If you look at all western europe Spain,france. Italy,portugaul greece,, they all have a medeterranian look kind of like sly stallone,, or antonio banderas,, even john stamos... of course you have you white looking people in these countrys but they all have that look even though they are blue eyed and blonde haired....
But the English,, Scottish and Irish are the whitest people on earth ,,with long pointy noses and no lips and very pale skin,, plus some are actually orange with frickles,,
and they all look alike Britian has always been isolated from the rest of western europe...
do you think something fishy went on there?
2007-03-23 16:25:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Look at the royal families, read a few autobiographies by prominent authors of the Victorian and Romantic eras... like Byron... Yes, they inbred. Open a few books, you'll see cousins marrying one another and so forth...
2007-03-23 17:33:33 · answer #1 · answered by Annabella Stephens 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
All of the "races" of humans that we know today are the result of how the earth was populated. Modern science agrees with the Bible that small tribes spread out across the earth from the Africa/Middle East area thousands of years ago. I'm not sure that it is correct to call it "inbreeding", but the physical similarities you see are the result of procreation within a limited genetic stock for thousands of years. The tribes started walking and filled the earth over the generations. They couldn't easily travel back to the starting point to find a mate and instead married someone within the tribe.
The Scottish and Irish tend to be whiter than the English because many English are mixed with the French. Also lighter than the English are the Scandinavian. I myself am mostly Swedish. Light skin is beneficial in the northern latitudes to help in the production of vitamin D. And light colored eyes there are not the disadvantage they might be close to the equator. So you can see how the human body was designed to adapt.
On another topic. I might be able to help you with your problem with the JWs. I checked them out about ten years ago, but was never baptized by them. I have come to some of the same conclusions as you.
GOD bless.
Shoe
2007-03-23 18:40:20 · answer #2 · answered by Hawk 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Inbreeding happens everywhere; it's impossible to maintain exogenous unions for long.
And there's quite a bit of genetic variation among Britons.
And Britain has never been entirely isolated from Europe - Romans, Celts, Danes, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Normans in the first millennium AD, and many other interlopers of all stripes since.
2007-03-23 16:29:44 · answer #3 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It happens all over. Just ask your folks why it happened in your family!
2007-03-23 17:56:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
probably, so now tell are your mom/dad really brother sister ???
2007-03-23 16:30:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