Are Serbians really stereotyped as dark?

[Robocop]

When it comes about Serbs, I dont see anything wrong when some of them are dark, with somewhat darker skin tone. It's not like those individuals are gypsies, they're just darker europeans (those individuals).

Overall Serbs DO NOT HAVE DARKER SKIN TONE, it's not like Serbs are Polish, but also they're not Mediterranean, they're somethin in between, maybe slightly tending more towards Mediterranean element, but overall they're somethin in between.

When it comes about Autosomal DNA of Serbian people, they don't belong into same basket with Greeks and Albanians (or Rep.Macedonians), they closer to Croats, Bosnians, and Hungarians overall.

Maybe they're somewhat close to Bulgarians, they really are close to them, but in the same degree they are close to Bosnians and Croats.

I dont see anything bad with this.

Many ethnics shaped Serbian people; Slavs, Thracians, even Dacians slightly, Illyrians, Gepids to some degree (germanics).

[Mortimer]

An american woman talks about stereotypes of serbia, and she says they are being stereotyped as russian looking but they are more meditteranean

[Rethel]

She looks dynarian I2 stronk!

[Ion Basescul]

They look like what you'd expect of people from the region.

[Voidspawn]

They look like what you'd expect of people from the region.

They look very similar to south romanians, halfway between greeks and poles I'd say.

[Varda]

They look very similar to south romanians, halfway between greeks and poles I'd say.

The closest people to Serbs autosomally on average are Moldavians. South Romanians are more southern shifted than Serbs, they are more like Montenegrins and especially like Bulgarians.



By phenotype Serbs are still different from Moldavians and Montenegrins from south Romanians.

[Ion Basescul]

The closest people to Serbs autosomally on average are Moldavians. South Romanians are more southern shifted than Serbs, they are more like Montenegrins and especially like Bulgarians.



By phenotype Serbs are still different from Moldavians and Montenegrins from south Romanians.

Because phenotype isn't really tied to autosomal DNA in such fine details. It seems to be more complex than that.

[Varda]

Because phenotype isn't really tied to autosomal DNA in such fine details. It seems to be more complex than that.

Of course. Genetics is not the only factor influencing on phenotype. Lifestyle, climate, nutrition etc. are also connected with phenotypes.

[Novi Pazar]

Serbs are darker on average than central euro’s, latitude anyone?

In my honest opinion roughly 20 to 25% of Serbs are naturally olive. Roughly 50 to 60% have chestnut hair color from dark to lighter. A percentage have black hair and about 1/3 have blondish tones. Eye color, 50% browns (lighter or darker) then the other 50% are blue of whatever shade.

Serbs are a lighter Mediterrean form. Darkest mediterreans are from a North Africa (Berbers etc...)

[Tauromachos]

Never heard about them being stereotyped as dark in general

Maybe among Slavs because they are the Southerners"Yugo" of the Slavic world
and they have more South European type affinitiy than Poles or Russians