Post examples of British and French people who do NOT easily pass in each others' countries

[Samnium]

Well they are precisely among the types who you see very frequently in France but would be quite rare here in Britain. (And it isn't really to do with their colouring either - a notable minority of Brits do have a Medish look themselves - but their facial features).

They definitely aren't "dark" or "wog" at all, even if the eye color of Pécresse is very rare among Brits I think (it's light brown or lighter the very majority).

I would imagine more Yves Cochet as a brit. Because he has some N.Atlantid influence, but he still looks French and only that.

[Tooting Carmen]

They definitely aren't "dark" or "wog" at all, even if the eye color of Pécresse is very rare among Brits I think (it's light brown or lighter the very majority).

I would imagine more Yves Cochet as a brit. Because he has some N.Atlantid influence, but he still looks French and only that.

Apart from some outliers like Kit Harrington and Cheryl Tweedy, many if not most darker-featured Brits still have something 'Northern' in their faces, whereas France obviously has a lot more people who look wholly Southern/Mediterranean. But I find many Alpine/Central Euro types in France can also look odd for Britain, such as Bernard Cazeneuve who I posted near the start of the thread.

[billsoncreole26]

Bernard Cazeneuve is the son of pieds-noirs immigrants from Algeria. He is not what in France we would call "Francais de souche". Pieds-noirs are descendants of settlers from all over the western Mediterranean region, particularly Italy, Southern France, Spain, and Malta. His not particularly a good example of the French pheno.

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[Grace O'Malley]

Irish actor Edward Mulhare , probably the epitome of "Britishness" in terms of looks

He looks obviously Irish to me rather than British but I do acknowledge that's not something that other people would not be able to ascertain.

Missed out not in the sentence above.

[Tooting Carmen]

He looks obviously Irish to me rather than British but I do acknowledge that's not something that other people would be able to ascertain.

How does he look 'uniquely' Irish? Even for me that is anthrotardism.

[Grace O'Malley]

How does he look 'uniquely' Irish? Even for me that is anthrotardism.

Nothing to do with anthrotardism but he has a very Irish look to me. It's just a common look in the Irish.

Examples to me are

Dave Allen



Peter O'Toole





He actually has a very similar look to my mother's side of the family. Something about the features and eyes look very Irish to me which isn't surprising as he is actually Irish.

[Creoda]

A bit pointless to give examples, half or more of the population of each wouldn't pass well in each other's country. Britain and France are not phenotypically or genetically close countries in general, the similarities and differences between Bretons/Normans and British/Irish are more interesting.

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...=1#post6903877

[Samnium]

A bit pointless to give examples, half or more of the population of each wouldn't pass well in each other's country. Britain and France are not phenotypically or genetically close countries in general, the similarities and differences between Bretons/Normans and British/Irish are more interesting.

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...=1#post6903877

Bretons have lot of Alpine types which is not common in Britain.

I think out of all NW France regions, closest to Brits would be maybe Normans.

Roy was right :

They look much like Welsh people. I also see overlap with the rest of French (not surprising) and with Iberians. Much Mediterranean looking and visibly different than Norman French.

[Oliver109]

Bretons have lot of Alpine types which is not common in Britain.

I think out of all NW France regions, closest to Brits would be maybe Normans.

Roy was right :

A thread about Normandy on here showed many pictures of Normans "https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?197195-Common-Norman-phenotypes" tbh they looked similar to Bretons, i think Pas de Calais has more in common with Britain unsurprisingly but even there is still quite distinctly unbritish looking compared to Flanders Belgium.

[Davystayn]

One of the great myths of anthrofora is the notion that British and French people look almost if not exactly the same as each other. While it is true that most could pass fairly easily in each others' countries, at the same time a significant minority do not.

Some examples of Brits who do not easily pass as French:

Tilda Swinton, actress


Lewis Moody, retired rugby player


Some examples of French people who do not easily pass as Brits:

Thomas Hollande, son of ex-President


Celine Dion, Quebecois singer

Since when it is said most people can pass in each country? I think most are quite easy to distinguish with some that can pass in each country but most still look different.

A lot of French people seem to have a uniquely French look somehow.

Even Giroud somehow can't pass here, despite being mainly north atlantid, there is maybe a style and sophistication that French people have that is almost completely lacking in people from the UK.