Croats and Serbs - closely related but different looking people

[Jana]

While I understand to foreigners differences may be slight or non existant, for us it's not that difficult to separate the two based on looks.
There are distinct Serbs and Croat faces and they have different vibes. Overlap is big especially between southern Croats and western Serbs, but still, not the same.

I would say individually most of people can fit as both, but you are starting to see difference on group level.
Pigmentation is secondary here (Croats are lighter on average, but not by much, and there are regional variations: some Serb sub-groups are lighter than some Croat sub-groups etc)

Let's compare national teams with photos from last matches they played in 2019:

Serbia (vs Ukraine)


Croatia (vs Wales)


Facial features differ quite a lot. For me as Croat first thing I notice is much stronger Pontid admixture among Serbs. While we have visibly more northern types.

Others opinion ?

[Dušan]

Yes, we look different.
And light pigmented Serbs look different than light pigmented Croats.

[Jana]

Yes, we look different.
And light pigmented Serbs look different than light pigmented Croats.

I noticed this. You are fair Serb but you don't look Croat, and I did see few fair Serbs of your type.
I'm fair Croat but I don't look fair Serb.

[Mans not hot]

Do I look more Croat or Serb?

[Jana]

Do I look more Croat or Serb? [/URL]

Equally good fit as both. Your phenotype is not specific for any of 2. And yea you fit really good

[Mans not hot]

Equally good fit as both. Your phenotype is not specific for any of 2. And yea you fit really good

True, I have that pan Western Balkan look.

[Laag]

I noticed that Croatia has a certain amount of type that some TA users classified as 'Uralid", "East Baltid", "unusual looking" and so on. They doesn't look unusual to me. Basically they are North-East Upper Paleolithic type and can pass easily in my homeland.
If they were Russian I would put them in this thread.
https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...iful-in-Russia

Valerija Sestic

Petra Friganovic

Faretta Radic

Maja Matkovic


I usually use Valerija Sestic and Faretta Radic as an excellent examples of North-East Upper Paleolithic type.
https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...=1#post6080704

[FountainOfSalmacis]

Do I fit better in Croatia or Serbia? Or not at all for both countries?
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[Jana]

Do I fit better in Croatia or Serbia? Or not at all for both countries?
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Much better fit in Croatia. Are you Dalmatian ? From what I know most Latin American Croats are Dalmatian Islander origin like me
You have light hair and darker eyebrows, that is very typical for Dalmatia.

[Odin]

Others opinion ?

How about Dalmatian Serbs or Croats or whatever? This half breed says that his Serbian daddy got bullied for being brown lol, are they naturally swarthy without mixing, or are we talking about Ottoman influence?