Classify recently retired Yankees catcher Jorge Posada

[PerpetualBurn]

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/3341.png&w=350&h=254

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--NDNIGUOt1g/TZPeJfWV6-I/AAAAAAAAArw/zKDcE-ijEQ4/s1600/jorge-posada-3.jpg

http://nylatinojournal.com/home/images/stories/posada_1.jpg

http://www.artsjournal.com/lifesapitch/JorgePosada.jpg

http://chasing800.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Jorge-Laura.jpg

he's Puerto Rican American, Born in Puerto Rico i believe but moved to America when he signed with the Majors.

I don't see any non-Caucasoid admixture, which is common in a lot of Puerto Ricans. Just likes like a southern european type to me.

[Sikeliot]

A specifically Iberian type.. Atlanto-Med with some minor Baskid.

[PerpetualBurn]

A specifically Iberian type.. Atlanto-Med with some minor Baskid.

that's what I thought actually, thanks for your Input as always :)

[GeistFaust]

He does not look like an Atlanto-Mediterranid at all, and the typical Baskid is far more robust, but rather he looks like a Dinaro-Mediterranid.

I have always thought of him as being Italian for some reason, and I think he could pass in Italy.

I would actually place him in Italy before Spain, and there does not seem to be any other influences involved in his phenotype despite the fact he is from Puerto Rico.

[Rouxinol]

I don't think he looks Italian at all. Kinda agree with sleepytigers on this.

[Sikeliot]

I don't think he looks Italian at all. Kinda agree with sleepytigers on this.

He doesn't look Italian at all to me either. I think he looks Basque.

Compare him to these Basques

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6762878749_e995fa39a4_m.jpghttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7168/6762878111_dfa861e48a_m.jpghttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7006/6762879005_75358416eb_m.jpg

[PerpetualBurn]

He does not look like an Atlanto-Mediterranid at all, and the typical Baskid is far more robust, but rather he looks like a Dinaro-Mediterranid.

I have always thought of him as being Italian for some reason, and I think he could pass in Italy.

I would actually place him in Italy before Spain, and there does not seem to be any other influences involved in his phenotype despite the fact he is from Puerto Rico.

I checked his wikipedia, and apparently his father is a Cuban that fled Cuba for Puerto rico, during fidel castro's reign of terror. But I think the same still applies, I don't see any non-European admixture in his phenotype so i agree, but I do think he fits more in Spain.