Poles or Swedes/Norwegians, who have more phenotype overlap with Germans?

[reboun]

I always thought phenotype overlap between Germans and Poles is much higher than phenotype overlap between Germans and Swedes/Norwegians. However the Oracle distances make me wonder I am right or wrong. I know that phenotype =/= genotype but I guess there is still a significant correlation. My question is, which group is phenotypically closer to Germans; Poles or Swedes/Norwegians?

[reboun]

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[Cristiano viejo]

Obviously Scandinavians since Germans and them are Germanic people while Polacks are Slavs.

[reboun]

Obviously Scandinavians since Germans and them are Germanic people while Polacks are Slavs.

Based on my real life observations, Poles look more German than Swedes do. Swedes look a bit different, in my opinion.

[Sagez]

Based on my real life observations, Poles look more German than Swedes do. Swedes look a bit different, in my opinion.

Poles look more like Germans but Germans look more like Swedes. Lastly, the Swedes look more like Germans but only slightly more than Poles.

[reboun]

Poles look more like Germans but Germans look more like Swedes. Lastly, the Swedes look more like Germans but only slightly more than Poles.

I think Germans look more Polish than they look Swedish but my observations might be wrong.

[Grace O'Malley]

The Scandinavians aren't that particularly close to Germans. They speak Germanic language but the genes aren't all the same. North Germans are closer to Scandinavians but Germany itself isn't all the same genetically. Polish are even more distant even to East Germans looking at Eurogenes K13.

I would say that Germans and Danes have more overlap.

[reboun]

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[Septentrion]

Do not confuse phenotype with genotype! Naturally Germans, Swedes, Norwegians are all Germanic people thus share some commonality. There is however a small Slavic minority in Germany not to be disregarded. As a whole, Germans are closer to their Scandinavian cousins than to their Polish Slavic neighbors in phenotypes. However, when we divide Germany in regions such North, South, East, West and Central, then we could say that those in the North and West are the closest to Scandinavians in phenotypes while in the East are closer to the Poles and other Slavs such as Czechs and Slovaks.

[reboun]

Do not confuse phenotype with genotype! Naturally Germans, Swedes, Norwegians are all Germanic people thus share some commonality. There is however a small Slavic minority in Germany not to be disregarded. As a whole, Germans are closer to their Scandinavian cousins than to their Polish Slavic neighbors in phenotypes. However, when we divide Germany in regions such North, South, East, West and Central, then we could say that those in the North and West are the closest to Scandinavians in phenotypes while in the East are closer to the Poles and other Slavs such as Czechs and Slovaks.

Yes, it might chance from region to region but according to my observations Germans look more Polish than they looks Scandinavian. My observations tell that Scandinavian look a bit different than Germans and Poles.