How did Finns become white?

**The Blade** · 09-09-2016, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by Vilhelmina

I have been mistaken for 'half Chinese' once in real life.

I wonder if it is Uralic? I get them from my Mom's side which is Norwegian - they come from Oppland. Maybe Saamis.

Maybe.

**~~Dr. Robotnik the Subbotnik~~** · 09-09-2016, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by The Blade

Maybe.

I score 2% East-Asian btw

Saamis themselves are 15-20% East-Asian I think

**~~Dr. Robotnik the Subbotnik~~** · 09-09-2016, 10:58 PM

could mean a Saami grandparent..

**The Blade** · 09-09-2016, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by Vilhelmina

I score 2% East-Asian btw

Saamis themselves are 15-20% East-Asian I think

Yes, I am sure that this is only a minor element of your phenotype, so makes sense.

**Septentrion** · 10-09-2021, 06:32 AM

Originally Posted by Southerner

This has always confused me. The Finns are a Uralic group just like the Sami and Nenets, yet the Finns don't look Asiatic. Finns have one of the highest concentrations of blue eyes and blonde hair in Europe. How did dark skinned Asiatic folks turn into what they are today? I guess the same question could be applied to the Hungarians as well.

They are not Asians! They are not a 50/50 mix either! Whatever the mixture from the Urals, at least 80% of their genes is from Northern Europe.

**renaissance12** · 10-09-2021, 07:11 AM

Originally Posted by Septentrion

They are not Asians! They are not a 50/50 mix either! Whatever the mixture from the Urals, at least 80% of their genes is from Northern Europe.

10.000 years ago Scandinavia and particularly Finland were still cover with huge quantity of ice.. and no human being was living there..so talking about genes from north europe is not correct.

Wurm glaciation

**Septentrion** · 10-09-2021, 09:04 AM

Originally Posted by Southerner

This has always confused me. The Finns are a Uralic group just like the Sami and Nenets, yet the Finns don't look Asiatic. Finns have one of the highest concentrations of blue eyes and blonde hair in Europe. How did dark skinned Asiatic folks turn into what they are today? I guess the same question could be applied to the Hungarians as well.

Finns are not just like the Saami. More than 80% of their genes is from one single North - East European group. In the result, Finland is the blondest - haired nation on earth as a whole and so is slightly more blonde - haired than Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia and Latvia. Finland in other words belong to the excessive blond group.