Who do Macedonians look most alike to?

[poiuytrewq0987]

Which neighboring country do you think we look most alike to, phenotyically-speaking?

[dralos]

bulgaria bcs they're bulgarians

[Sikeliot]

Bulgaria of course

[Midori]

Bulgaria of course

:confused: Why ''ofcourse''?

We look like all of our neighbours. Northerners resemble Serbs the most and Easterners resemble Bulgarians.

[Sikeliot]

I have more difficulty telling them from Bulgarians, that's why I said that.

[Crn Volk]

I'm not quite sure there is much difference between Serbs, Bulgarians and Macedonians in looks. Serbs in the south (Torlak regions) for example look much like Macedonians and Bulgarians.

[iNird]

:confused: Why ''ofcourse''?

We look like all of our neighbours. Northerners resemble Serbs the most and Easterners resemble Bulgarians.

Can you post a picture of a typical Northerner and a typical Easterner?

[Crn Volk]

Can you post a picture of a typical Northerner and a typical Easterner?

Northerners? Easterners? What a load of rubbish. There is no standard type in any particular region of Macedonia. There are mixtures in each. There are mixtures in families, let alone regions!

[iNird]

Northerners? Easterners? What a load of rubbish. There is no standard type in any particular region of Macedonia. There a mixtures in each. There are mixtures in families, let alone regions!

Well, duh? But there are stereotypical looks every country, region, town, city, whatever. Now the stereotypes might not be representative..

From my experiences, many Northern Macedonians tend to look like Serbs while the ones in say f.e. Ohrid have more Med input. I don't have enough experiences to draw sound conclusion which is why I was asking her (since she lives in Macedonia) what a stereotypical or typical Northerner or Easterner would like .

[Hurrem sultana]

they have their own look

[Methmatician]

All four on the poll.

[Yaroslav]

Ironically, to Greeks.

[Drawing-slim]

I dont think anyone has a clear idea what the steriotypical look of a today macedonian is.
Considering half or more dont identify as macedonian if you meet them on the street, cuz they are shy and rightfully so..
Then you got pure slavic looking that will openly say they're macedonian, like most memers in here
Besides themselves being confused, they have confused all of us.

[Crn Volk]

I dont think anyone has a clear idea what the steriotypical look of a today macedonian is.
Considering half or more dont identify as macedonian if you meet them on the street, cuz they are shy and rightfully so..
Then you got pure slavic looking that will openly say they're macedonian, like most memers in here
Besides themselves being confused, they have confused all of us.

half or more? wtf? 65% of R.Macedonia is ethnic Macedonian....no confusion here brah

[Lithium]

It's Bulgarians, or at least the Eastern Macedonians.

[Vojnik]

I have heard what northern and eastern Macedonins look closest to, but what about southern and south-western Macedonians like myself? I think, generally speaking, that Macedonians look more closest to Bulgarians.

[Vojnik]

Lone Shadow, that lady in the first photo you posted looks like a Bitolcanka (woman from Bitola) to me, you can't tell that shes from Northern Macedonia. I don't understand why you are trying to convince people that Macedonians have completely different looks depending on their location.

Macedonians from north to south, east to west have similar looks. The differences in looks in Macedonians is like the differences in looks between northern Croats from Zagreb and southern Croats from Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, for example.

[Onur]

I'm a typical Northerner with Serbian influence :) I've posted my pictures here before, not sure if you've seen them.
Except the woman on the top from Kumanovo, the rest looks like Turks. Ofc the woman doesn't stand out in Turkey but she kinda has different type of look.

The girl in the last photo also looks like a typical Turkish girl.

[Kanuni]

Southern Slavs on general.The Western Macedonians can look like Albanians but the average Alboh looks different from them.

Ironically in Eurogenes Bosnians have slightly more Medish admixture than Macedonians.The environment plays a role in look too.

[Onur]

You are probably gonna enrage because of this but the guy at the right side here;
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/313290_2109627941200_1731060658_n.jpg

He looks like a typical Tatar with his pure straight hair, round head shape and soften face without any curvy/boney features and a bit big nose. We have a lot of this type of look in the rural areas of Aegean and southwestern Anatolia.

[Vojnik]

I would agree with you on that Onur.

[Onur]

I would agree with you on that Onur.
I am surprised of your answer. I thought you all would be enraged because of my comment.

Btw as far as understood, LoneShadow posted this Tatar looking guy`s picture as an example of Serbian looking northern Macedonians :D
Maybe he thinks like this type of Tatar look is supposedly Serbian :)

[Oldby]

Macedonians are racially closer to serbs due the substantial dinaric majority among the people, while bulgarians tend to be more pontid, romanian looking.

