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Question: What Nationality is this guy!?
black hair,
blue eyes,
big cheekbones,
prominent long nose,
pale skin but tan's very well

listening to these details, where do you think this guy is from !?

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Nationality is not the same thing as ethnicity or race!. Nationality is usually where you are born and where you have your citizenship!.

I had ancestors in the U!.S!. before the Mayflower, at Jamestown, Virginia and there were those that some say crossed an ice bridge from East Asia many thousands of years ago and were here to greet the Vikings, the Spanish, the English, the French and even St!. Brendan!. Still a person who receives naturalization in a federal court this week, their nationality is just as American as mine is!.

Now, in my ethnic and racial heritage, I am a Pedigree American Mutt!.

Blue eyes, pale skin and black hair are fairly common among Irish!. However, I doubt it if it is exclusive to the Irish!.

Actually, the combination you mentioned might be a combination from a number of different ethnicities that is in that person's background!.

In genealogy, we don't think in terms of a person's appearance in determining their background!. Instead we trace ancestry using documents starting with one person and working back one generation at a time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

His nationality is the country he claims as home and may have nothing to do with his ethnic background!.

He could be Australian, German, British, American South African, Canadian, French, or one of several other countries!.


We can guess until the cows come home, but unless we research the ancestry we wouldn't know for sure what his ethnicity is!. Nationality is easy if we know his address!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If he tans well it may have something to do with coming from a family that may have originated from a warm-climated country!. Long nose could mean anything, from French to just being in big proportion!. Black hair is rare but does not deteremine nationality much!. Anyone can have blue eyes!. I do!.
Big cheekbones!.!.!. I'm not sure about that one!.
I'm going to go with Eastern European!. Lets say!.!.!. Russian!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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