Pontid

### Location:

Greece, Turkey, Balkans, Georgia, basically most of Black sea basin even Hungary, Romania, Southern Russia, Ukraine, Poland and Eastern Germany.

### Similar types:

North Pontid, Atlanto-Mediterranean, Trans Mediterranid, Gracile Mediterranean, Paleo Pontid Atlantid, Proto Iranid, Transcaspian, Steppe Pontid, East Mediterranid, Pannonid

### Nasal shape:

Leptorrhine, straight

**Pontid** is a Mediterranid variant found in Eastern Europe. It has sometimes been associated with ancient Scythians, Kurgans, and other steppe peoples. It is considered to be an eastern variant of Atlanto-Mediterraneans. They are found mainly in Greece, Southern Russia, Romania, Turkey, Balkans, Ukraine, Hungary and even Iran, sporadically in Slovakia, Silesia, Poland, Italy and Lithuania. Common among Georgians, Tatars, Chechens, Ossetians, Avars, Circassians, Abkhazians, Dargins, Balkars and Kumyks. Sometimes in Armenians and even Arabs. The type is transitional to a *North Pontid* type, which has (East) Nordid admixture. European colonists brought this type to other parts of the world (e.g Siberia). It can also be found in North America and Australia as the result of immigration.

## Physical traits:

Light brown, sometimes fair skin, straight or wavy, brown to black hair, pigmentation sometimes somewhat lighter than in other Mediterranids. Brown eyes. Rather tall, mesoskelic, ectomorph. Mesocephalic and mildly hypsicranic with a straight and leptorrhine nose. The face is long. Facial features are not very robust, eye apertures often narrow.

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## Notable people of this type

### Male examples

* Adam Brody, American actor (Jewish descent)
* Constantine I, Roman emperor, 306–337
* Miloš Biković, Serbian actor
* Christopher George, American actor (Greek descent)
* Justinian, Byzantine emperor, 527–565
* Bora Kırkım, Turkish actor
* John Mayer, American singer-songwriter (partial Jewish descent)
* Scott Peterson, American convicted murderer
* Reid Scott, American actor
* John Stamos, American actor and musician (Greek descent)
* Barış Arduç, Turkish actor
* Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet
* Rustam Muradov, Russian general
* Sergey Lavrov, Russian politician (half Armenian)

#### Pontid–Alpinid

* David Dobrik, Slovak-American YouTuber
* Henry Polic II, American actor

#### Pontid–Dinarid

* Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
* Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer

### Female examples

* Bea Arthur, American actress and comedian (Jewish descent)
* Azra Bajrami, Canadian YouTuber (Azzyland) (Albanian descent)
* Monica Bellucci, Italian actress
* Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress
* Layah Heilpern, British YouTube influencer (Jewish descent)
* Jamala, Ukrainian singer (Crimean Tatar and Armenian descent, born in Kyrgyzstan)
* Nigella Lawson, English chef (Jewish descent)
* Dua Lipa, British singer (Kosovo Albanian descent)
* Katie Melua, Georgian-British singer
* Caroline Podlewski, French model
* Kasia Sawicka, Polish model and shooting instructor
* Elitsa Todorova, Bulgarian singer and percussionist
* Elizaveta Tolubeeva, Russian actress
* Zlata Ognevich, Ukrainian singer (Ukrainian, Serbian, Hungarian, and Italian descent)
* Wioleta Wramba, Polish journalist

#### Pontid–Dinarid or Pontid–Alpinid

* Valerie Harper, American actress (British and French-Canadian descent)
* Melina Mercouri, Greek singer, actress and cultural minister
* Natalie Wood, American actress (Russian descent)
* Vanessa Bayer, American actress (Jewish descent)

## Examples:

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## References:

1. ↑ https://www.theapricity.com/snpa/troeplate26.htm
2. ↑ http://humanphenotypes.net/Pontid.html