Search Results: qualities in a person

I've seen a lot of successful marriages of people from different parts of the globe, almost unaware of where the other person is from and what living like them entails, gradually learning about each other and falling in love in the process.
Although I'm not against marrying in my own community/country/religion etc. but living in a foreign country makes me think.
There are so many people who break up saying 'they're too different' so what if the person you're 'similar' to or rather meant to be with is completely different from you in every aspect of their history but have the all the qualities you were looking for?

So have you ever met someone you didn't want to date cause they knew nothing about your history and culture? Has this been/could be a dealbreaker?
Or share your thoughts, what do you think?

I have noticed a trend the girls that are attracted to me. They look somewhat similar or they have similar personalities (fair skin, blue/green eyes, brunette, cute and independent, etc.). What do you think? It could just be my default preference. Is it because we are genetically predisposed to attract certain types of people? Are we taught this based on our interaction with certain people? Is it by choice or a preference of ours? Or, here's a kicker for you - do we actually have power in choosing who to attract by creating those moments and attractive qualities for that person?