Ajnabis constantly tell this Somali woman that she does not look Somali, and now wants to take a DNA test.

She looks Somali to me. There is no single look for us, we can have varied appearances while still being Somali.

Af-Maay is absolutely a dialect of Somali since its grammar, syntax and vocab makes it apart of the Somali language branch.

Also, I can't emphasise this enough but archeogenetics have made it clear that all ethnic Somalis are genetically identical on the autosomal level. All the various samples across Somaliweyn attest to that. So to me Daroods, Isaaqs, Hawiyes and Dirs are no different from Rahaweyn as they are all confederations of Somalis.
I feel like people exaggerate like 2-5% admixture that they say all rx have, to outsider that’s still pure somali.
 
She's Rahanwyn. And to be honest some of us Rahanweyn have bantu admixture like other somali clans. I'm not even denying it.

A good example would be the president of SWS Laftagareen. Who when I first saw him I genuinely thought he was west African.

But we need to accept as Somali we are diverse. Just because someone is bantu or has Bantu features doesn't mean they aren't Somali.
if someone is Bantu then they are not Somali. Also we are not diverse.
 

Sophisticate

~Gallantly Gadabuursi~
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She falls within the spectrum of Somali-looking. Somali phenotype policing is a bit excessive. We are not carbon copies. There are different types of looks within the Somali frame, and she does not drastically deviate from them. Keep in mind, everyone has a different reference point for how they read you.
If you don’t look like my family YOUR NOT SOMALI!
 

Leila

Wanaag iyo Dhiig kar
It’s the large eyes that make her look more Habesha like but like someone already said that there isn’t a typical Somali look ,
 
Im beginning to wonder if some of you guys have never left your houses. This is the most avg looking somali girl I went to school with hundreds of girls who looked like this.
 
She's Rahanwyn. And to be honest some of us Rahanweyn have bantu admixture like other somali clans. I'm not even denying it.

A good example would be the president of SWS Laftagareen. Who when I first saw him I genuinely thought he was west African.

But we need to accept as Somali we are diverse. Just because someone is bantu or has Bantu features doesn't mean they aren't Somali.
Bro have you not seen deni ?
 

reer

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Bro have you not seen deni ?
yes i have seen deni.

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Deni gaajo in his youth and deni after overeating.

Very much Somali.
 

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