Classify Iranian Zoroastrians - don't be lazy. Click on the link and comment

[Randommembr]

https://www.alamy.com/a-zoroastrian-...%26filters%3D0


https://www.alamy.com/zoroastrians-h...%26filters%3D0

https://www.alamy.com/tehran-iran-30...%26filters%3D0

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[Dr_Maul]

They look like normal Iranians to me for the most part
Those from Kerman are more brown

[Randommembr]

They look like normal Iranians to me for the most part
Those from Kerman are more brown

Ya. The tehrani ones I linked (3rd link) look pretty much exactly like Persians. Persians across the country look pretty similar except for mild skin tone variation. The thin lips, hairiness etc. Agree?

You seem to know a lot about genes of Iranians. I've heard Iranian Zoroastrians are identical to Persians except Muslim Persians have SLIGHTLY more mongol/Arab admixture. Appearance wise, all my Iranian friends say it's impossible to tell if someone is Muslim or Zoroastrian simply by looking at them. There's a HUGE myth that Iranian Zoroastrians are pure when Mulism Persians are pretty much identical and most likely their ancestors were forced to convert from Zoroastriansim to Islam.

Is the genotype and phenotype thing about Zoroastrians true? Any Zoroastrian (from Iran) samples you have to compare?

[Randommembr]

They look like normal Iranians to me for the most part
Those from Kerman are more brown

Ya. The tehrani ones I linked (3rd link) look pretty much exactly like Persians. Persians across the country look pretty similar except for mild skin tone variation. The thin lips, hairiness etc. Agree?

You seem to know a lot about genes of Iranians. I've heard Iranian Zoroastrians are identical to Persians except Muslim Persians have SLIGHTLY more mongol/Arab admixture. Appearance wise, all my Iranian friends say it's impossible to tell if someone is Muslim or Zoroastrian simply by looking at them. There's a HUGE myth that Iranian Zoroastrians are pure when Mulism Persians are pretty much identical and most likely their ancestors were forced to convert from Zoroastriansim to Islam.

Is the genotype and phenotype thing about Zoroastrians true? Any Zoroastrian (from Iran) samples you have to compare?

[Dr_Maul]

Is the genotype and phenotype thing about Zoroastrians true? Any Zoroastrian (from Iran) samples you have to compare?

They are similar to Muslim Persians for the most part in all of those
Admixes are not based on religion but region. “Pure” Persians in general don’t have much Arab or mongoloid admixture compared to Zoroastrians. However, they have both south Iranian and Azeri admix usually which contributes those admixes. Zoroastrian endogamy prevents this
They are usually identical in appearance

[Randommembr]

They are similar to Muslim Persians for the most part in all of those
Admixes are not based on religion but region. “Pure” Persians in general don’t have much Arab or mongoloid admixture compared to Zoroastrians. However, they have both south Iranian and Azeri admix usually which contributes those admixes. Zoroastrian endogamy prevents this
They are usually identical in appearance

Interesting. Thanks so much for your help.

Last question. Do you live in Iran? Have you seen many Persians?
Any samples you'd know about from posters or otherwise?

[Oliver109]

Good pics, middle guy on the second pic could be Spanish

[Dr_Maul]

Interesting. Thanks so much for your help.

Last question. Do you live in Iran? Have you seen many Persians?
Any samples you'd know about from posters or otherwise?

I've lived in Iran but don't right now, in Persian majority areas. Where I live now in America there are also a decent amount of Iranians but I can't always verify their full origins

[Kamal900]

They are similar to Muslim Persians for the most part in all of those
Admixes are not based on religion but region. “Pure” Persians in general don’t have much Arab or mongoloid admixture compared to Zoroastrians. However, they have both south Iranian and Azeri admix usually which contributes those admixes. Zoroastrian endogamy prevents this
They are usually identical in appearance

Persians as a whole don't have any Arabian admixtures whatsoever, and even the Iranian Arabs are genetically more closer to say the Luris for example than to other Arabs.