which ethnicities do I look and which would i pass as ?

[Ben Dover]

from what i have seen i can also pass in western georgia as ajar . and also laz if that counts as western georgian because i know for a fact that i pass as laz since laz are in turkey and i know how they look and a laz guy also said i pass easily

to be honest i sometimes have the feeling i could even pass as an atypical abhkazian

Laz are regarded as the "whites" of western asia along with western georgians. I don't know much about laz since I haven't seen many of them, but I am kinda certain that you wouldn't pass as a regular/typical adjarian man. I think abkhasians resemble megrels in looks and in that case it is even less likely for you to pass well there as you have said already. I think it depends on the degree of passing in the certain place, because an individual can pass in many regions and countries and for example I can pass as kurdish but atypically... Your best pass in georgia is kakheti in my opinion but even there you wouldn't have a typical kakhetian male look. I don't know how to say this but they have a kind of look that is overlapping with other northern west asians, but it is still distinct in its own way probably because of high CHG they have. That frames their looks. This is especially true for western georgians and abkhazians.

 

[Kurdquistador]

laz the "whites" of west asia ? nope . they are not much lighter than turkey kurds despite the myth . i mean they ARE lighter yes but far from being significantly lighter than us . turks from north / west are a little lighter than laz

regarding adjarans i have told you already that i have seen many facebook accounts of them and i see no reason to not pass

yes kakheti and also kvemo kartli etc. would be my best pass in georgia . however you are exotifying me a little tbh

 

[Ben Dover]

laz the "whites" of west asia ? nope . they are not much lighter than turkey kurds despite the myth . i mean they ARE lighter yes but far from being significantly lighter than us . turks from north / west are a little lighter than laz

regarding adjarans i have told you already that i have seen many facebook accounts of them and i see no reason to not pass

yes kakheti and also kvemo kartli etc. would be my best pass in georgia . however you are exotifying me a little tbh

I am not "exotifying" you man. I am judging based on your facial features and I of course consider the skin tone as well but I didn't say that skin tone wise you would have problems passing in eastern georgia. I just said that you can pass in eastern georgia but not as a typical one😃 you pass better as kakhetian than kartlian but there isn't a huge difference between the two groups anyway. as for laz, well yeah it might be a myth about their extreme lightness.

I know what adjarians look like😃 you can take my word for it. As I said before a person can pass poorly, mediocre and well in certain regions. Do you think you pass well for an adjarian? I have my opinion about it.

 

[Kurdquistador]

ok so would i pass atypically as ajar then in your opinion ?

as for laz you can trust me that i pass easily

 

[Ben Dover]

ok so would i pass atypically as ajar then in your opinion ?

as for laz you can trust me that i pass easily

My initial thoughts about the laz phenotype was similar to that of western georgians. I would say that you don't necessarily pass well as western georgian but you can pass between atypical and mediocre depending on the region. From the adjarians I have seen I would say you pass borderline mediocre as one. That's my opinion about it.

 

[Kurdquistador]

and what is your opinion about the question : Georgian or south/east/southeast Iranian ?

 

[Ben Dover]

and what is your opinion about the question : Georgian or south/east/southeast Iranian ?

Georgian

 

[Kurdquistador]

@Mesoman

bro what about central georgia lol . we always talk about west and east . what about central . how well would i pass there ?

 

[Ben Dover]

@Mesoman

bro what about central georgia lol . we always talk about west and east . what about central . how well would i pass there ?

There is no central georgia😃 there is a division between east and west. Eastern provinces are kakheti, mtskheta-mtianeti, kvemo kartli, shida kartli and occupied samachablo aka southern ossetia. Samtskhe-javakheti is also included in the east for the most part even though it is southern georgia technically and historically speaking. Western Georgia is imereti, samegrelo-zemo svaneti, racha-lechkhumi, guria, adjara and occupied abkhazia. The border between western and eastern georgia is likhi range. Since there is no central georgia there is no central georgian look. What else would you like to know?😀

 

[Kurdquistador]

but bro look at this

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323618290/figure/fig1/AS:601737626923036@1520476838733/Crude-geographical-division-of-Georgia_Q320.jpg

would i fit well in Gori for example ? as native

 

[Ben Dover]

but bro look at this

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323618290/figure/fig1/AS:601737626923036@1520476838733/Crude-geographical-division-of-Georgia_Q320.jpg

would i fit well in Gori for example ? as native

The general perception and division is the way I mentioned.

As I said yesterday, you wouldn't fit well in gori and central shida kartli but you can manage. I don't think many people in gori would be concerned by your look😀

I am not viewed as out of ordinary in the entire country, well in tbilisi especially since I spend most of my time here.

If you think that you pass in georgia better than me in a general sense then it is safe to say that no one would suspect anything out of the ordinary in your looks

 

[Ben Dover]

@vengeance to elaborate more on the previous comment, about 3 weeks ago I was hanging out with people from israel and they were half morrocan and half egyptian jews. One georgian guy spotted us and asked where they were from and they replied israel. I told him that I was from georgia and he told me that I looked georgian and stuck out from them.

 

[Kurdquistador]

i dont fit better as georgian than you wtf . and i never said so lol

 

[Ben Dover]

i dont fit better as georgian than you wtf . and i never said so lol

I look too med to pass at least averagely even in eastern georgia don't I? If anything with your minor taurid influence you have a better overlap with eastern georgians than I have. I am almost pure med. I think you are over exaggerating about me passing in georgia

 

[Kurdquistador]

georgians have also many med types and euromed and georgian looks overlap

there is no fucking way that i would pass better as georgian than you . i can pass only as a greasy hairy olive oil smelling swarthoid

 

[Ben Dover]

georgians have also many med types and euromed and georgian looks overlap

there is no fucking way that i would pass better as georgian than you . i can pass only as a greasy hairy olive oil smelling swarthoid

Well lad I gave you my opinion about it. You told me that there are other georgian members on this forum so you can also get their perspective about this.

 

[Kurdquistador]

anyway lets leave it at that for now regarding georgia

i think i pass well as syrian

 

[Ben Dover]

anyway lets leave it at that for now regarding georgia

i think i pass well as syrian

Which syrian? Sothern/eastern or western/northern?

 

[Kurdquistador]

Which syrian? Sothern/eastern or western/northern?

a non bedouin leaning one . not sure about where exactly but probably northern

 

[Ben Dover]

What about alawites? They are indigenous northern levantine/western syriac people