Classify Māris Verpakovskis

[Mordid]

Apparently, he's footballer from Latvia of possibly Polish ancestry. Brown hair, hazel eyes, 1.73 m (5ft8)
http://www.lff.lv/pics/Nacionala_Izlase/SPELETAJI/Maris_Verpakovskis.jpg
http://www.lff.lv/pics/Nacionala_Izlase/Dazhadi/Verpakovskis_profile.jpg
http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Latvia+v+Switzerland+FIFA2010+World+Cup+Qualifier+ eN08q6fX6M4l.jpg
http://www.balticleague.com/imgs/News/latnews/Verpakovskis-Celta.jpg
http://i3.tiesraides.lv/800x0s/pictures/2010-06-02/af4c_futene.jpg
http://i2.tiesraides.lv/800x0s/pictures/2009-07-06/7097_verpa.jpg

[GeistFaust]

Balto-Cro-Magnon with North Pontid influences and perhaps a Dinarid tendency.

[Waidewut]

Historically Poles were the nobility of Eastern Latvia, so I wouldn't say the Latvians, who all were peasants, have any Polish compound from 300 years ago. A Slavic surname isn't an indicator for Slavic ancestry either, as Eastern Latvia was culturally Polish dominated for hundreds of years. Although this guy could have some recent Polish ancestry, as he actually looks Polish.

[Mordid]

Balto-Cro-Magnon with North Pontid influences and perhaps a Dinarid tendency.
He remind me of this Polish dude (http://cdn1.asteroid.pl/c4/av.fotka.pl/av_users/11/625/11625883_160.12023437.jpg) a bit, especially jawline:

Historically Poles were the nobility of Eastern Latvia, so I wouldn't say the Latvians, who all were peasants, have any Polish compound from 300 years ago. A Slavic surname isn't an indicator for Slavic ancestry either, as Eastern Latvia was culturally Polish dominated for hundreds of years. Although this guy could have some recent Polish ancestry, as he actually looks Polish.
Thanks for such an useful comment. Yes, I know that having foreign surname doesn't mean someone have foreign ancestry, but his look and surname make it so obvious that he must have Polish ancestry in him somewhere as you confirmed it from above.:)

[Agrippa]

Balto-Cromagnoid/Westbaltid with other (Atlanto-Nordid? Alpinid?) influences.

[Marino]

Cromagnid (Dalofaelid?)-Northpontid/Atlantid.

I know he's from Eastern Europe, so Baltid/Westbaltid is in fact tempting, but where do you see the Baltid/Westbaltid? In my opinion, he looks more Southern European than anything else. I know a Portuguese lookalike of Verpakovskis.

[Mordid]

Cromagnid (Dalofaelid?)-Northpontid/Atlantid.

I know he's from Eastern Europe, so Baltid/Westbaltid is in fact tempting, but where do you see the Baltid/Westbaltid? In my opinion, he looks more Southern European than anything else. I know a Portuguese lookalike of Verpakovskis.
Are you serious or what? His pigmentation might give him Southernish look, but facial wise, he looks just Eastern European. :confused: I wish I had jawline like him. :p

[Agrippa]

His cranium in particular has a strong Eastern vibe, to put it that way. Rarely see such headshapes in Western Europeans.

[Marino]

Are you serious or what? His pigmentation might give him Southernish look, but facial wise, he looks just Eastern European. :confused: I wish I had jawline like him. :p

I'm almost always serious in these threads.

O.K., you and Agrippa are probably both right with Westbaltid/Balto-Cromagnoid. I was misled by the pigmentation.

[op135]

that's a box-head if i ever saw one

[oh-nahhh]

Alpine+Faelid/West-Baltid.