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Are Romanians the most phenotypically diverse Europeans?

In looking at pictures of Romanian crowds, I saw people that looked traditionally Eastern European or "Slavic," others that looked typically Mediterranean/SE European and akin to Greeks or southern Italians, and even some who looked vaguely Central Asian or Turkic/Tatar. I also saw Germanic looks and generic Western European looks as well. With the possible exception of Russia (because of its sheer size), I don't believe any other European country contains locals who run such a wide gamut (although France and Italy come close IMO).

I have also read that their origins are not completely clear and that it has been generally hypothesized and strongly believed that their origins reflect a mixture of, among other groups, the indigenous Dacians/Thracians, Roman soldiers and colonists from all over the Roman Empire (hence the name and Latin-based language), Goths, Huns, Slavs, Bulgars, Magyars, Cumans, and Tatars. I think that the combination of the diversity of the Roman citizens who settled the land, along with the many waves of invasions/migrations, explain this wide spectrum in looks.

Update:

@Peeee?: Slavic "black heads?" LOL interesting choice of words. I can agree that Romanians do have Slavic and also some Turkic ancestry from Huns, Cumans, Tatars, and other such migratory tribes, but do you mean to tell me that you don't think that Romanians have traces of the indigenous Dacian ancestry or ancestry from the Roman colonists? After all, their language is fundamentally a Romance tongue, and if they were predominantly Slavic or other ancestry, how could they have preserved their language and identity for so long?

While I agree that the Slavs in Romania were assimilated into the Romanian people and made a substantial contribution to the ancestry of Romanians, hence the large number of Slavic words that entered the Romanian language, the Romanian language nevertheless remained a Latin-based language (it sounds like Italian with a Slavic touch). Also, many Romanians have more of a Southern/Western European look when compared to their neighbors, which I b

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Turkish people are the most diverse Europeans by a mile.

    You even have Black turks and Mongoloid Turks that

    have been there for years...as well as red haired turks to

    dark and swarthy turks. Turkey holds this title my friend.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    No

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