Classify me please (new member)

[Thira]

eye surgery?

No, my eyes are natural, my parents are both Thai. I'm too scared to get any work done (I watch videos of other people getting plastic surgery whenever I feel tempted haha)

[Thira]

Maybe we could pass for brother & sister? lol:

haha maybe, you do look similar to one of my uncles except he's a lot more tanned and has a more lanky body.

[Blondie]

Maybe we could pass for brother & sister? lol:

I don't think, filippinos are lighter.

[Iloko]

haha maybe, you do look similar to one of my uncles except he's a lot more tanned and has a more lanky body.

How old do you think I look btw? ..I'm actually 38 but probably look more like 25-28 in appearance lol... What is your age if you don't mind me asking that is

But anyways many have guessed me as Thai like a countless number of times both in real life and on random internet 'guess my ethnicity' threads I've posted online, which IMO I found super cool. Thais are exotic and the women are very beautiful indeed.

But as for where you could pass..China seems plausible. Vietnam too. And if you went to Manila you would probably pass here too.

..Based on DNA studies most Thais also possess a decent amount of Indian admixture as well..I believe around 10-15% admix or so. And obviously some Chinese influences there too I think.

....oh wait I just looked at your profile and it says 22?

[Sacrificed Ram]

I think you are sui generis case, your phenotype doesn't fit in the current list of phenotypes and not described by authors. I also think your phenotype was very altered by development in womb as also you have strong effect of neoteny. (IMO)

[Thira]

How old do you think I look btw? ..I'm actually 38 but probably look more like 25-28 in appearance lol... What is your age if you don't mind me asking that is

But anyways many have guessed me as Thai like a countless number of times both in real life and on random internet 'guess my ethnicity' threads I've posted online, which IMO I found super cool. Thais are exotic and the women are very beautiful indeed.

But as for where you could pass..China seems plausible. Vietnam too. And if you went to Manila you would probably pass here too.

..Based on DNA studies most Thais also possess a decent amount of Indian admixture as well..I believe around 10-15% admix or so. And obviously some Chinese influences there too I think.

....oh wait I just looked at your profile and it says 22?

I thought you looked about no older than 30? When I said you reminded me of my uncle I meant when he was younger
I just looked at your dna results, how reliable is LivingDNA for asian ancestry? I like to get mine done eventually.

[Joso]

Hi, welcome on TA
I would say you're Deutero Malayid+Sinid.
http://humanphenotypes.net/DeuteroMalayid.html
http://humanphenotypes.net/basic/Sinid.html

Yes, sinid+some Southeast Asian types makes sense

[Joso]

Welcome to the forum, by the way

[Thira]

I think you are sui generis case, your phenotype doesn't fit in the current list of phenotypes and not described by authors. I also think your phenotype was very altered by development in womb as also you have strong effect of neoteny. (IMO)

Can phenotypes be altered due to environmental factors? I was born in Thailand but moved to England when I was about 4 years old and was raised there, I'm now 22 years old. I'm a lot more more resistant to cold weather than my mum who lived in Thailand all her life until we moved to England (my skin gets red quite easily when it's cold or when I get hot). I'm taller than the average Thai woman and man, I noticed that my body type is also more similar to the English girls around me than the Thais as well even if my body frame still looks smaller than theirs.

[Iloko]

I thought you looked about no older than 30? When I said you reminded me of my uncle I meant when he was younger
I just looked at your dna results, how reliable is LivingDNA for asian ancestry? I like to get mine done eventually.

LivingDNA results will probably be more detailed and colourful for Thai then if you were to do 23andme IMO. With LivingDNA it will probably pick up all sorts of interesting admixtures, while 23andme will probably be more generic despite the addition of the Thai category with their most recent update. LivingDNA raw data is not compatible with many third-party genetic sites though, so you may want to do 23andme instead then transfer your RAW DATA onto LivingDNA/ other third-parties for alternate free genetic assessments instead. I heard LivingDNA will be offering ethnicity estimates (for a fee) in the not-too-distant future for 23ndme/FTDNA/etc data transferers into the site.

I actually transfered my Ancestry.com data to LivingDNA few months back and got the results for free lol, but that was a limited-time special offer through their FindMyPast.com partnership at the time which many were not aware of like me haha so I actually never ever ordered an actual LivingDNA kit box..I only transferred.

My advice is to do 23andme for the raw data...then you can transfer onto many other sites like DNA.land, WeGene, Gedmatch etc, and even LivingDNA in future.

Or you could order the LivingDNA kit, but their raw data isn't compatible with many of the third-party sites out there correct me if I'm wrong.