Are Armenians "White"? Poll!

[Deneb]

Yes, they are.

Not all Armenians are that dark.

Petros Avetisyan

[Seth MacFarlane]

To be fair I grew up thinking Armenians looked like Ana Kasparian, I don't know if she is atypical or not.

Somewhat , shes not atypical because Armenians can easily vary a lot . However many Armenian woman can have a more distinguishable look then her like these. Regardless they’re still white because they’re caucasoids

[Seth MacFarlane]

They’re definitely white , but some ppl definition of white is vague . Some don’t even consider dark south euros white lol go figure

[Armenian Bishop]

Somewhat , shes not atypical because Armenians can easily vary a lot . However many Armenian woman can have a more distinguishable look then her like these. Regardless they’re still white because they’re caucasoids

An Excellent Post, with very good pictures of Armenian women and girls. They provide good examples of commonly typical Armenian features. Their skin tone is typical.

[El_Abominacion]

Some are and some aren't

[Petros Agapetos]

[Petros Agapetos]

[mutabor]

The Armenians are an Indo-European race made up of tribes that long inhabited the Armenian Plateau. It is probably impossible to accurately pinpoint the predominant ethnic make-up of the people. The "pure" Armenian is considered Aryan in features with blonde hair and blue eyes, though one would be hard-pressed to find more than a small percentage with these pure features within the population. Many have an olive to dark complexion, with black or brown hair and eyes.

Research differs on the origins of the Armenian people, some suggesting that they are an amalgam of people who came together during the Urartian (Araratian) period, while others cite Herodotus and Strabo accounts' of the people migrating into the Armenian highlands from Thrace and Phyrgia around 2000 BC.

The highlands were populated as early as 2 million BC, with settlements rising in the Ararat valley as early as 9000 BC and centers for the smelting of copper and bronze rising as early as 5000 BC.

It is more likely that the Armenians are a compilation of all the peoples who rose and entered the area over waves of Indo-European exodus and the return from ca. 9000 BC through the 1st millennium BC

Do you consider Armenian people Aryan?

Wrong from the perspective of newer Steppe theory. It is very obvious that Balto-Slavic languages and Sanskrit have plenty words in common ( in addition to common haplogroup R1a spread). Very often important Sanskrit words are surprisingly identical to Slavic.

For example. In Sanskrit "sacred knowledge" is Veda. In Russian "vedat" means to know. Another Sanskrit word for "knowledge" is Jnana. In Russian there is equivalent "Znanie". Sanskrit "Agni" ( fire), Russian "Agon". Sanskrit "Yoga" ( to control, subjugate), Russian "Igo" ( to be subjugated) etc.

Count to 10 in Armenian - Sanskrit - Russian:

One - Mek - Ek - Odin
Two - Yerku - Dve - Dva ( Dve in Bulgarian)
Three - Yerek - Trini - Tri
Four - Chors - Chatvari - Chatiri
Five - Hing - Pancha - Pyat
Six - Vets - Shat - Shest
Seven - Jot - Sapta - Sem
Eight - Ut(h) - Asta - Vosem ( Osem in Bulgarian)
Nine - Inne(h) - Nava - Devyat
Ten - Tas - Dasa - Desyat

Haplogroup R1a distribution

[Petros Agapetos]

Rate how white you find Armenians? 1-10.

I'd vote 6/10.

[ioan assen]

Yes, as well as Georgians. Georgians are not very dark. Plus both nations have "European" culture = culture based on Christianity. They have been influenced a lot by Russians and Persians too.