There's nothing asiatic about them other than the somewhat slanted eyes which some finns do have, nothing wrong with that. I just wish they made Magyars and Khazars less Mongolian.
For all intents and purposes, finnish, estonians and swedish have had pretty identical genetic makeup since the stone ages. They moved and married back and forth since they first arrived after the ice melted. Fishing and hunting being the most reliable food source in the pre-feudal era, sailing was a common thing in the small sea so neighbouring tribes knew each other very well and co-marriage happened. We have to remember that humans started moving to the nordic 10.000 years ago, earliest signs of human tools in Finland are from 8400 bce. In the game, however finnish are presented as near-mongolians while swedish are the stereotypical blondes with deep set blue eyes and big beard, racial difference that is just wrong.
Even the mongol hordes had very little impact genetically in Finland (same goes for the rest of the nordic) as they stopped to Russia. Anything between Russia, Hungary and Black Sea got a decent mixing though. And the first barbarian migrations in the 400 ce. were from the east to west, again not impacting the nordic. Because lets face it, who in their right mind would want to move to a place where everything is dead 1/4 of the year and for the rest it's cold and rains constantly...
Referring finnish as mongols is some kind of internet joke since many years ago and i have no idea where it started from. Modern studies have shown that finnish are closer to central europeans and swedish than any other racial sub-class on earth. So why not just put in the game?
3 comments
I just wish they made Magyars and Khazars less Mongolian.
Even the mongol hordes had very little impact genetically in Finland (same goes for the rest of the nordic) as they stopped to Russia. Anything between Russia, Hungary and Black Sea got a decent mixing though. And the first barbarian migrations in the 400 ce. were from the east to west, again not impacting the nordic. Because lets face it, who in their right mind would want to move to a place where everything is dead 1/4 of the year and for the rest it's cold and rains constantly...
Referring finnish as mongols is some kind of internet joke since many years ago and i have no idea where it started from. Modern studies have shown that finnish are closer to central europeans and swedish than any other racial sub-class on earth. So why not just put in the game?