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/9991/macedonians01.jpg
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8894/macedonians02.jpg
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/610/macedonians03.jpg
http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7866/macedonians04.jpg
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/8171/macedonians05.jpg
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/9751/macedonians06.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3667/macedonians07.jpg
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/3177/macedonians08.jpg
http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/2491/macedonians09.jpg
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/4966/macedonians10.jpg
http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/526/macedonians11.jpg
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4049/macedonians12.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3351/macedonians13.jpg
http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/8934/macedonians14.jpg
(This is from the northern part, still northern and southern dont differ much)

[Midori]

You are probably gonna enrage because of this but the guy at the right side here;
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/313290_2109627941200_1731060658_n.jpg

He looks like a typical Tatar with his pure straight hair, round head shape and soften face without any curvy/boney features and a bit big nose. We have a lot of this type of look in the rural areas of Aegean and southwestern Anatolia.

Maybe his hairstyle is what makes him look Tatar? :p Idk I saw more pictures of him and he looked like an average dude I would see on the street to me.

[Onur]

Maybe his hairstyle is what makes him look Tatar? :p Idk I saw more pictures of him and he looked like an average dude I would see on the street to me.
Nope, not only his hairstyle, even if he would make himself punk, mohican hairstyle, i would say the same.

Also, you should let go of your stereotypes and prejudices. If they don't have predominantly slanted eyes, Tatars looks like average people in your streets too. We have a lot of people here in Turkey with Tatar ancestry and i know how they look. They look pretty similar to your guy in the picture.

I googled for the politicians of Tataristan. Here are the same round headed, broad faced and big nosed Tatars;
http://kazan2013.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMG_85681.jpg
http://kazanherald.com/wp-content/gallery/karavon12/12-bozos.jpg
http://lat.tatar-inform.ru/upload/image/Tatar/safarov_asgat.jpg

Do they look radically different from your "average" dudes?

[Midori]

Some Turks and Slavic influenced Tatars can pass here, but the majority of them would stick out.

[StonyArabia]

Bulgarians, Serbs, and Albanians, and Greeks to, honestly makes sense based on their location. Though I heared genetically they are closer to Greeks and are Slavs by culture and langauge don't know if that's the case, but they look like their immediate neighbours which make sense.

[Midori]

Bulgarians, Serbs, and Albanians, and Greeks to, honestly makes sense based on their location. Though I heared genetically they are closer to Greeks and are Slavs by culture and langauge don't know if that's the case, but they look like their immediate neighbours which make sense.

Exactly. We look like a cross between all four of our neighbouring nations. There was a lot of mixing here because of our location.

[dralos]

honestly i dont think you resemble us albanians atall,i'm just comparing you guys with us kosovalbs and we dont look alike atall

[Midori]

honestly i dont think you resemble us albanians atall,i'm just comparing you guys with us kosovalbs and we dont look alike atall

Bullshit. We do look alike and you know it :cool:

[dralos]

Bullshit. We do look alike and you know it :cool:
mayby you since you are born in kosova:D
but the rest sure dont,especially those of north since you say they look like serbs and serbs and we dont look either anywhere near to close

[Dilberth]

mayby you since you are born in kosova:D
but the rest sure dont,especially those of north since you say they look like serbs and serbs and we dont look either anywhere near to close

At least half Serbs have Montenegrin origin and you dont look like them:confused:

[Midori]

mayby you since you are born in kosova:D
but the rest sure dont,especially those of north since you say they look like serbs and serbs and we dont look either anywhere near to close

Yep I'm a proud Kosovar Macedonian :p But seriously, I think I can pass for Albanian at least.

[dralos]

At least half Serbs have Montenegrin origin and you dont look like them:confused:
yes we dont since they obiviously got mixed much more with slavs then the original montenegrins

[dralos]

Yep I'm a proud Kosovar Macedonian :p But seriously, I think I can pass for Albanian at least.
i havent seen your pic or mayby once but it was far away

[Dilberth]

yes we dont since they obiviously got mixed much more with slavs then the original montenegrins

Your response makes no sense.

[dralos]

Your response makes no sense.
these serbs who went to serbia while having montenegrin origin mixed with serbs from serbia and now do look much different do you get it
and half is very exageratted

[Dilberth]

these serbs who went to serbia while having montenegrin origin mixed with serbs from serbia and now do look much different do you get it
and half is very exageratted

They dont look much different,its what you want to believe because it suits your agenda.
Half is not exagerated,it is probably even more.

