Are there any free sites like Ancestry, that let you trace your family history?
The best free genealogy site is undoubtedly Free Family History and Genealogy Records for census records and other records.NEVER copy free family trees from that site or any other site. We all start that way, patting ourselves on the back for finding our entire family tree, but it is almost guaranteed to be full of errors. I look back at my original tree and shudder. How did I miss women who allegedly gave birth at age 60? How did I believe that kid was born AFTER his father? Okay, I can be forgiven for mistaking one John Leavell born at about the same time in the same county for another one, but it sure messed up my tree. Use free family trees for hints, but go to Free Family History and Genealogy Records or even a pay site like Ancestry to find documents that back up those trees’ claims.For fairly recent obituaries, try Legacy.com | Where Life Stories Live On but older obituaries are available at pay sites.For grave records and tombstone photos try BillionGraves or http://findagrave.com but remember that people can link graves to each other, and just like free family trees, they may make mistakes linking children to alleged parents.Go to your public library and sign out Genealogy for Dummies or similar books and they’ll give you great advice.Don’t forget a Google search, but be as detailed as you can. If you’re looking for John Smith, you’ll get millions of hits. Make it “John Smith 1895 Whitfield County Massachusetts”. If his wife has an unusual name, search for her instead. Remember to try different spellings. He might be listed as John Smythe in some important record. For some reason, personal web sites don’t always show up in general searches. I’ve had a free website up for many years with Leavell, Tyner, Perkins, Goodwin, Sherrill, Hackleman, Adkins, Beard, and dozens of other names, but when I search for them (even just by the surname) the pages don’t show up.
Can anyone have semitic facial features?
Facial features in any racial group are a matter of frequency, not all-or-none. The genes that produce the looks you described are probably more common among Arab and Jewish populations (we should note that Arabs and Jews probably have a common ancestry in Mesopotamia), but they could arise among any population that has any genes at all for those features. A good deal of kinship should be assumed between any ethnic groups living close to each other. People will and do interbreed and intermarry--hence there are practically no blacks in the U.S. of 100% African heritage, practically no 100% Britons, practically no 100% French or Germans or Jews. There's a decent likelihood that any group of people living around the Egypt/Palestine/Israel area, or the Mediterranean Sea, have some Jewish genes somewhere in the population.
What are some scandinavian and dutch facial traits?
I'm 100% Japanese but I have reason to believe that I may have some scandinavian or dutch roots way way back that appeared in my grandmother and in some of my facial features through recessive genes. I was just wondering what are typical scandinavian and dutch traits? I'm mostly interested in the jawbone area, cheekbones, nose bridge, lips as well as neck/collarbones, and overall body frame. Also, what are the typical eye colors? and would that mean that my recessive eye gene is likely that color?
How accurate are facial reconstructions from skulls?
The best quote about facial reconstructions is "it's a face he could have had."There are standard metrics for building up facial muscle depth based on ethnicity/ancestry, and there are tables of tissue thickness that forensic artists use. The nose is tricky, as there isn't a way to tell how much cartilage there is when only bone remains (same with ears). Sometimes you can get an idea if the nasal bones (at the bridge of the nose) are particularly long or bumpy. They'll use a generic nose and ears just to fill in the portrait. Additionally, think of all the characteristics above the skin that go in to identifying a person - hair, weight, makeup, eyebrow shape. Have you ever done a double take and said "Oh, I didn't recognize you!" when an acquaintance gets a haircut? Now imagine if they had no hair, a slightly different nose, the wrong eye color, and totally different ears. People have failed to identify family members based on facial reconstructions.When you have a famous face (like Richard III), people get lulled into thinking it's incredibly accurate - but when you have a portrait to base your nose and hair on, the reconstruction begins to look much more like the living individual.
Where can I find what heritage my facial features come from? (Or can you tell me?)?
Is there a website that will tell me certain traits associated with certain heritages? Or a website that I can submit a picture to or something?? Or is there possibly someone who can tell me? : I have light brown hair with dark brown eye brows&dark round brown eyes, a small oval shaped face with high cheek bones, and a nose that is turned up with one of those little lines down the middle. My skin is medium/fair but tans easily, and i am medium heighth and slender. I am said to have dutch, german, irish and native american heritage.
Trying to find out geneaology through facial features?
Is there a way I can do that? If so, what's a website? My family knows nothing about its family tree, & I just want to know a little bit more about where we came from. I know there's some Native American in it, and there must be some Scot-Irish in it. Every surname I know is related to me is English. For those who want to go ahead and take a crack at it, here's some stuff about my face: My eyes slant downward. They're not super far apart, but their farther than closer. They look gray and green sometimes, but they are mainly blue. My hair is naturally brown. During the summer it got very light. It had a very red tint to it. Although my hair is light, my eyebrows are naturally dark, and also thick. They slant down, too, especially when I smile. My nose is not huge, but its . . . I think aqueline? If not, a word similar - it points kinda downwards. It looks okay when I'm not smiling - kind of round and cute-ish. But then I smile and its all . . . I can't stand it. I have full lips and a kind of biggesh mouth - it's not comically big, though, like some people's. I have pale, cool-toned skin with slowly vanishing freckles. Both of my parents are extremely tan, so I don't know how this happened. If I tried to tan, I'd probably be brown like them. I have a round face with a chin that's on the larger side. My cheek bones do not stand out, and I have one dimple in my left cheek, which looks kinda weird. So . . . does Scot-Irish & Native American explain all that, or is there something else I might be? Mom says my paternal grandmother might be Italian . . . That'd be cool. I wish I was Russian, but I doubt I am. I might marry one just so my daughters can look Russian.
Is there a site that can tell me what race/ethnicity I resemble, based on various pictures?
Sure, just googling turns up Will you guess my heritage? I'm sure there are others.
What are typical Dutch facial features?
There are mainly two skullforms, the frankish and the saxon. (Mine is rather round (saxon), although I am a 50–50 mix). Noses are not long, almost never hooked and can be rather fleshy. Distance between the eyes is commonly medium, almost never short. Cheekbones not protruding. As we are called “Kaaskoppen (cheeseheads)”, by our loving neighbors in the south, you could get a good impression looking at an Edam cheese. (The export form is red coated, which you should not take into account)
Can facial recognition distinguish people’s ethnicities?
It can. Fun demo here → Ethnicity & Diversity Recognition from Kairos
Is Kate Moss part Asian?
I always thought she was part Asian, like a 1/4, bc of her exotic looks, facial structure, and almond-shaped eyes. Is she part Asian? I know her mom is full white, but is her dad part Asian/ Doesn't she look part Asian to you? Yet a website lists her as white.