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    Default Are you good at telling apart people of different ethnicities?

    I mean people of such ethnicities that are in Europe mostly, people of New World are too mixed. So you have people of ''Polish'' ethnicity in the US who are by blood only 1/4~1/2 Polish and very often they claim various, multiple ethnic identities.

    I am not an expert on Asians for certain.

    I think I am quite good at it. Obviously those that you are more accustomed to or most distinct will be easier.

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    Sometimes, not always. As for Poles in Britain, around 60% of them barely if at all pass.

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    Yes, I'm good at it, especially when given group photos.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Blade View Post
    Yes, I'm good at it, especially when given group photos.
    Even if it was Brits vs Irish, Norwegians vs Swedes, Portuguese vs Spaniards, Czechs vs Slovaks, Japanese vs Koreans, Laotians vs Cambodians, Lebanese vs Syrians, Yemenis vs Omanis, Kenyans vs Tanzanians, Nigerians vs Ghanaians, Hondurans vs Nicaraguans, Jamaicans vs Trinidadians, Argentinians vs Uruguayans etc?

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    I am good at it in my own country.

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    I'm good only about ethnicities I am familiar with, especially if they are in groups.

    Others, i can't. East-Asians, for instance, I'm not able to tell them apart at all.

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    relative to others I'm excellent
    in absolute numbers, not really

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen View Post
    Even if it was Brits vs Irish, Norwegians vs Swedes, Portuguese vs Spaniards, Czechs vs Slovaks, Japanese vs Koreans, Laotians vs Cambodians, Lebanese vs Syrians, Yemenis vs Omanis, Kenyans vs Tanzanians, Nigerians vs Ghanaians, Hondurans vs Nicaraguans, Jamaicans vs Trinidadians, Argentinians vs Uruguayans etc?
    Brits and Irish - yes, I have experience with these groups. Have guessed them correctly so far in every Ilma thread dealing with these.
    Norwegians and Swedes - yes, on group level they can be told apart because of the higher Baltid and Scando-Nordid affinities of Swedes and the more Cro-Magnon and Corded looks of Norwegians. Also, some Norwegians lean towards Keltoid look I don't see among Swedes. Strandid is also more of a Norwegian than a Swedish thing.
    Portuguese and Spaniards - yes, and on group level this isn't hard. The Portuguese are visibly more robust (CM and Atlanto influenced).
    Czechs and Slovaks - at least most of the time though overlap is quite big. However, Slovaks are more dinaricized. Czechs have a higher rate of Germanic looks and are slightly lighter.
    Japanese and Koreans - absolutely. On group level they are very different. Japanese are more mature and masculine looking and it's not even close. They also have Jomon and Yayoi affinities more often than Koreans do.
    Laotians and Cambodians - haven't got much of an experience with these.
    Lebanese and Syrians - yes. Lebanese look closer to Israelis than to Syrians.
    Yemenis and Omanis - pretty similar, I can mistake them.
    However, usually each nation can reasonably resemble several others, so there's no 100% accuracy.
    Yet I pretty often score quite high results when telling ethnicities apart (Roy can tell you I did 10/12 on Poles vs. Czechs and it was actually individuals thread (which is harder), not groups.
    However, how would you do telling apart:
    - Serbs and Bulgarians
    - Greeks and Albanians
    - Georgians and Armenians
    - Bosnians and Serbs
    - Croats and Hungarians
    - Romanians and Bulgarians
    I would be interested to see this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Blade View Post
    Brits and Irish - yes, I have experience with these groups. Have guessed them correctly so far in every Ilma thread dealing with these.
    Norwegians and Swedes - yes, on group level they can be told apart because of the higher Baltid and Scando-Nordid affinities of Swedes and the more Cro-Magnon and Corded looks of Norwegians. Also, some Norwegians lean towards Keltoid look I don't see among Swedes. Strandid is also more of a Norwegian than a Swedish thing.
    Portuguese and Spaniards - yes, and on group level this isn't hard. The Portuguese are visibly more robust (CM and Atlanto influenced).
    Czechs and Slovaks - at least most of the time though overlap is quite big. However, Slovaks are more dinaricized. Czechs have a higher rate of Germanic looks and are slightly lighter.
    Japanese and Koreans - absolutely. On group level they are very different. Japanese are more mature and masculine looking and it's not even close. They also have Jomon and Yayoi affinities more often than Koreans do.
    Laotians and Cambodians - haven't got much of an experience with these.
    Lebanese and Syrians - yes. Lebanese look closer to Israelis than to Syrians.
    Yemenis and Omanis - pretty similar, I can mistake them.
    However, usually each nation can reasonably resemble several others, so there's no 100% accuracy.
    Yet I pretty often score quite high results when telling ethnicities apart (Roy can tell you I did 10/12 on Poles vs. Czechs and it was actually individuals thread (which is harder), not groups.
    However, how would you do telling apart:
    - Serbs and Bulgarians
    - Greeks and Albanians
    - Georgians and Armenians
    - Bosnians and Serbs
    - Croats and Hungarians
    - Romanians and Bulgarians
    I would be interested to see this.
    You missed out the nations in Africa and the Americas.

    Anyway:

    -Serbs vs Bulgarians. Serbs are slightly lighter, more Central Euro-shifted and more Dinarid.
    -Greeks vs Albanians. Much more distinct than Serbs vs Bulgarians. Albanians aren't as dark and are a lot more Dinarid than Greeks.
    -Georgians vs Armenians. Very different - Georgians look like a uniformly brunette version of Balkan Slavs, whereas Armenians look like NW Iranians.
    -Bosnians vs Serbs. Similar facial features, but Bosnians are lighter and more Central Euro-shifted.
    -Croats vs Hungarians. Hungarians are a bit lighter and much rounder-faced.
    -Romanians vs Bulgarians. Hardest of the lot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Blade View Post
    Portuguese and Spaniards - yes, and on group level this isn't hard. The Portuguese are visibly more robust (CM and Atlanto influenced).
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    Not sure what you mean with robust but Spaniards are quite taller than Portuguese.
    No comment about Atlanto influence.

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