Originally posted by Robtard
HYG again, from the article:The results showed that not only do modern Greeks share strong ties with Mycenaeans, but that three quarters of the DNA belonging to the Mycenaean and Minoan samples closely correlated with ancient farmers from Turkey—making them genetic siblings. -snip
The team’s DNA testing also revealed that ancient Mycenaeans and Minoans contained DNA traits shared with people from eastern Caucasus (Iran), which may have been the result of migration from the east. The two groups shared similar features, including brown hair and eyes, however the Mycenaean DNA samples did contain shared markers with people from Eastern Europe and Siberia which the Minoans did not, according to Science. -snip
Stamatoyannopoulos told Science that the genetic similarities between modern Greeks and their ancient relatives are “particularly striking given that the Aegean has been a crossroads of civilizations for thousands of years.” -snip
tl;dr version: The ancient Greeks looked a lot like the current Greeks.
Here you go:
Using a novel method of quantitative analysis of ADMIXTURE output we find that the Slavic ancestry of Peloponnesean subpopulations ranges from 0.2 to 14.4%.
https://www.nature.com/articles/ejhg201718
Looks like there's a very clear reason many Ancient Greeks, in the Classical and Hellenistic periods, were described as their gods were portrayed: fair-skinned and bright-eyed. Not odd at all and predictable. And their genes reflect this and it can still be seen in modern day Greece.
Since fair-skinned, bright-eyed people are very well documented among the Greeks and their Pantheon, no amount of kicking and screaming will change history.
Here's what you're trying to do:
You want to move the facts from Fair-skinned, light-haired Greeks to brown haired, olive skinned people with still many being blond/e, read haired, blue-eyed, etc. lol Still not black, though. Ya dig? This is partly why we have historical records that describes the Spartans as blondes and bright-eyed. Greece is a mixture of a lot of different people. It's also why the Pantheon is often portrayed and described with golden hair, blonde hair, etc.: idealized views of beauty at the time and throughout history. Athenian women often bleached their hair so it would look blonde or golden. This is partly why their gods looked like that did.
Ariel? Triton's daughter? Fair-skinned and either green-haired or red-haired. Oh, and depending on the depiction, either very beautiful, or hideously monstrous.
And modern Greece? Still a hefty percent of the population are blondes. There's lots of diversity among the modern Greeks. To black-wash a significant portion of their population is to be racist (just the same as white-washing them). It's best to just be honest and stick to the facts.
What does Ariel, the hypothetical daughter of Triton - from the Greek Pantheon - look like in your guess? 🙂
Even better, was does Pallas look like? What about Poseidon with his blue eyes?