East Nordid/Pontid- You do look Polish. Welcome to TA :thumb001:

[Armando Esteban Quito]

My family going back several generations has been told we look Polish by fresh off the boat Poles and we live in an area densely populated by Poles. However, we are missing family records and know very little and don't even have many original surnames on record. 44017 Thanks in advance!!!
You look like a typical multigenerational Euro-American mix. You have a western N. (Nordic) Atlantid (Britain, France, etc) appearance but I can also see you passing in places such as Russia and Central Europe ( N. Baltid). In essence, you have a pan-European phenotype in my opinion.

[krystalsuns]

Okay great thanks! Also I like the image in your signature!

All my family know for sure if that we have a great, great grandmother from Ireland and some Norwegians and then a whole bunch of blanks to fill in!

[Prisoner Of Ice]

Look germanic plus Irish to me, pretty typical for US. I don't think polish, really, but hard to tell from one skewed pic. Can't really classify from pic.

[MINARDOWICZ]

Find out. what area are you from?

P.S. send me all the info you have, I am a master of tracing. traced my cousin back to Charlemagne, Constantine, and William The Conqueror. My line is messy though. I could find out some details I bet at least, though.

[krystalsuns]

Baltimore.

[krystalsuns]

What other info is needed? We have very little!!

I can also post a few more pics if needed. Very short stature women avg 4'9" to 5'2". I myself am 4'11". Short waist, limbs, short skull and not much posterior protrusion. Most of us have blonde hair, though a few brunettes. Large amount of green eyes in our line. Very strong and muscular. Even as a woman I can lift insane amounts of weight.

[portusaus]

What other info is needed? We have very little!!

I can also post a few more pics if needed. Very short stature women avg 4'9" to 5'2". I myself am 4'11". Short waist, limbs, short skull and not much posterior protrusion. Most of us have blonde hair, though a few brunettes. Large amount of green eyes in our line. Very strong and muscular. Even as a woman I can lift insane amounts of weight.

Because your ancestors come from different countries, it would be helpful if you have pictures of your biological parents/grandparents/siblings etc., also a side profile of your face.

[krystalsuns]

Oh no! The dreaded family pics! They are all photo phobic but I will dig up what I have and post them. Might not have a pic of my dad though. He's 'black' irish and this is all I know. I will try to get a copy of pic of my grandparents when they were younger, my mother/brother I have at least 1 recent of each.

[krystalsuns]

44018 my mom, 44019 my maternal grandmother, the guy next to her married into the family (he's 100% greek), 44020 maternal grandfather 44021 aunt and another of me 44022

[Peyrol]

You look as a typical white american...i can't see any specific ethnic peculiarity...but you look definitely northwestern european more than slavic.

[portusaus]

Oh no! The dreaded family pics! They are all photo phobic but I will dig up what I have and post them. Might not have a pic of my dad though. He's 'black' irish and this is all I know. I will try to get a copy of pic of my grandparents when they were younger, my mother/brother I have at least 1 recent of each.

Interesting, scratch the Pontid then. Your mother's side looks East Nordid, and your father being 'black Irish' could explain some of your own features. Now I'm thinking you are predominately East Nordid/Keltic Nordid. Do you know which side your Norwegian ancestors come from?

[armenianbodyhair]

None of you look particularly short, which is interesting to me. I would say some kind of Nordo/CM mix, heavier on the Nordid (can't be sure if it is East or Scando). You don't look particularly Polish to me.

What's the family name that can give you more clues than you think sometimes. (Don't post if you don't feel comfortable though).

[krystalsuns]

Interesting, scratch the Pontid then. Your mother's side looks East Nordid, and your father being 'black Irish' could explain some of your own features. Now I'm thinking you are predominately East Nordid/Keltic Nordid. Do you know which side your Norwegian ancestors come from?

Heys guys, the Nords were on my paternal grandfather's side. Most of the men were very tall anyway but the women very short. I wish I could tell you mom about my father's side. Interesting results, on two other forums they are leaning towards Nordo Baltid. I guess we're a tricky very mixed up bunch! We did not come in through Ellis Island either but (illegally) through Baltimore. As for last names I can not tell you all anything useful. We are missing surnames, father's names, lots of remarrying etc. My grandparents have such little info.

[krystalsuns]

Also about my father, all I've been told is black Irish anyway. He was adopted by his step dad. Missing surnames.

[portusaus]

Heys guys, the Nords were on my paternal grandfather's side. Most of the men were very tall anyway but the women very short. I wish I could tell you mom about my father's side. Interesting results, on two other forums they are leaning towards Nordo Baltid. I guess we're a tricky very mixed up bunch! We did not come in through Ellis Island either but (illegally) through Baltimore. As for last names I can not tell you all anything useful. We are missing surnames, father's names, lots of remarrying etc. My grandparents have such little info.

That makes sense; you look East Nordid/K. Nordid to me, although you might have minor similar components from Norway. Assuming you are part Polish, you might be difficult to classify because you retain both western and eastern European features.