Why do some Eastern Europeans have Asian features?

Question

Slightly slanted eyes, jet black hair, light to medium porcelain skin. You can tell that they look slightly different from the Western and Central Europeans. Can someone please explain to me how these features came about in Eastern Europeans?

Answer 1

they certainly do! check out these ukranians.

http://www.human-biodiversity.com/galler...

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some slavs have tatar/older siberian or other asian ancestry,as do the finns.etc.

its a good mix because eastern european women tend to be stunning.

Answer 2

Its the same principle as why do some caucasian people look African American in America?  If two populations of different ethnicity's are close enough to each they are bound to inter-breed.  Also, according to historical/archaeological accounts around the time of the Byzantine era Far Eastern populations migrated westward into Eastern Europe and settled for good, inhabiting Romania, Bulgaria, etc.  

Answer 3

The Caucasian and mongoloid populations don't suddenly swap over, there's a gradual clinal variation in the appearance of the people as you move from West to East.

Also, the mongol hordes reached as far as Turkey.

Answer 4

Genghis Khan and his armies invaded from Mongolia as far West as Turkey.  I recently read on an authoritative website (can't remember which one, possibly BBC or The Times) that most of Eastern Europeans had some specific genes which indicated that they were direct but distant descendants of Genghis Khan, who seems to have been very busy impregnating as many females as he could - hundreds, maybe thousands whilst invading other countries.  

Answer 5

Historically: migrations, invasions, intermarriage, and rape.

Now: White girls with Asian guys, awww yeah

Answer 6

Probably because Eastern Europe is closer to Western Asia...

Answer 7

Some Eastern Europeans have Mongoloid blood in them which makes them look Asian. The most noticeable feature that stands out amongst European with Mongoloid blood is their eyes, it is slightly slanted. Also, the Europeans with these type of features also tend to have jet black hair like the Asians.