Russell wrote:yanpa wrote:I was actually being serious. There is apparently a slight genetic predeliction for persons with Tohoku ancestry to have blue eyes. Though I can't find any usable references right now. Might be something to do with Ainu genes.
Would there also be such a thing with Dutch genes in Kyushu?
Or weren't they allowed to fuck the locals in Dejima?
Not being allowed to fuck does not preclude actual fucking taking place. I am not sure how carefully they controlled the sex of those who had access to Dejima. Even so, there definitely is record of the odd guy rooting around the depths of Japanese culture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Fr ... ese_family
Yanpa's Tohoku theory is an interesting one but may need more research. There was a surprisingly large Russian emigre community there at one stage too. I am suspicious that the claims of blue eyed Ainu might be extrapolation from the now largely deprecated "Ainu are caucasian" theories, which were largely based on body hair and nothing more, and I'd like to see data. If they are concentrated on the west coast of Hokkaido, I think we can guess a source.