[iNird]

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[Linet]

When more than 1/4 of the population is Albanian, its strange to say that they dont look like it... At least 1/4 people that you meet on the street will really be Albanians, if not anything else Albanians look like themselves :p

[iNird]

According to this:

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42473

Safinator and Dralos were 8 out of 10 on differentiating Albanians and Albanians from Macedonia. Maybe I'll create another one some other day.

:D

[Oldby]

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Why edit your post? :rolleyes2:

[Archduke]

Since 1/3 of Bulgarian population comes from Macedonia, it is normal Bulgaria to be the only right answer.

[iNird]

Why edit your post? :rolleyes2:

Because I realized who I was quoting, Onur. Him and his fcking pan-Turkic ideas lol. Anyways I don't think the guy looks like a Tatar and the girl certainly does not look Turkish. But to be fair I don't have enough experience with both people to make a sound judgement.

[Midori]

Because I realized who I was quoting, Onur. Him and his fcking pan-Turkic ideas lol. Anyways I don't think the guy looks like a Tatar and the girl certainly does not look Turkish. But to be fair I don't have enough experience with both people to make a sound judgement.

The girl is typical for the Southeastern area where MANY gypsies live. And the guy looks just Slavic to me. I've seen many Ukrainians that resemble him.


Since 1/3 of Bulgarian population comes from Macedonia, it is normal Bulgaria to be the only right answer.

I find it almost impossible to distinguish Macedonians from both Bulgarians and Serbs, and I live in Macedonia.

[Archduke]

I find it almost impossible to distinguish Macedonians from both Bulgarians and Serbs, and I live in Macedonia.




Easterners look more Greek-Bulgarian, Mediterranean influenced, while Northerners are more Serbian looking on average. The difference isn't huge, of course but it's still noticeable for someone that lives here.


:coffee:

[Midori]

:coffee:

The difference is very small though.

[morski]

http://vihren.blog.mk/2012/05/13/srbite-otadzhbina-makedonija/

http://vihren.blog.mk/2012/05/07/sdsm-ovci-sorosoidi/

LoneShadow, do you recognize yourself? Option 1 or 2?

[Linet]

In my hamble opinion Fyroms people are Bulgarians in denial.
Tito ,for his purposes and plan to get a port to the Aegean, feed them a glorious past fairy tale and they grabbed the opportunity ignoring history and biology, just because that sounded great.

[8050]

Bulgaria and Serbia. I voted for the second one to balanced the votes,because we aren't exclusively Bulgarians in appearance,two choices would be a better option for this poll.

[Ianus]

Perahps Bulgarian

[Petros Houhoulis]

Well, those living in the land of the Ancient Paeonians have won their irrefutable right to be represented as Peons:

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/250/3/e/orc_peon_by_slence-d483212.jpg

[Grizzly]

Depends. I've seen alot of Macedonians with the classic Bulgarian look
kinda like this
http://vmro-np.org.mk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Ljubco-Georgievski.jpg

Then some do have clear slavic influences though but they are in the minority.

[safinator]

Bulgarians.

[Lemon Kush]

Shops

[Trun]

Shops

Only those from the north, those from the south look like Macedonians from Bulgaria (Sandanski, Petrich, Gotse Delchev).

[HellLander87]

Only those from the north, those from the south look like Macedonians from Bulgaria (Sandanski, Petrich, Gotse Delchev).
:laugh:

[Alexq]

Depends. I've seen alot of Macedonians with the classic Bulgarian look
kinda like this
http://vmro-np.org.mk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Ljubco-Georgievski.jpg

Then some do have clear slavic influences though but they are in the minority.

didn't know dinaric + Robust Alpinoid/Alpinoid-Cro-Magnon influence which gives a pseudo Caucasus look is a classic Bulgarian look lol

[Trun]

didn't know dinaric + Robust Alpinoid/Alpinoid-Cro-Magnon influence which gives a pseudo Caucasus look is a classic Bulgarian look lol

Indeed , he isn't Tatar enough.

[ioan assen]

Depends. I've seen alot of Macedonians with the classic Bulgarian look
kinda like this
http://vmro-np.org.mk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Ljubco-Georgievski.jpg

Then some do have clear slavic influences though but they are in the minority.
There are very slavic looking Bulgarians in Moesia and Thrace. Lubcho is not the typical Bulgarian look. I dont know if we can speak of a typical Bulgarian look, but the majority is mediteranean looking but with more fair features than the Greeks (dark eyes, hair).

[Geist]

Mostly Serbian.