My father was Sarmatian Greek. As Greek as any Greek, part of the Greek empire for what, a millennia? Lived in Greece their whole life and immigrated to the US through Bulgaria.
They are middle eastern. Greeks. They have sandy pale white skin, and dark middle eastern hair. My dad was the whitest person in every room he was in, but had an afro in high school.
And he's as Greek as any Greek.
That's why the internet sounds like morons in this conversation. They don't know what Greek means.
You can say the same about almost any country in the region (if not most countries in the world).
I lived in Turkey for a year. In truth, most Turks fit the phenotype: they tend to have darker skin, dark hair, and all-around swarthy appearance. But I also know many Turks who are extraordinarily pale and have naturally blond or ginger hair. I’ve even met some from the far Southeast who could’ve easily passed themselves off as Indian or Pakistani.
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u/MjrLeeStoned 13d ago
The internet doesn't understand who Greeks are.
They don't look like one thing.
My father was Sarmatian Greek. As Greek as any Greek, part of the Greek empire for what, a millennia? Lived in Greece their whole life and immigrated to the US through Bulgaria.
They are middle eastern. Greeks. They have sandy pale white skin, and dark middle eastern hair. My dad was the whitest person in every room he was in, but had an afro in high school.
And he's as Greek as any Greek.
That's why the internet sounds like morons in this conversation. They don't know what Greek means.