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[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

People like you are the reason why I specifically chose the words: "Any too obviously genetically impossible traits"

Americans and brits do not look clearly different. Similar enough.

But you must have skipped that part of what I wrote or have just jumped to a knee-jerk answer after the first words?

Also: americans are a nation of immigrants. Except the few native Americans, so they can be realistically be played by a wild mix.

[–] Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Americans have giant chins

The Clinton Lewinsky chin

[–] SunshineJogger@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Top 10 countries of origin for non native Americans which are like 99% of America today:

Top ten countries of origin for Americans (non-native)

  1. Germany ~14% 4–7 generations ago
  2. Africa (Sub-S) ~12% 8–15 generations ago (enslaved)
  3. Mexico ~11% 1–5 generations ago
  4. Ireland ~10% 4–7 generations ago
  5. England ~8% 8–15 generations ago
  6. Italy ~5.5% 4–5 generations ago
  7. Poland ~3% 4–5 generations ago
  8. France ~2.6% 6–14 generations ago
  9. Scotland ~1.9% 5–10 generations ago
  10. Norway ~1.4% 4–7 generations ago

(1 generation ≈ 25 years. Based on US Census self-reported ancestry.)

Those meager few generations don't do anything for defining a specific look. Americans are genetically just everything thrown together while pretending to be "established".

And these are just top ten. Look at how many percent are still open to be filled with a large number of small percentage origins....