Does this couple look Somali to you ??

El Nino

Cabsi cabsi
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Look at the family picture, both of them are full ethnic somalis.
Brudda just looks slightly madow and even then, there is a huge difference. Some of our people really don’t know how a regular madow looks like.
 

NidarNidar

♚Sargon of Adal♚
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They look mixed madoweyn. You can see a bit of both Somali and Bantu feature with em along with looser hair texture.

there’s also a sub clan of bimaal that’s made up of mixed madoweyn with Dir paternal lineage. They could also be that
Yeah mixed with Masaai usually so have higher AEA
 

TekNiKo

Loyal To The One True Caliph (Hafidahullah)
Probably Abgaal with a slight Bantu mix. Clearly have been infected by R1a blood.
 

Mozart

You need people like me
looool why would you comment this
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Celery

We finally beat Medicare 🎊 🎉
We should allow all people to claim us. I had this old Malaysian man claim he was part Somali. I was like why not
 
What are Somalis? If not Madow with ancient admixture? It's not common, but some ethnic Somalis look closer to Madow where some could pass for some kind of Asian, most Somalis are in the middle and look stereotypically Somali.

That said, some Somalis obviously have recent Madow admixture or are from clans who have historically mixed with Madow, but, they may not even know it themselves.
 
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Sophisticate

~Gallantly Gadabuursi~
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Let us be honest, if you do not look recognizably Somali. No one will intiate such a conversation. This couple is outlier. Other than the attire. I would never guess they were ethnic Somali with zero recent admixture. Different looking Interlopers were not easily absorbed. Even records in the past indicated that non-Muslim/non-Somali North East Africans were concubines (that could have Somali offspring) and Swahilis were exclusively workers. That speaks volumes. And most Southern samples lack Niger-Congo admixture or affiliated haplogroups. Only D&M is known for some outliers. Bimaal has clients who claim them but are not part of their tribe. The truth is madows greatly deviate from archetypal Somalis and their beauty standards. This is a hard truth to swallow but must be said. Hence, why they were not seen as easily integrated and were largely not assimilated in the South.
 
Let us be honest, if you do not look recognizably Somali. No one will intiate such a conversation. This couple is outlier. Other than the attire. I would never guess they were ethnic Somali with zero recent admixture. Different looking Interlopers were not easily absorbed. Even records in the past indicated that non-Muslim/non-Somali North East Africans were concubines (that could have Somali offspring) and Swahilis were exclusively workers. That speaks volumes. And most Southern samples lack Niger-Congo admixture or affiliated haplogroups. Only D&M is known for some outliers. Bimaal has clients who claim them but are not part of their tribe. The truth is madows greatly deviate from archetypal Somalis and their beauty standards. This is a hard truth to swallow but must be said. Hence, why they were not seen as easily integrated and were largely not assimilated in the South.
Being ethnic somali is irrelevant, what matters is being from somewhere in the country
 

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