Why do some Eastern Europeans look Arab?

[Anonymous]

Eastern Europeans

Arabs

[Wraith_Cemetery]

There is a simple reason for that. There is a shared gene pool between a lot of those Arab, Kazakh, Turkic, Phoenician and European countries. Especially in regards to the Jordanians, Syrians, and Lebanese. It has a lot to do with trade, conquests, and colonization.

Lebanon and Syria were occupied by the French at one point so a lof them look exactly like Europeans due to intermarriages.

[Asker]

Why do some Russians look Scandinavian or Korean?

[Wraith_Cemetery]

You're talking about the Russians/Serbians who live far east. They share a gene pool with Mongolians and other Asians in that area.

You're also forgetting that Caucasians were once from that area too (Caucus mountains).

[Asker]

Russians in Saint Petersburg look very Swede.

[Wraith_Cemetery]

That's western Russia. So, yes, they're more like Swedes. Both do have a long Viking history and interacted with eachother. So, it makes sense.

[strateguy632]

Due to Ottoman empire in Danube river region. People mixed all over Ottoman empire for 400 years until British won World War 1.