Do caucasians with square jaws and high, prominent cheekbones--unable to grow facial hair--have Indian blood?

Question

Is it true that white men with those facial features and the inability to grow facial hair are likely to have Native American ancestry?

Answer 1

ya probably. Or it could be a hormone problem

Answer 2

I've never heard that before.

I have Native (Cherokee) heritage and it's common knowledge that the men in my family are terribly hairy, even my great-grandpa was said to be pretty rugged and he was full blood.

Answer 3

Compared to Europeans and Africans, American Indians have relatively scanty beards.  However, historically, at least, this was augmented by fashion since the men in most tribes traditionally plucked out their beards instead of allowing them to grow.

If a large percentage of Native American genes was a prerequisite for no facial hair or beard growth, then a lot of Mexican Americans couldn't grow mustaches and beards.  They, of course, can and sometimes do grow facial hair.  Note the Victorian-era facial hair on the Wikipedia site: Holmes Colbert's beard and Ely Parker's mustache and sideburns.