Darkies

topic posted Fri, November 10, 2006 - 5:47 PM by  Jason
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Hi I am mostly Polish and Lit. and have dark olive ski and dark hair and dark(brown) eyes. Is there a part of Poland when this is the way we look?
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Jason
Pennsylvania
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  • Re: Darkies

    Sat, November 11, 2006 - 12:02 AM
    Sure, especially in the North. Poland has been invaded by just about everybody for the past 1500 or so years. Mongols, Tartars, Turks, Austrians, Swedes, Germans, Russians. Not to mention mercenaries fighting with the armies of each. Poles are one of the most diverse genetic pools in Europe. Up near the Belarus border are a couple of Tartar villages. They even have beautiful wooden mosques. I'm going to visit them this winter.
    • Re: Darkies

      Sun, November 12, 2006 - 6:26 PM
      Thanks for the info I found out over the weekend that my great grandfather might of been a russian jew how came to poland and took on being polish...........your burning man photo was that at the "burning man" thing in the desert??

      Thanks for the info
      • Re: Darkies

        Sun, November 12, 2006 - 10:32 PM
        Yes, on the photo. Poland used to be a lot bigger. It encompassed parts of the Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and Germany. The Soviets redrew the maps, creating the countries you see today. I'm constantly talking to Poles who say, we had land, or estates, or a house in these places, sometime in the not so distant past, but lost it. Michner wrote a book in English titled "Poland", It is an interesting historical novel, well written, and quite factual. I recommend it to anybody who wants to try to understand the Poland of today. Lots of interesting parallels.

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