Wa-pedia Home > Japan Forum & Europe Forum
Results 1 to 8 of 8

Thread: Mongolian blue spot (蒙古斑)

  1. #1
    曙金事 (what a tasty dog) A ke bono kane kotto's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 14, 2007
    Age
    40
    Posts
    77

    Mongolian blue spot (蒙古斑)

    I recentlt heard about a very peculiar and intriguing thing. Japanese, and indeed most East Asian people have a big blue birthmark on their lower back and buttocks. It looks like a huge bruise. It disappears in childhood (often before age 5), but some people keep it into adulthood.

    The scientific term is Mongolian macula. Turkish and some Eastern European people (like the Hungarians) also have it.
    I like 美人ネス

  2. #2
    Just me Glenski's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 20, 2003
    Location
    Somecity, Japan (American)
    Posts
    80
    uh, yeah. My kid has/had it. So?

  3. #3
    Regular Member FrustratedDave's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 19, 2007
    Location
    Osaka
    Posts
    68
    My eldest had it for about 6 months, but my youngest never had it.

  4. #4
    Banned
    Join Date
    Sep 8, 2007
    Location
    外宇宙
    Posts
    103
    Vast majority Chinese,Japanese & SE Asian ( exclude South Pacific populations like Malaysians etc ) babies have it.

    A percentage of Hispanic people also have it.

    The so-called Mongolian blue birthmark (蒙古斑) have been circulated in cyberspace these past few years by one particular NE Asian ethnicity fed by ultra-nationalistic-education that they're of " unique pure " Mongol origin,the one and only people in this world ( according to their school textbooks ) have " the blueish butt-mark " at birth.

    Otherwise,Asian folks rarely ( I mean rarely ) bring up the topic or would mention it in casual conversations at all.

  5. #5
    曙金事 (what a tasty dog) A ke bono kane kotto's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 14, 2007
    Age
    40
    Posts
    77
    Quote Originally Posted by tokapi View Post
    The so-called Mongolian blue birthmark (蒙古斑) have been circulated in cyberspace these past few years by one particular NE Asian ethnicity fed by ultra-nationalistic-education that they're of " unique pure " Mongol origin,the one and only people in this world ( according to their school textbooks ) have " the blueish butt-mark " at birth.
    The Wikipedia page says that 25% of the Hungarians have it. They look much more European than Asian though.

    Apparently East Africans have it too. I don't think there is any connection between the Mongols and East Africans, except that all humans in the world can trace their roots back to East Africa about 100,000 years ago. Maybe the wave that emigrated to East Asia had carriers of the blue mark mutations, and other waves who colonised Europe, the Middle East and South Asia did not.

  6. #6
    Banned
    Join Date
    Sep 8, 2007
    Location
    外宇宙
    Posts
    103
    Quote Originally Posted by A ke bono kane kotto View Post


    The Wikipedia page says that 25% of the Hungarians have it.

    They look much more European than Asian though.



    Mongol Empire reached as far as Eastern Europe what's present-day Hungaria and occupied the area for some decades,this might explain it.

    Also,Hungarian population has an admixture of people originally migrated from Central Asia many centuries ago.

    Well,their " Asiatic-Mongol blood " thinned out after over one thousand years of intermixing with other Caucasoid-locals ( European tribes ).

  7. #7
    遠いから行きません GaijinPunch's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 25, 2004
    Location
    Tokyo
    Posts
    67
    My wife gets them on various places on her body, usually after talking back.

  8. #8
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    May 29, 2010
    Posts
    6
    That's cool. I didn't know that. So they arent built like us after all.

Similar Threads

  1. Shenzhou VI just landed, 1 km away from the preset spot.
    By innerfire in forum Finance, Economy & Science
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: Oct 17, 2005, 10:34
  2. Jenglish on the spot
    By Maciamo in forum Miscellaneous
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: Apr 9, 2003, 21:20

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •