The whiteness of Syrians is underestimated on this forum

**Immanenz** · 10-31-2020, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by princeton90

I suspect some of those Syrian refugees are Gypsies from Syria because they clearly show Gypsy-like physical traits.

Maybe or maybe not- because Roma picked up a lot of Armenoid/ East Med/Alpine from West Asians themselves- or at least there is an overlapp

**Negah** · 10-31-2020, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by Trouble

Among Arabs Ive met, including Levantines, it is widely accepted that Syrians are the whitest looking. But here, for some bizarre reason, people think that Lebanese, even Palestinians are the lightest Mideasterns. Others claim that Iranians are the same pigmentation.

Trust me many Syrians can pass as white.

what is the typical Syrian that you have seen. The lightest Syrians are not native Levantines. They are usually the Circassians and the Turks who migrated there in the past. So it could very well be that you have seen people who of those groups.

Please post some pics so I can see what you consider fair for the region.

**Radimir** · 10-31-2020, 01:05 PM

Speaking from personal experience, the only Syrians, I have interacted with are these friends of mine and they look White to me, especially the one of the right. He just looks European.

**Negah** · 10-31-2020, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by MINARDOWICZ

I agree. They have some NW Asian-like genetic properties, just like Iranians. Look at Bashar Al Assad, for crying out loud! He even passes in N Italy/Iberia, etc.

Ave. Levantine does not have Blue eyes. I think somewhere between 10-15% have light eyes. So 85-90% people of the region are not like Bashar Al Assad.

**Negah** · 10-31-2020, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by Parça do Neymar

I think Syrians resemble Turks with the difference Syrians for the most part lack the Central Asian-shifted (Turanid) types, but in general they overlap.

Not really. If you have seen enough of the two groups you can easily discern their differences. Anatolians are also on average lighter.

**Negah** · 10-31-2020, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by Radimir

Speaking from personal experience, the only Syrians, I have interacted with are these friends of mine and they look White to me, especially the one of the right. He just looks European.

But your friend is not typical; however, lighter types like him do occur.

But he is not to be viewed as a typical Syrian,

**Radimir** · 10-31-2020, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by Negah

But your friend is not typical, but lighter types do occur. So he is not to be viewed as typical Syrian,

He is from a wealthy family of Syrians named Aboud in Trinidad and Tobago and a lot of Syrians there were originally Christians who fled Ottoman persecution. He might not be typical, true but I guess he would pass as an Christian or Alawite Syrian.

**Negah** · 10-31-2020, 01:31 PM

Originally Posted by Radimir

He is from a wealthy family of Syrians named Aboud in Trinidad and Tobago and a lot of Syrians there were originally Christians who fled Ottoman persecution. He might not be typical, true but I guess he would pass as an Christian or Alawite Syrian.

Lightest Syrians or Levantines are not native. They are the Circassians who came there during the Ottoman rule. But light types do exist among the local Levantines.

**~~dududud~~** · 10-31-2020, 01:44 PM

They looks like what they are: Middle Eastern.

**samario** · 10-31-2020, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by Radimir

Speaking from personal experience, the only Syrians, I have interacted with are these friends of mine and they look White to me, especially the one of the right. He just looks European.

I know many Lebanese and Palestinian descendants who are just as light as him here in Colombia.

Levantines are equally light, Christians even more so as they lack any shred of Gulf Arab admixture.

Colombian Levantines...

By the way, they are not Syrian.