Your feet shape may be an indication of your heritage

[Dave]

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Some people (including scientists) believe it, see the opinion of Juan Ma. that, excited with this idea tried to collect some facts that can support the feet shape / roots relation.
Fact 1: Human genome determine several physical factors as skin, hair and eye color, shape of body and limbs, and so many more from baldness to disease tendencies.
Fact 2: Human Morphology is heritage dependent. (anthropometry)
Fact 3: There are other studies that revealed endemic tribal / family characteristics, like lack of fingerprints (adermatoglyphia) E.g.: in an outstanding number of Basque peoples.
Fact 4: We must consider mixed origins, since almost all races have mixed along the past 500 years. Very few and rare are the supposed “pure” lineages.

What are you?

Im Greek.

Id like to be known as leonidas, or aristotle from now on please.

 

[HillBill]

According to that, I'm Roman. But i can't see that being true

 

[Toddy]

Egyptian…..with fair skin, freckles and green eyes….uhuh, colour me disbelieving, Aristotle

M

 

[lou1661]

Apparently "scientists" used to be able to tell your ethnicity and intellect from the shape of your head, so I would take foot shape with a massive pinch of salt!

 

[Drain Bamaged]

Well that's ridiculous! they've all only got five toes and no webbing

 

[HillBill]

Phrenology... read something about that.... had a chuckle over it.

Apparently "scientists" used to be able to tell your ethnicity and intellect from the shape of your head, so I would take foot shape with a massive pinch of salt!

 

[Klenchblaize]

Green eyes and cheesy feet.

More info than you need but what does that make me?

Actually, feet not so bad now I'm past 50!

K

 

[The Cumbrian]

Half British (mixed English, Scottish and Welsh) and half Irish, but with Greek feet.

I have my doubts.

Cheers, Michael.

 

[Kerne]

Welsh dad, Irish mother - thought that made me pretty celtic. Now I find I'm somewhere between Egyptian and Roman! So that'll be the middle of the Med then...

 

[decorum]

What are you?

Appears I'm the progeny of indiscriminate ancestors! (None of the listed options accurately show my foot type = happy mongrel )

Phrenology... read something about that.... had a chuckle over it.

And Retrophrenology

 

[Harvestman]

That's Norfolk

 

[bob_the_baker]

Tricky for me to tell as I only have 5 fully intact toes, so the romano-celtic look, although probable, is mostly down to necrosis rather than my feet's original shape.

 

[kaiAnderson]

greek for me too, me mums Danish and me dads a scouser.

 

[Macaroon]

Born'n'bred Irish, from Norwegian stock one side and the other Irish as far back as it's possible to know............but no! Perfect Egyption!

Ought I be traumatised?..................Counselling?

 

[ADz-1983]

Utter rubbish.

 

[Dave]

Utter rubbish.

 

[ADz-1983]

Ok that was funny


..but it's still utter rubbish and has absolutely zero evidence to back it up and no basis in Science. It's just a myth, nothing more.

 

[Dave]

Yeh, probably mate.... Merrry Xmas.

 

[Toddy]

This is actually a long running theory in archaeology; but it wasn't limited to those five foot types.
The lady who did the research and the original publication said that she could tell from the skeletal remains, in those instances where the phalanges and calcaneus survive, with a fair degree of accuracy (checked against other factors, dna, the bone structure re foods in childhood, etc.,) of ancestral origin….she needs enough information not only of the toes, but the width of the foot, the shape of the heel, etc., too.

M

 

[Harvestman]

I vaguely recall a tv programme a while back about the inhabitant of Rockall and their lifestyle hunting seabirds by climbing down cliffs barefooted. It was said that their feet were distinctly different and more 'prehensile' than mainlanders.