My background, based on my physique? can u tell me?

Question

we are jews. my mom comes from morocco, meaning we were originally from israel, then went to spain, then morocco.

as for my dad, he was born in romanian, but i have a huge feeling he might have a different heritage. based on the physical features i have, could you tell me if its possible we might actually be turks?

well i do look somewhat slanted-eyed if u look close. my dad looks turkish too.

i heard that if u have a bump at the back of ur head, its a mongolian thing. i have that. plus all myfinger pads and toe pads have pointed bumps. where do u think we come from?

Answer 1

Interestingly enough, there was a large group of Turkic people living around the Caspian Sea around the turn of the last millennium.  They were called the Kahzars.  There is a tale told of these people about how their Kaghan (ruler) decided to convert his people to Monotheism, but wasn't certain whether to choose Judaism, Christianity or Islam.  Each relgion tells a story in which they "win".  

However, if the Jewish version is true, then a large population of Turkic peoples were converted to Judaism around a thousand years ago, and then disperse throughout Europe when their Empire collapsed.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazar

Answer 2

Well the mongol people did once conquer much of Asia and even spread into present day Turkey and other parts of eastern Europe. You're probably both Turkish and Mongolian to an extent. When the people living in Turkey got invaded, I'm sure the women there were probably "invaded" as well, you know, raped or became concubines. Some of the interbreeding was probably of free will too.

Have fun studying the bumps on your head, I actualy have a flat spot... but I have no phrenological interpretation for it.

Answer 3

Anybody can have slanted eyes. Slanted eyes could mean Asian ancestry, African Ancestry or Arab ancestry. European people do not have slanted eyes unless they are mixed with one of the three groups.

Does it really matter what you are mixed with, since we all are related to African humans?