Classify Irish looking German man

[SocietyIslands]

Just a regular Noric?

https://www.neonwerbung.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/klaus.jpg

[Grace O'Malley]

Just a regular Noric?

https://www.neonwerbung.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/klaus.jpg

He can fit in many countries. He can pass in Ireland but I don't think he has a unique Irish look and he looks German no problems.

[SocietyIslands]

He can fit in many countries. He can pass in Ireland but I don't think he has a unique Irish look and he looks German no problems.

Can you give me an example of someone with a unique Irish look?

[Oliver109]

He can fit in many countries. He can pass in Ireland but I don't think he has a unique Irish look and he looks German no problems.

He looks more Scottish imo, some Germans can surpass many English in terms of UP traits, anyway brunn and minor dinarid.

[Grace O'Malley]

Can you give me an example of someone with a unique Irish look?

Someone who looks uniquely Irish looking to me is Brian O'Driscoll.

https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/10/newspress-collage-9497619-1664636860436.jpg?w=620

or Peter O'Mahony

https://i2-prod.rsvplive.ie/incoming/article30091444.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/0_peter-omahoney-2.png

There are plenty more but these are the first I could think of. I would just guess they were Irish if I saw them walking down the street.

Or someone like Paul O'Connell another rugby player.

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JdkQkBGqxyyAG5-bj2ouiPcBSV6D4GF2SAvM4V0QPZis-Xi27DBcbqcD11VuX9D5WCP3K031g8uehyejxNEoM2kH2yoLe_l ERZhud9eGhYXkw0SXa_WiFvDtlS1TEykvFLcY_8s07oN6/s400/pauloconnell.jpg

There are many that I think look obviously Irish to me but just to give you some examples.

[PlattitüdenPaule]

Brünn. More English looking than Irish, imo.

[Touijer]

Looks like Piers Morgan who is predominantly Irish

[Grace O'Malley]

Looks like Piers Morgan who is predominantly Irish

It's not that the man doesn't pass in Ireland just that it's not a uniquely Irish look and he can pass in other countries equally. Peirs Morgan's father's side is Irish and his mother has Irish, Scottish, English and 1/16 Portuguese.

[Touijer]

It's not that the man doesn't pass in Ireland just that it's not a uniquely Irish look and he can pass in other countries equally. Peirs Morgan's father's side is Irish and his mother has Irish, Scottish, English and 1/16 Portuguese.

If I see him walking I would think he’s Irish

[Grace O'Malley]

If I see him walking I would think he’s Irish

How familiar are you with Irish people? Have you even been to Ireland? This man can pass in Ireland no problems but he passes in plenty of other places and the fact that he is German logically proves that.

[Melkiirs]

If I see him walking I would think he’s Irish

Where do you live? Maybe Irish are by far the best fitting group with a significant presence in your area.

[Tooting Carmen]

It's not that the man doesn't pass in Ireland just that it's not a uniquely Irish look and he can pass in other countries equally. Peirs Morgan's father's side is Irish and his mother has Irish, Scottish, English and 1/16 Portuguese.

I actually do think the OP looks quite Irish. And it is ironic how Piers Morgan doesn't have any (recent and known) Welsh ancestry among all that, given how Morgan is actually a Welsh surname.

[Grace O'Malley]

I actually do think the OP looks quite Irish. And it is ironic how Piers Morgan doesn't have any (recent and known) Welsh ancestry among all that, given how Morgan is actually a Welsh surname.

Morgan is relatively common in Ireland and people with that surname could be of Irish origin or Welsh origin. There are some Irish Gaelic names that were "anglicised" to Morgan.

https://www.irishsurnames.com/cgi-bin/gallery.pl?name=morgan&capname=morgan&letter=m

[Touijer]

Where do you live? Maybe Irish are by far the best fitting group with a significant presence in your area.


How familiar are you with Irish people? Have you even been to Ireland? This man can pass in Ireland no problems but he passes in plenty of other places and the fact that he is German logically proves that.

There’s a big Irish community in Canada so I can see some common traits, but you indeed need to live in Ireland to be able to distinguish with a lower error margin. The man strikes me as Irish but could be anything in the UK

[Anglo-Celtic]

It's not that the man doesn't pass in Ireland just that it's not a uniquely Irish look and he can pass in other countries equally. Peirs Morgan's father's side is Irish and his mother has Irish, Scottish, English and 1/16 Portuguese.

Thanks for the info, because I thought that the COVID cultist was just Irish (although he speaks in a posh English accent). It's crazy that he has a *Welsh* surname, though.

ETA: I posted this before I read Grace's post and TC's post. Another mystery is solved.

[Anglo-Celtic]

Morgan is relatively common in Ireland and people with that surname could be of Irish origin or Welsh origin. There are some Irish Gaelic names that were "anglicised" to Morgan.

https://www.irishsurnames.com/cgi-bin/gallery.pl?name=morgan&capname=morgan&letter=m

I looked up some ancestral names from your link. I learned a new word, "rapparee", Magilla guerrillas in Ireland.

[Grace O'Malley]

There’s a big Irish community in Canada so I can see some common traits, but you indeed need to live in Ireland to be able to distinguish with a lower error margin. The man strikes me as Irish but could be anything in the UK

All I'm saying is that it is a phenotype that is not just Irish. He could pass equally well in any British country but obviously Germany, Belgium etc. This man no doubt has a very German name. There are some Germans that look obviously German and likewise some Irish that look obviously Irish. This man is not someone that would look foreign in Ireland of course but obviously he doesn't look foreign in Germany either.

On this forum however people have very strong biases on what populations look like. Many Irish that I post and people think they just look Irish and can't pass anywhere else when it is obvious to me they pass in other countries. Some Irish do have a very strong Irish vibe and I think they look more uniquely Irish. Many however have crossover with other populations.

This GAA player for instance doesn't look just Irish (but still a common look in Ireland) but I think passes well in a lot of other countries name is Ciaran Kilkenny (super Irish name). :) And there are many more Irish like that than the more unique looking ones.

https://focus.independent.ie/thumbor/_vnKpU0tztBCVXKfufwfNL_DZgc=/0x59:4931x3346/960x640/prod-mh-ireland/1efded4c-ac19-4e88-8d39-92f92e4f1bcb/d88f11b0-c5ad-43a7-8882-2b644074e7be/1efded4c-ac19-4e88-8d39-92f92e4f1bcb.jpg

https://img.resized.co/balls_ie/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL21lZG lhLmJhbGxzLmllXFxcL3VwbG9hZHNcXFwvMjAxOVxcXC8wN1xc XC8yNzE1MzU0MVxcXC8xNzI3OTYzLmpwZ1wiLFwid2lkdGhcIj pcIjc2OFwiLFwiaGVpZ2h0XCI6XCI1MDdcIixcImRlZmF1bHRc IjpcImh0dHBzOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LmJhbGxzLmllXFxcL2ltYW dlc1xcXC9icmFuZC1pbWFnZS5qcGdcIixcIm9wdGlvbnNcIjp7 XCJvdXRwdXRcIjpcIndlYnBcIixcInF1YWxpdHlcIjo5OX19Ii wiaGFzaCI6ImI3NDQwMTc2MGVmNGQyYTdhZmVjZWIwNTkxYjAw NjIzODU4ZWUzMmYifQ==/missing-his-sister-039-s-wedding-was-a-sacrifice-worth-making-for-ciaran-kilkenny.jpg