Originally Posted by
Frowning Man
Elementary reason. Mingrelians from Zugdili are considered the darkest among Mingrelians. Why? There are many people from upper Svaneti there. Those who remained to live there, mixed with the locals or became assimilated. The Svans are actually one of the darkest in western Georgia. Same with the Mingrelians from Abkhazia. Many Apsua and Armenians lived in Abkhazia, and some Mingrelians mixed with them in Abkhazia. In Megrelia itself, the regions where there are many immigrants from Svaneti are darker than those regions where there are few of them. In general, Megrelia, according to anthropological studies, is the most depigmented region in terms of hair. This is not only Martvili, but also Senaki, Chkhorotsku, Gali. And among the Imeretians, the most depigmented are not the southern ones, but the lower ones, who live in the Colchis lowland - the swamps, and this is the west.
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