Lithuanians and the Irish

[Richmondbread]

Your grandma was quite the looker. She looked like a prettier Bjork.

Thanks. And Bjork definitely wasn't a Slav!

[Ellethwyn]

My Grandmother didn't even look Slavic. She had Finnish/Scandinavian influence with reference to her eyes and head shape.

My brunette doppelganger.

[NSXD60]

Altaic, Baltaic, Sami mommy... splitting hairs = Mongol heirs.

[TheMaestro]

Thanks. And Bjork definitely wasn't a Slav!

You are still 20-30% Pole, whether you have Lithuanian blood it doesnt matter. You can't escape your roots.

[TheMaestro]

She was not Polish

Maybe yes, maybe not. But you are and that's for sure.

[TheMaestro]

Poles in Lithuania are mostly slavicized Lithuanians, according to most sources. Polish was a more prestigious language during the Commonwealth.

That brings me to the topic regarding the similarities between the Irish and Lithuanians: both are Catholic, both have a history of struggle and domination, both are speakers of a language that was subjugated during centuries, both have a culture with strong ancient pagan traditions, both are potato-eaters and heavy drinkers.

His ancestry results clearly show Polish/Slavic input which is also pretty significant of 20-30%. Therefore it's possible he could inherit this significant amount of all 4 or 2 of his grandparents. It's funny because he despises Slavs despite being partly one.

[Grace O'Malley]

Oddly seem similar. They are brave noble people. My grandmother was full Lithuanian. It's unusual because my mothers side is Anglo mostly. I enjoy that mix, though. Lithuanians are a lot like the Irish in spirit and temperament, and unfortunately intelligence.

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If you actually had experience with both populations they aren't really similar. Lithuanians are a lot more reserved than Irish for starters and not as gregarious. In the end though in any population there will be people with all types of personalities. The Irish are more similar to Scots, Welsh & English. Not really surprising as they have shared history and many have family ties. Irish and British humour is very similar which is why a program like Father Ted has been voted 2nd best comedy of all time by a poll from Radio Times behind Fawlty Towers.

And "unfortunately intelligence". You do realise that is a very arrogant thing to say about a whole population and of course it shows incredible ignorance. Have you even looked at any data? Irish even in England do better academically than English children. They also do much better in PISA than the US.



Even comparing the countries in the UK the Northern Irish perform the best academically.

Pupils in Northern Ireland lead the way among UK nations in most measures of pupil outcomes, even moving ahead of the region of London, which is often widely revered for its high level of educational attainment. The highly positive outcomes displayed by pupils in Northern Ireland through the EPI study are more positive than seen in other international comparisons.

https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/n...oss-uk-nations

I really think you are trolling and trying to get a rise out of people. That's giving you the benefit of a doubt.

Anyway I don't think you have much experience with people from those two populations because you have very inaccurate opinions about them or as I said you are trolling.

[Grace O'Malley]

My Grandmother didn't even look Slavic. She had Finnish/Scandinavian influence with reference to her eyes and head shape.








Finnish woman

Your grandmother was very attractive. She has lovely bone structure and beautiful eyes.

[Richmondbread]

His ancestry results clearly show Polish/Slavic input which is also pretty significant of 20-30%. Therefore it's possible he could inherit this significant amount of all 4 or 2 of his grandparents. It's funny because he despises Slavs despite being partly one.

It does not. You are over reaching, Sir. I am at most 10% Slavic admixture, and it doesn't even show up on 23and me timeline. . My grandmother clearly had Finnish influence, which also shows up on my DNA- including Sweden and Denmark.

[Richmondbread]

My brunette doppelganger.

She was considered very pretty- she was a librarian, and married my grandfather because he checked out a book called "how to succeed".