Does the length of your toes have any correlation to your lineage? According to several researchers, the answer is yes! In an article about toe length, Let’s Read Our Feet author Jane Sheehan stated:
“It’s all about analyzing the structure and texture and imbalances of the feet to understand someone’s emotions and personality,” she says.
Ms Sheehan was quoted by the UK’s The Telegraph as saying the following:
Long second toe
Indicates leadership qualities. Rulers from ancient Egyptian and Hawaiian royal dynasties all had long second toes. You need to be in charge.
Last joint of third toe at an angle
You have the natural ability to deceive, as well as the propensity to be misunderstood. Frequently to be found in spies.
Extra-small little toe
Denotes a childlike nature, with playful sense of fun.
Second toe on left foot leaning towards big toe
Sign of a sentimental, nostalgic nature. Shared by Hollywood actor Reece Witherspoon.
Little toe pointing at an angle
Denotes unconventional nature. Being able to waggle your little toe indicates restlessness and a need for constant change.
This question was also posed on Yahoo Answers. One of the responses came from Juan Ma who said:
I found this affirmation so interesting that I spend some good hours researching about it.
Fact: Human genome determine several physical factors as skin, hair and eye color, shape of body and limbs, and so many more from baldness to disease tendencies.
Fact: Human Morphology is heritage dependent. (anthropometry)
Fact: There are other studies that revealed endemic tribal / family characteristics, like lack of fingerprints (adermatoglyphia) E.g.: in an outstanding number of Basque peoples.
Fact: I could not find the source of the study that stated the podomorphologycal shapes of these five origins; however, that does not mean that it does not exist.
Fact: We must consider mixed origins, since almost all races have mixed along the past 500 years. Very few and rare are the supposed “pure” lineages.
Fact: In my particular case, it matched to the dot. I am of a dominant Arabic ancestry.
For references, Google the terms.
Egypt is in Africa, so for those with African descent, please check the Egyptian toe chart.
Some people may question why Hispanic and Asian feet are not included in the chart but the answer is obvious… because they are their own root races, yet not all people of Hispanic or Asian descent are the same. For example, we have the Spanish root from Spain as well as Mexico. Would the feet of a South Korean be the same as a person from China or Japan? It would be really fascinating to see this study delve deeper and see if these correlations can match substructures.
My lineage is Russian, Polish, Spanish and Italian. The shape of my feet, according to this chart, says that I have Greek lineage, so for me, it was accurate, although I’m not 100% sure if Russian and Polish still fall under “Greek”. I would imagine they do.