Druze: Main phenotypes and what ethnicities can they pass for.

Druze are an interesting group of the Levant with some unique phenotypes.

http://c8.alamy.com/comp/EDXK51/us-s...een-EDXK51.jpg
http://c7.alamy.com/comp/CC35P1/druz...-22-CC35P1.jpg
http://c7.alamy.com/comp/E46MYC/frui...ael-E46MYC.jpg
http://c7.alamy.com/comp/A47J48/gola...000-A47J48.jpg
http://s12.postimg.org/aq5pmcgn1/Druze2.jpg
http://c7.alamy.com/comp/B2EXT1/isra...dma-B2EXT1.jpg
http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/wp-...55106583_n.jpg
http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/wp-...99049900_n.jpg
http://www.joshualandis.com/blog/wp-...57593233_n.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...93;ף.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...in_%282%29.jpg
https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.forw...1434504111.jpg
http://www.thetower.org/wp-content/u...Tube_Druze.jpg
http://i63.tinypic.com/9ftuzd.jpg
http://i68.tinypic.com/2wr0y8l.jpg
http://i66.tinypic.com/33ogr5d.jpg
http://i64.tinypic.com/2n3alh.jpg
http://i67.tinypic.com/2my52jr.jpg
http://i67.tinypic.com/t5sv9x.jpg
http://i65.tinypic.com/2cen1wg.jpg

http://i68.tinypic.com/2lt3prk.jpg
http://i68.tinypic.com/54empw.jpg
http://www.wen.co.il/files/newsimage...amed%20(4).jpg
http://www.wen.co.il/files/newsimage...med%20(10).jpg
http://www.wen.co.il/files/newsimage...amed%20(7).jpg
http://www.wen.co.il/files/newsimage...med%20(20).jpg
http://www.wen.co.il/files/newsimage...med%20(23).jpg
http://www.wen.co.il/files/newsimage...med%20(16).jpg
http://www.wen.co.il/files/newsimage...amed%20(2).jpg
http://www.wen.co.il/files/newsimage...med%20(22).jpg
http://www.wen.co.il/files/newsimage...med%20(18).jpg
http://ahlan.co.il/Public/image/arti...9915255351.jpg
http://ahlan.co.il/Public/image/arti...0897075327.jpg
http://ahlan.co.il/Public/image/arti...4369645248.jpg
http://ahlan.co.il/Public/image/arti...0211045324.jpg
http://ahlan.co.il/Public/image/arti...4238995240.jpg
http://ahlan.co.il/Public/image/arti...8316365336.jpg
http://ahlan.co.il/Public/image/arti...6646085238.jpg
http://ahlan.co.il/Public/image/arti...8823175236.jpg
http://ahlan.co.il/Public/image/arti...2827585223.jpg

http://oi68.tinypic.com/2gtximg.jpg
http://oi65.tinypic.com/wstzya.jpg
http://oi64.tinypic.com/k0m59l.jpg
http://oi63.tinypic.com/jrb7kj.jpg
http://oi63.tinypic.com/11t1vn5.jpg
http://oi64.tinypic.com/2ykz1ww.jpg
http://oi68.tinypic.com/1fdy4x.jpg
http://oi64.tinypic.com/jrr9lj.jpg
http://oi66.tinypic.com/kbuc6s.jpg
http://oi68.tinypic.com/2vv4012.jpg
http://oi68.tinypic.com/sxkdqd.jpg
http://oi65.tinypic.com/13z7rxg.jpg
http://oi66.tinypic.com/j7x0uw.jpg
http://oi68.tinypic.com/2v82076.jpg
http://oi64.tinypic.com/29xhnyr.jpg
http://oi64.tinypic.com/2hmjyqg.jpg
http://oi68.tinypic.com/29aw8jt.jpg
http://oi67.tinypic.com/zl3yp4.jpg
http://oi67.tinypic.com/nua9c.jpg
http://oi67.tinypic.com/2zqrhag.jpg

Generally, phenotypes are typically blend of Armenoid, East Med, and CM types, with some Asiatic Alpine here and there. Rate of light eyes seems pretty high from these photos (bit higher than what I have seen from other sources). In terms of passing, transitional between Levantines and other W. Asians (assuming you want to call Levantines W. Asians). As a group, don't really pass in Europe that well. Also look similar to Ashkenazi Jews and lighter Mizrahi Jews to some extent.

East-med maybe, as a group they look very distinct but looking individuals one by one i can see some passing here, except the very semitic/jewish looking types.

How do you find these pictures?

I was about to say Assyrian, but they seem a bit exotic looking for that (we don't typically have green-eyed, bronze skinned combo among Assyrians).

Assyrian

Interesting because Lebanese Druze are the most Western shifted Levantines right? Phenotypically pretty distinct from Cypriots however.

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Originally Posted by kleenex

Interesting because Lebanese Druze are the most Western shifted Levantines right? Phenotypically pretty distinct from Cypriots however.

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No, Lebanese Muslims are because of minor degrees of Norman ancestry.

But Druze to me LOOK the most western.