Does anybody know exactly where gypsy women origonated from, what kind of features they have ...im interested.

Question

Like, are they a mix of different races..if u saw somebody an u assumed she reminded u of a gypsy..what would she look like...?
thanks..

Answer 1

Gypsies are considered to be a distinct ethnicity. They are typicly dark haired with olive to bronze tones in their skin. Gypsies are believed to be from India. They have not lived there for eons. They are not from Romania. Their language is called Romany, this is the sources of the confusion with Romania. The language is the link with India that people use to trace their origins. There are many similar words in Hindi and Romany. Gypsies are very secretive about using their language in front of strangers and will often speak in another language or a patois. They are consumate musicians and have a distinct musical strain that is over one thousand years old. Music is one of the ligitamate livelyhoods of the Gypsies. Gypsies are said to be able to make a violin weep. Django Rheinhartd, a virtuoso guitarist (whose hands were damaged in a fire) is a famous musician and said to be of Gypsie origin.
Many Gypsies make a living through trickery or thievery. They set up an Oficina to work out of. They read palms and cards and will encouage patsies to spend more and more money to offset a bad fortune or fate. They also have a lot of scams that involve theft. One Gypsie woman would steal valuable diamonds from jewelery stores in New York, using a screaming child as a diversion.
Gypsies will often appoint a "King," a ruse they use to distract the police. They will find some one in the group who is retarded or of low intelligence and elect him King. When the police come to talk to them the King will put them off the trail of the real culprits.
There is still a lot of anymosity against the Gypsies in Europe. Targeted by Hitler, along with the Jews and others, Gypsies are still reviled in many places in Europe. There are even two names for Gypsies: Gitane, or Gitano is one and Tsigane is another. Tsigane is more of an insult word than the others.
Of further interest see: The Travelers. Travelers live in Ireland and North America. They have many of the practices of the gypsies, but they do not appear ethnicly related.

Answer 2

The Roma People (singular Rom; sometimes Rroma, Rrom), sometimes called "Romany Folk" in the United Kingdom, often referred to as Gypsies or Gipsies, are a diverse ethnic group who live primarily in Southern and Eastern Europe, Western Asia, Latin America, the southern part of the United States and the Middle East. They are believed to have originated mostly from the Punjab and Rajasthan regions of India. They began their migration to Europe and North Africa via the Iranian plateau around 1050.[19]

Traditionally most Roma spoke Romani (Romany), an Indo-Aryan language. Today, however, most Roma speak the dominant language of their region of residence.

Answer 3

I had a Romanian ex girlfriend who was Roma (this is what they prefer to be called now...Roma). They originated in Northern India, but today their highest population density is in Romania. Originally they were thought to have come out of Egypt, thus the term gypsy. They tend to be slender, and usually have mocha skin, dark hair, and dark brown eyes. However in areas where they live alongside many light skinned whites (like in Ireland, where they are insultingly known as "pikeys") they tend to be lighter skinned and occasionally have blue eyes.

Answer 4

Because recorded history of the Roma prior to their first documented appearances in Europe in the early 15th century is non-existent, there has been much debate as to their origins and early migration. Based on linguistic evidence (the similarity of the Romany language to Hindi, Panjabi, and related languages of Northern India) and anthropological evidence (body habitus and ABO blood group distributions closely approximating those of the warrior classes of northern India)(7), there is now a clear consensus of opinion that the modern day Roma of the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and the Americas originated in Northwestern India. There is also a general consensus regarding the approximate timing of their emigration, or at least the bulk of it if you believe in more than one wave of emigration - ie in the 11th century.


The route(s) and even the number(s) of emigrations is less well agreed upon, although this too is becoming clearer. Some allude to at least several waves of emigration from northern India. There is a persistent believ that several migrations took place between the 10th and 13th centuries, with the first potential migration identified going back to the 5th century. Often quoted and perpetuated is the story of the receipt by Persian monarch, Behram Gour, of 12,000 musicians (called Zott, arabicized from Jatt - ancestors of the modern Persian Luris or Lulis) from an Indian king. This story is reported in both Pott's introduction quoting Firdousi (1), and confirmed by Arabian historian Hamsa of Isfahan. This story is attractive to many because even to this day the Roma are perhaps best known for their music and dance. Others point to a major wave of emigration taking place at the time of Muslim invasions of Northern India in the early 800's. Several further invasions during the 10th to 13th centuries resulted in subsequent emigrations (2,3,4).


The most recent evidence, some of which is not yet published, will suggest a mixed population (warriors and their "camps") leaving Northern India in the 11th century in retreat from the advance of Islam. In particular,Mahmud of Ghazni conducted a series of raids over the first 25 to 30 years of the century. Linguistic evidence points to a northerly exodus through the upper Indus Valley. After crossing the Himalayas, it is likely that they followed the Silk Road west to the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, up along the west coast to the foothills of the Caucasus range, through Armenia and into the Byzantime Empire. This proposed route of migration is based on the numbers and types of words in Romani - Persion, Armenian, and Greek. This site will be updated with the appropriate reference(s) when available. Please also read a more in-depth summary based on current evidence written by Ron Lee.


Many attempts to summarize their appearances in Europe are available, most of which report them in Southeastern Europe sometime in the early 1300's, Central/Eastern Europe in the 1400's and in Western and Northern Europe later in the 1400's into the early 1500's (3,5). The Patrin, a great internet learning resource, has summarized the history and provided a timeline as well. Although we might disagree with the route and a few of the details, this is a very useful history, certainly more comprehensive than the present page, and certainly accurate in spirit. Also extremely useful is the sumary provided by the Union Romani Espagnole.

Since that time, their history is one of attempts at banishment, forced assimilation, persecution, deportation, slavery, and attempted extermination. As recently as the 1930's and 1940's the Nazis of the Third Reich imprisoned and murdered on the order of 500,000 Roma. They continue to be victims of persecution, especially in the eastern European countries of the former "soviet block".

Answer 5

as a young girl i met a family of gypsy they were from Romania,they are a mixture of diff creeds,they are nomadic people,good at running a con. They look out for one another and if they like you they treat you as family.

Answer 6

They originated in Northern India

Answer 7

They came from Romania originally (hence Romanies)

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_people


all of the answers are there.