Physical Apperance and Ethnicity

[InfamousAngel99]

Post some basic facts about your appearance as well as ethnic "categories" you consistently get from DNA companies (for example I've gotten Indian one time on WeGene, but I'm not going to list it because I think it's inaccurate and I've never received that category on any other test, so...).

I'll also post some basic facts and the genetic makeup of my grandparents as well, listed in the order that I share the most DNA with according to DNA tests:

Me:
Natural hair: dark brown
Eye color: greenish/grayish/blueish
Skin: fair, but can tan
Height: 179/180 cm
Ethnic categories: Balkans, Baltics, British Isles, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and Western Europe.

Paternal Grandma:
Natural hair color: dark brown, almost black
Eye color: blue
Skin: very fair, can't tan.
Height: 149 cm
Ethnic categories: British Isles

Maternal Grandma:
Natural hair color: medium brown
Eye color: blue
Skin: fair, but can tan
Height: 179 cm
Ethnic categories: Balkans, Baltics, British Isles, Eastern Europe, and Western Europe.

Maternal Grandpa:
Natural hair color: strawberry blonde
Eye color: greenish/grayish/blueish
Skin: fair, but can develop a slight tan.
Height: 175 cm
Ethnic categories: British Isles, Scandinavia, and Western Europe.

Paternal Grandpa:
Natural hair color: dark brown
Eye color: blue
Skin: very fair, can't tan
Height: 193 cm
Ethnic categories: British Isles and Western Europe.

Edit:some people decided to add info about their skin tone, so I decided to go back and add that to my descriptions as well.

[JosephK]

Huh, your maternal grandmother was already a Euromutt like that? And are you guys seriously 5'10"?

[JosephK]

Huh, your maternal grandmother was already a Euromutt like that? And are you guys seriously 5'10"?

Now that I think about it, I suppose you're quite young and your grandparents not much older than I...

[Mixdguy17]

Cool! Alright here are mine.

Me:

Hair Color prediction: 3% have light blond hair, 17% have dark blond hair, 35% have light brown hair, 43% have dark brown hair, 2% have black hair.

-Actual Hair color: I have in between Light Brown hair and Dark Blond hair.

Eye color prediction: 51% have blue eyes, 21% have greenish blue eyes, 17% have green eyes, 9% have light hazel eyes, 2% have dark hazel eyes, < 1% have light brown eyes, < 1% have dark brown eyes.

-Actual Eye color: I have Hazel Green eyes (So i guess Light Hazel?), Some say they qualify as green but to me they are Hazel Green.

Skin Color prediction: 39% have very fair skin, 32% have moderately fair skin, 25% have light beige skin, 3% have olive skin, 1% have light brown skin, < 1% have dark brown skin.

-Actual skin color: I have between Moderately fair skin and Light beige skin.

Height prediction: 23andMe doesnt give it but I think its probs around my height or smaller.

-Actual Height: 172 cm

Ethnic Categories: Europe (Iberia, Italy, Scandinavia, British Isles), Sub Sahara Africa, American Indigenous, MENA (North Africa and the Levant) .

[Gota_type_]

Hair Colour: Light/Medium Blond.
Eye Colour: Blue
Skin Tone: Very Fair
Height: 1.87cm
Ethnic Groups: Spain.

The rarest ethnicity I get (on 23andme) is East Asian (0.1%) and Siberian in gedmatch (0.4% or so).

[El_Abominacion]

Me:
Hair: Dark brown/black
Eyes: Very dark brown
Height: 181cm
Known ethnic groups: Mostly Malagasy/African, Spanish, French, Pakistani, Indian, Chinese
Other groups I consistently score: West Asian/North African (2-5%), Central Asian (1-7%), Mongolian (1%), Southeast Asian (3-7%), British (2-3%)

Paternal grandfather:
Hair: Black
Eyes: Dark brown
Height: 170cm
Known ethnic groups: 1/2 African & 1/2 Southern Chinese

Paternal grandmother:
Hair: Dark brown
Eyes: Dark brown
Height: Unsure
Ethnic groups: Roughly 2/3 Indian & 1/3 French

Maternal grandfather:
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Dark brown
Height: 183cm
Ethnic groups: Northern Pakistani

Maternal grandmother:
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Height: About 147cm
Ethnic groups: Northern Spanish

[alnortedelsur]

My Ancestry DNA and 23andme results are on my signature.

My known background is mostly Spanish, some distant Italian, and some minor Amerindian and SSA.

Hair color: medium brown
Eye Color: Blue
Skin color: fair that can easily get burned
Height: about 179/180 cm

[IceQueen]

Hair Colour: Light/Medium Brown
Eye Colour: Medium Brown
Skin Tone: Fair
Height: 5’8
Ethnic Groups: Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, Western Europe

[InfamousAngel99]

Now that I think about it, I suppose you're quite young and your grandparents not much older than I...

My maternal grandmother's parents were both immigrants. Her mother was from Canada (and she had an immigrant father from Scotland), and her father was from Croatia. That's partially the reason why she's so mixed European.