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aot character's nationalities
okay, so from what I've found (taking things like name origins and canonical story building), im going to try and make a complete list of aot characters and their nationalities.
Eren Jaeger/Jäger: as a surprise to no one, Eren is three fourths German, one fourth Turkish.
Carla Jaeger/Jäger: Half Turkish, half German. ("Carla" comes from Germanic roots.)
Grisha Jäger/Jaeger: German. Duh.
Zeke Jaeger/Jäger: Three fourths German, one fourth English.
Mikasa Ackerman: Half Japanese, half Ashkenazi Jewish. (Duh X2. Ackerman is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname, usually hailing from Germany or Scandinavia. While I don't know which one of the two the Ackermans we see would fall under, as none of them slap me in the face as German except for perhaps Kuchel [and even she strikes me as more Italian or Dutch than anything], Ashkenazi is widely regarded as an ethnic group of their own.)
Levi Ackerman: Half Russian, half Ashkenazi Jewish. (As a half Russian Ashkenazi Jew, pretty spot on.) Levi and Russian men have similar facial structures, in which their heads are sort of heart shaped, or rounded and then pointed at the end.
Kenny Ackerman: Ashkenazi Jewish.
Kuchel Ackerman: Ashkenazi Jewish.
Armin Arlert: Okay, so (slightly?) hot take (lukewarm at best), but Armin's half German, half Finnish. He has a similar rounded face structure to most Finnish people, not to mention the hair and the eyes. (Seriously, the hair texture looks so similar.) Plus Arlert is an OLD Germanic surname, which often coincided with people of Scandinavian descent. Half German because Armin is a German name. Plus, if you look at pictures of his parents, his father resembles men of Finnish descent and his mother of women of German descent. So, tl;dr: Armin's half German, half Finnish.
Sasha Braus: I can take this one out quick as a bitch; Austrian with some Czech sprinkled in. ('Braus' is an Austrian surname. So, woo-hoo for my home country, LOL! And before people say something about how her name is a play on a German language saying...what language do you think us Austrians speak?) While not definitively Czech to the point where she can say specific family members have that descent, it's made its way into her gene pool with the hair color and texture, cheekbones/shape, and nose. (I would not say she's Russian even though 'Sasha' is definitely Russian, mostly because the other indicators point to Austrian and Czech being more likely.)
Conny Springer: Alright, hear me out AGAIN. Conny's half Slavic, and more specifically, he's half Serbian. Springer (or Špringer) is an Irish/Slavic surname often found in Serbia. Your average Serbian man and Conny share deep-set eyes, nice brows, a face that curves in that particular Conny shape, and a similar hair texture. Conny, and also John Constantine (which is what I believe is his canonical full name, someone correct me if I'm wrong), but specifically Constantine, has origins in both Old English and in Slavic language. Which brings me to his other half: German. Because when in doubt, in AOT, they're part German.
Erwin Smith: ENGLISH. next.
Hangë Zoe: Half Greek, half German. They're half Greek because the name Zoe is of greek origin. Hangë also shares qualities similar to Greek features; a Greek nose, tan skin, and dark hair. Plus with Greece still overcoming an emigration crisis as of 2019/2020, in the future, its quite plausible that many Greeks (including Hangë's possible ancestors) wound up in Germany. Hangë is a loose translation of the name "Hans", which is a VERY stereotypical German name. I mean, you literally cannot get more German than Hans unless you pull out Gretel. That being said, I do also believe that Hangë has some Indian heritage, and this is because the surname "Hange" without the umlaut gives us that of an Indian descent. Seeing has "Hangë" is, as stated before, a loose form of "Hans", the addition of an umlaut could also be just another loose form of "Hange". Although that last part might be a reach, it's not completely out of the realm of possibility that one or two of their ancestors were Indian.
Ymir: So, with Ymir, it is a COMPLETE toss up because her name was given to her by the cult as a namesake and not as a geographically given name. What we know about her is that she is; most likely fully caucasian; she has dark hair and freckles; she's taller than most of her other women comrades at 5'8"; her eyes are darker in shade and droopy. So, using that information to our advantage, I would say that she is some mixture of Dutch, and most of all, Romanian and Hungarian. While she has the sort of long face that the Dutch do, she has the complexion and facial structure of Hungarian people. Even her skin tone, which looks to be slightly more tan than everyone else's, matches that of the Hungarians and Romanians.
Historia Reiss: Half German, half Swedish. Reiss is a German surname, and Historia just fits the whole BILL (minus the height) for the average Swedish woman. I also think Historia has some Jewish in her, because Reiss is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname. (Plus, and this might be personal bias, but I'm a blonde & blue eyed Ashkenazi Jew, LOL.)
Jean Kirstein: Hear me out! Jean is not German at all; but instead, he's half Danish, half Icelandic. The first records of the name "Kirstein" were in Denmark and Prussia (a state of Germany), but was more common in Denmark and then Prussia as time went on. A quick google search of "Danish men" will show you men with Jean's striking eyes and brows that are thick at the beginning and thin out towards the end. The Icelandic is even more clear, with the two sharing very similar facial structures, with high, prominent cheekbones and a strong nose; that good ol' fashioned "Horse-Face" clear as day.
Marco Bodt: Whew. Okay, so obviously when I first heard the name 'Marco', everyone thinks; oh, he's Italian! But 'Bodt' is actually a Dutch surname, and I believe that Marco is purely Dutch. The typical Dutch man and Marco share similar face shapes (Angular and somewhat blocky), noses that have a strong base but upturn a little at the end, and slightly bigger ears that stand out a little bit.
Moblit Berner: Okay, this one's also very easy. Moblit is German and English. "Berner" is an Old Germanic name, and from what little I could scrounge up on "Moblit", it's an Irish/English name given to those with red hair. So while not a ginger, he's a English/German, probably more German than English.
