Select one of these regions where I pass the best in your opinion

[Ben Dover]

@chinshen how well do I pass as Assyrian

 

[Sarin]

@Sarin you must have seen some atypical Levantines then

Seen some online pics. as told before which also weren't that homogeneous I should say . But let me rephrase it . You come across as S.Euro kind that approaches towards North West Asia . I mean look at those bushy brows for eg. (in some pics.) not to mention features like dark hair , eyes etc. with a lighter skin . Now whichever region among all such a lighter Med occurs at highest frequency wrt to its population .

Aren't some Turkey & Cyprus in north Levant btw ?

 

[Tyaraya]

@chinshen how well do I pass as Assyrian

You don't pass as a very typical Assyrian looking person. I think I had mentioned before that you resemble a lot a co-worker of mine who came from Israel and that he was of an Ashkenazi background (his family originated from Germany). He had green eyes though, I can't tell from your photo if your eyes are brown or light color. When I first met my co-worker I though he was Italian until he started talking then his accent gave him away.

 

[wandering stranger]

OP looks more a Greek than an Assyrian

 

[Ben Dover]

Seen some online pics. as told before which also weren't that homogeneous I should say . But let me rephrase it . You come across as S.Euro kind that approaches towards North West Asia . I mean look at those bushy brows for eg. (in some pics.) not to mention features like dark hair , eyes etc. with a lighter skin . Now whichever region among all such a lighter Med occurs at highest frequency wrt to its population .

Aren't some Turkey & Cyprus in north Levant btw ?

No Turkey and Cyprus are geographically separate from Northern Levant. Only Hatay province of Turkey is the Northern most extent of Northern Levant but it only constitutes 1% of Turkey's entire territory.

 

[Ben Dover]

You don't pass as a very typical Assyrian looking person. I think I had mentioned before that you resemble a lot a co-worker of mine who came from Israel and that he was of an Ashkenazi background (his family originated from Germany). He had green eyes though, I can't tell from your photo if your eyes are brown or light color. When I first met my co-worker I though he was Italian until he started talking then his accent gave him away.

I have brown eyes

 

[Ben Dover]

OP looks more a Greek than an Assyrian

How so?

 

[wandering stranger]

How so?

I have seen a lot of pictures from Greece and Assyrian diaspora, in general you look more Greek. Assyrians have a peculiar look

 

[Ben Dover]

@wandering stranger as you said before, I wouldn't be perceived as a foreigner in the Caucasus region. Simultaneously, some people think that I look Levantine or pass best in Levant. Out of these 2 regions, where do you think I pass better?

 

[wandering stranger]

@wandering stranger as you said before, I wouldn't be perceived as a foreigner in the Caucasus region. Simultaneously, some people think that I look Levantine or pass best in Levant. Out of these 2 regions, where do you think I pass better?

At least you could be a Pontic Greek residing in Georgia, and you don't look like Levantine, maybe as atypical


This dude is Levantine

 

[Ben Dover]

At least you could be a Pontic Greek residing in Georgia, and you don't look like Levantine, maybe as atypical


This dude is Levantine

Pontic greeks don't look much different from Georgians I think. How well would I pass in Georgia in your opinion?

Any place/region/country which has majority med population is where I would fit kinda well.

 

[wandering stranger]

Pontic greeks don't look much different from Georgians I think. How well would I pass in Georgia in your opinion?

Any place/region/country which has majority med population is where I would fit kinda well.

You could fit well in Adjara.. in general, Meds could fit everywhere

 

[Ben Dover]

You could fit well in Adjara.. in general, Meds could fit everywhere

Not everywhere, but when it comes to west Asia and Europe meds do fit well in general

 

[wandering stranger]

What would you guess me as?

Albanian?

 

[Ben Dover]

What would you guess me as?

You don't look typical for your ethnicity if you're the guy in the pic

 

[Tyaraya]

Albanian?

Assyrian.

 

[Tyaraya]

You don't look typical for your ethnicity if you're the guy in the pic

It is me in the photo, most people have the wrong idea on how Assyrians can look like.
Most Assyrians can tell right away that I am Assyrian, only people of other ethnicity guess wrong.

 

[Ben Dover]

It is me in the photo, most people have the wrong idea on how Assyrians can look like.
Most Assyrians can tell right away that I am Assyrian, only people of other ethnicity guess wrong.

That would also mean that Assyrians aren't nearly as woggy as what you make out them to be.

As others said your phenotype passes well in Southern Caucasus

 

[Tyaraya]

That would also mean that Assyrians aren't nearly as woggy as what you make out them to be.

As others said your phenotype passes well in Southern Caucasus

You misunderstood what I said, I did not say all Assyrians are very dark and woogy. What I said is that we have some very dark individuals so if someone is dark or woggy does not mean that individual can not pass as an Assyrian.

 

[Ben Dover]

You misunderstood what I said, I did not say all Assyrians are very dark and woogy. What I said is that we have some very dark individuals so if someone is dark or woggy does not mean that individual can not pass as an Assyrian.

There are certain individuals in an ethnicity who can't pass at all as their own ethnicity. For the most part, majority of people can still pass as their own ethnicity to varying degrees. Take a look at Tiglat for example AKA GREAT SARGON. He claims to be 7/8 Kurdish but he can't pass as Kurdish. On the other hand there's me who is 3/4 Georgian Jew and I don't pass as a typical Georgian Jew, however I can still somewhat pass.

How frequently found is your looks in Assyrians?