Polish Phenotypes: North to South

[Peterski]

South has more Balkan phenotypes than North.

I agree.

[Dandelion]

Here is an interesting phenotype



I have known a Flemish woman just like her, though.

[Dandelion]

Here are Flemish people of Polish descent, no idea where in Poland. Descendants of Poles who stuck around after WWII.

Deborah Ostrega




Betty Owczarek





On a Flemish forum also used to be such a person with a Polish grandfather who married a Flemish woman whom he met during WWII or right after. Sadly, that forum is offline and I have no contact.

[Sikeliot]

South has more Balkan types, north has more German and Scandinavian types. They look highly distinct from Eastern Slavs to me but most have their own distinct look shared with Czechs, Slovaks, eastern Germans, and Hungarians.

A few of the people from the south could pass as far as Greece.

[michal3141]

I agree with Sikeliot + it would be cool to see similar threads for other countries

[Ülev]

but on recovered territories lives people from Vlinius, Minsk and Lviv area, so very west Poland is much more east than people from Lublin for example

[michal3141]

Peterski, I guess you can have a good try with Szczecin vs Suwałki or Gorzków Wielkopolski vs Biała Podlaska if you want to go West-East.

[Peterski]

but on recovered territories lives people from Vlinius, Minsk and Lviv area

Not only. In fact, as maps in the link show, they were often settled by people from neighbouring areas of Poland:

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...=1#post5153395

BTW, is there any data showing the breakdown of settlers from the USSR into Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, etc.?

I wonder if Poles from Lithuania/Belarus were resettled to Northern Poland and Poles from Ukraine to Southern.

[Ülev]

Not only. In fact, as maps in the link show, they were often settled by people from neighbouring areas of Poland:

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...=1#post5153395

BTW, is there any data showing the breakdown of settlers from the USSR into Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, etc.?

I wonder if Poles from Lithuania/Belarus were resettled to Northern Poland and Poles from Ukraine to Southern.

it was like that, people were resettled latitudinally, but, most of them went to Lubuskie and Dolny Śląsk, or there was much more Poles from "Ukraine" and "Belarus" than "Lithuanians", or "Lithuanians" stayed in Vilnius

map with percentage of resettled people into Poland (to the so called recovered territories) here ---> https://pl.delfi.lt/aktualia/polska/....d?id=61865863

[Peterski]

Lubuskie actually has many people from Poznańskie (but also many people from Belarus).

I think that +/- ca. 50% of all people in Lubuskie are from Kresy (mostly from Belarus).

map with percentage of resettled people into Poland (to the so called recovered territories) here ---> https://pl.delfi.lt/aktualia/polska/....d?id=61865863

Check this thread: http://www.historycy.org/index.php?showtopic=153392

According to 1950 census, Lubuskie had 44% Kresowiaks (245,547 out of 560,613). And in 2012 survey, CBOS estimated that 51% in Lubuskie are Kresowiaks, but this includes people of just partially Kresowiak ancestry (for example one parent from Kresy, the other parent not).

There are also many (20-40% in some counties) people from Poznańskie there: