Originally posted by Donnie Darko

Race is a real thing to some extent, for example you can't transplant a white person's kidney into a black person,

Originally posted by Donnie Darko

Originally posted by calihan_12

Originally posted by Donnie Darko
I'm curious to find out the ethnicity of my dad's dad. His last name was Miller, which makes me think he's probably English ... but it's also a Jewish surname. I look slightly Middle Eastern but that's probably just because most Europeans have a trace of Middle Eastern ancestry due to migration.

[edit on 24-9-2009 by Donnie Darko]

hmm yeah you may or may not be of middle eastern descent. do you know if any of your ancestors were jewish?

now that i am really thinking about it, i think i look more greek, as does my brother. he looks extremely greek.

i don't. my dad never knew his dad, and i've never met him either. my dad has really pale skin but dark/Mediterranean features. He looks Basque/Spanish of anything actually.

Is your avatar you? If it is, you do look Greek. You're quite attractive too btw. Like I said though, Israel and Greece are close together, and have a similar climate, so that could be why, or it's also possible you're descended from Greek Jews.

Originally posted by titorite

Originally posted by Donnie Darko

Race is a real thing to some extent, for example you can't transplant a white person's kidney into a black person,

Wait... Are you serious? Last I heard all organs were interchangeable regardless of race. I mean I understand sickle cell only goes for darker tones...black and to a lesser extent Mediterranean/Arabic But it was my understanding that you can still transplant blood kidneys or any other organ...

How is race a factor with organ transplant?

Originally posted by calihan_12


how come your dad never knew his dad? have you asked your grandma at all about him?

Originally posted by calihan_12
aww thats pretty sad.

the whole pale skin/dark features makes me think he may be of spanish or italian descent. im not sure mediterranean, but you never know!

my dad has extremely dark skin but blonde hair and blue eyes so its kinda the opposite haha.

Originally posted by Donnie Darko

Originally posted by calihan_12
aww thats pretty sad.

the whole pale skin/dark features makes me think he may be of spanish or italian descent. im not sure mediterranean, but you never know!

my dad has extremely dark skin but blonde hair and blue eyes so its kinda the opposite haha.

the rest of my ancestry is English/Irish/Welsh too, and word is scientists found out they actually originated from Spain! Which makes sense, because English and Irish people look darker than continental northern Europeans.

is it common for people of British/Irish ancestry to have jet black hair? My dad and brother's hair is almost pure black.

The dark skin and blue eyes seems like a Greek thing too. I think it's because the founders of the Greek culture originated from the Ukraine/southern Russia and were of lighter complexion than the people native to Greece they conquered, and modern Greeks are a mix of them.

Originally posted by calihan_12

i believe it is very common for british and irish to have dark hair. my hald brother has the same mom and different dad, both parents of english descent, and hes got JET black hair but pale skin and blue eyes.