Onyankopon: This one's rather easy for me as well. A very quick google search will tell you that Onyankopon is typically a Ghanian name. Given that it's a religious name, too, and Onyankopon seems to be a religious man, I think it checks out. Also, he's easily one of the coolest new characters we've seen. Give him more edits!!
Reiner Braun: Do I even have to do this one? Really? Reiner is as German as they come.
Bertholdt Hoover: Now at first, I was inclined to say that he's just German as well. But he's also Swiss! He shares LOTS of Swiss facial structures and hairlines, and "Hoover" is an anglicized version of the Swiss-German "Hubar". While I cannot account for that boy's freakishly insane height, I guess he just got the luck of the gene pool draw. So more Swiss than German, but German all the same. I'd give it a good 2/3s Swiss, 1/3rd German.
Annie Leonhardt: Okay, so fairly easy, like her other buddies; half Russian, half German! Annie is a Russian name, and she shares many characteristics of Russian women. "Leonhardt" is a German surname.
Falco & Colt Grice: Half French, half Swedish. "Grice" as a surname occurs in both old French and Scandinavian languages, and Falco (plus Colt) both look similar to Swedish men. Although we can't say for sure what Falco will look like fully grown, as we've only seen him in a few manga panels, we can look to Colt to see what he will look like. And hot damn, the resemblance is there! He's got that nose that widens a bit towards the end and eyebrows that rest sort of heavy on his eyelids. For the French aspect, we get the long, smooth facial structure and sort of pillowy-thin lips. So, safe to say that Falco and Colt are French-Swedish.
Pieck Finger: Okay, so Pieck is 3/4ths Ashkenazi Jewish and 1/4th German. "Finger" is originally derived from the Ashkenazi surname "Fingar", and can be traced back to old North Germanic origins. "Pieck" is often primarily found in North Germany, so she might actually also have some ancestors from Denmark, as they share similar jawlines and drooped eyes.
Yelena: Yelena might be the easiest one on this list besides Erwin. RUSSIAN!
If there's any I left out, lmk, I would love to do them! Thanks for reading, and remember that this is just my person head canons. You can all believe whatever you want. <3 Have a nice day!
On what zeke said about eren acting like grisha by making the same mistakes and failure on what he did in his life and family (dina + carla) shows that eren thinks differently I mean yeah sure eren maybe is acting like grisha but in the right way instead of the wrong way by making the right choices to show that eren is willing to give his own family/his child on what grisha couldn't give his because he failed but eren holding his child while Saying your free shows that he's more better and more.
Hello Anon.About Zeke. I think he is still conflicted with his past and his parents. And is understandable since he lived with parents who used him as a tool, never paid the attention love he deserved as a kid. He was seen as a royal blood kid, not as Zeke. Grisha did everything for his goals of eldia restoration. He put his family in dangerous and didn’t think about Zeke being just a child. So it’s natural that Zeke thinks Grisha wouldn change from being a careless father to a carying one. That’s why he thinks Eren is the same as Grisha. Now he saw Grisha was a totally different father, but still thinks Eren is acting the way Grisha wants. But he is wrong, he is blinding himself because of his childhood. Even when he didn’t meet Eren, he was wrong with his idea that Eren had the same life as him. Zeke does not know Eren. He is just coming to conclusions based on Grisha. But Grisha and Eren since the beginning has differents goals, at least for me.Grisha was more like a nationalist and imperialist. He wanted the Eldian empire to come back. He was full of hatred because of his little sister’s horrible unfair death.Eren since he was a kid he felt like he was in a cage and someone stole his freedom. He wants his people to be free. Everyone should be free, because everyone was born into their world. Zeke thinks that Eren’s goals are the same as Grisha, but see how much Zeke was wrong with Eren since the very beginning, thinking he was suffering the same as him. Eren is not that close to his brother, so Zeke does not really know him. I don’t think Eren is acting exactly like Grisha.If the baby is Eren’s and the final panel is Eren and Historia’s baby, i can imagine that he is carrying the baby the same way Grisha carried him, he saw how Grisha damaged Zeke and how carrying was with him, the right way to treat a son/daughter, with love. So maybe these memories of Grisha were good representations of being a good father so Eren learnt about all of this.Still i’m not sure if Eren is the father, i used to believe that the theory was impossible and i was being delusional because i am an EreHisu shipper. But i always try to be objetive and, for Historia’s character and EreHisu’s bond and development i think it makes so much sense the theory, but still a theory.As always, sorry for my english, is not my first language but i hope u got my point.
I can't read anything about zeke right now
i have so many of thirst posts to read about him and now i just can't it's hurts so bad 💔💔💔
Just Throwing ..catching..and throwing again
That simple repetition..⚾️
It’s so quiet… Am I… dying?
Shingeki No Kyojin - S4Ep16
Take all his suffering and throw it to Grisha jeager
All I wanna say is -Fuck Zeke -Getting remade my sand? Fuck that -Eren saying "Yo" ........... -Seriously. The sand thing. -Hanji is the fucking best and I love her -Levi must be alive, I want to kiss his booboos -I'm so happy he's alive but also I'm still stressed -send help
Guy on my train looks like a real life version of Zeke Yaeger I think I might be going insane
After the latest episodes, I keep asking myself; how did I allow myself to like Zeke again? Oh yeah, any character, good or bad, with a tragic past is my kryptonite.
but he hurt Levi, so I don't like him...for now
me when im a titan shifter
me as zeke
me when im a scout as a titan shifter and piss off levi
Shinzo wo Sasageyo!
[Update: Sorry, it has Glaze to protect my work from AI]