Which combination of ethnicities for mixed marriage is the most "acceptable" among your compatriots?
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icancount192@reddit
Cypriots lol
But yeah as another commenter said most orthodoxs, like Serbians, Romanians, orthodox Albanians, Bulgarians. Armenians although not technically Orthodox as well. Italians for sure and Spanish.
Inevitable_Touch2432@reddit
god forbid you mention macedonians
icancount192@reddit
I didn't mention what was my preference, I mentioned what was the most socially acceptable.
Northmacedonians are fine with me, Iranians are fine with me, Azeris are fine with me, Chinese are fine with me. I judge on the content of the character.
Now nationalists, no matter the location can f right off.
Inevitable_Touch2432@reddit
north macedonians don't exist, look up Prespa agreement Greece signed us as Macedonians.
You can keep being ignorant or you can learn something.
Generally, Greek people avoid naming or talking about my country, yall love to pretend it doesn't exist, I'm just done not calling it out anymore.
This is a balkans group, if you're uncomfortable with macedonians being in it make another one excluding us.
icancount192@reddit
No one pretends your country doesn't exist, you're a delusional nationalist.
Slavomacedonians exist in the region for many centuries and you have the right to your own country. And you can call yourself what you want, and YOU specifically keep calling your country Macedonia, so don't wag your finger in me when I make the distinction between Greek Macedonians and Slavomacedonians. You, and specifically you, pretend Greek Macedonia doesn't exist.
The topic was what was socially most acceptable, and due to the fervent ultranationalism of Slavomacedonians and the naming dispute, plus the very few interactions with Slavomacedonians, it's not on the top of the list.
Inevitable_Touch2432@reddit
You can keep calling us Slavomacedonians, that doen't make your right or it doesn't change the fact that the entire world and your own country recognizes us as MACEDONIANS. Im the furthest from a nationalist you can get, but do look at some other posts when opinions about other balkan countries are asked and do try to notice how your own greeks never mention us and pretend like we don't share a border.
You can say anything you want nothing will change our right to self determination (literally a basic human right)
I know Greece's biggest political defeat is compromising that my shitty country keeps the name Macedonia but you're gonna have to learn to live with that and respect us.
I'm continuing this discussion, there's nothing left I want to say except that maybe you're the worst interaction i've had with a hellenoturk before (my name for greeks)
Stverghame@reddit (OP)
An answer for my country:
I have absolutely never felt a negative vibe from people when someone from Serbia marries someone from North Macedonia
Inevitable_Touch2432@reddit
and you never will, we're 2 peas in the same pod (ofc we macedonians are the cuter pea in the pod 😘)
HorrorsPersistSoDoI@reddit
BogdanD@reddit
Would I be wrong in saying we are more open minded than most on this subject?
Except for Greeks, you guys gotta chill out.
No_Idea_479@reddit
Do they only marry Greeks? What's going on?
BogdanD@reddit
Yeah it’s super important to them in my experience.
Professional-Fee-488@reddit
Not in my experience though, two of my high school and uni friends are married to Greek gals.
Particular-Highway89@reddit
For Croatia, I think Bosnia is the most common and the most accepted even more than marrying someone from Slovenia
Correct me if I’m wrong tho
igyatsmthinginmyeye@reddit
Well…yes, but a lot of those marriages are with Croats from Bosnia, so not mixed, but there are also a lot of mixed marriages between Croats and Bosniaks, but im not sure how “acceptable” it is, I think it heavily depends on where they are from.
Particular-Highway89@reddit
For Croatians, if you’re from Bosnia, you’re Bosnian it doesn’t matter the religion. I would say it’s less common to marry someone who is a Muslim, but I wouldn’t necessarily say that it’s less acceptable. In my personal opinion, we see catholic and Muslim Bosnians both as citizens of another country, maybe the only difference is with orthodox Bosnians where it would probably be a bit more frowned upon.
Sad_Philosopher_3163@reddit
Where are you from exactly?
Particular-Highway89@reddit
Senj
Sad_Philosopher_3163@reddit
Okay, so i am interested in something. Do you see people only by the country they are from, despite all the ethnic identities? What are Serbs from Lika, just Orthodox Croats to you?
Particular-Highway89@reddit
Serbs from Lika are Licani with Serbian heritage and Croatian citizenship their ancestors came from Serbia long time ago. (I think they came at the time of Ottoman wars when Austro Hungarians appointed them to defend the borders (Krajisnici), dont quote me on that tho.
On the other hand catholic Bosnians have always lived in Bosnia their ancestors didn’t come from Croatia.
Sad_Philosopher_3163@reddit
Serbs from Croatia did not come from Serbia, but from Bosnia and Herzegovina, as evidenced by their ijekavian dialect. They settled from the Herzegovinian Sanjak at the time, which was bigger and encompassed Makarsko Primorje and half of Montenegro as well. Why are they considered Serbs, while those from Bosnia are simply reduced to Orthodox Bosnians despite the same heritage?
That depends on what you consider Bosnia and Bosnians and what you consider Croatia and Croats, and at which point in time.
LarssenX@reddit
Generally, I find it's best to ask people how do they declare themselves, rather than you viewing them as this or that. Or worse yet - telling them what they are.
I am from Zagreb and here too there's still a high level of prejudice against all Bosnians, especially the catholics from Herzegovina, although the situation is getting better. Like, 20 years ago it was way worse. At any rate, are Bosnian catholics Croats or not? Who the f knows but they've been declaring themselves as such almost as long as we have, so I say: let them be Croats. It's not like we don't already have a wide variety of people with different dialects and accents within Croatia. Istria is bilingual ffs and it used to be part of the HRE. Besides, many if not most of those Bosnian Croats also have Croatian citizenship, and are therefore Croatians too.
PainOk1877@reddit
my ex girlfriend came from a bosniak(bosnian muslim family) but she was raised in croatia,her parents as well. her family was not religious at all.i come from a catholic background but i am not religious.
casual_philosopher02@reddit
if they are orthodox it tends to be more accepted all around
MysticEnby420@reddit
...or convert at least nominally in my experience
casual_philosopher02@reddit
yeah no way I am marrying someone not willing to convert.... I know it sounds bad but it is a big part of me
ur-mom-gay-lolol@reddit
Does it ‘have’ to be Greek Orthodox specifically or orthodox in general?
casual_philosopher02@reddit
orthodox in general will do, I just want the same values for my kids and religion helps a ton on having the same basis
EphemeralOcean@reddit
Just curious: what values does Orthodoxy have that other Christian denominations don't?
casual_philosopher02@reddit
our wording and beliefs on sins is very different. We don't view sins as punishable crimes but as a sickness of the soul! The priest will NEVER tell you you have been saved because we believe only God can judge one's soul. We don't believe humans carry Adam's and Eve's sin, we only carry the consequences of said sin, death. Our salvation is theosis NOT forgiveness of our sins
JRJenss@reddit
Wow...had no idea the orthodox don't believe in original sin! That whole thing from the genesis never made sense to me. Ultimately it, along with the concept of hell - regardless of the interpretation, and the problem of evil - primarily gratuitous evil, were the main three problems which ultimately led me completely out of Christianity. Turns out orthodoxy has one fewer problem.
In catholicism, original sin is one of the main doctrines. You do carry not only the consequences of Adam's sin but the inherited guilt to. That's why you are born broken, fallen...etc. In fact as soon as you're born you do not belong to God but to the devil. You remain in that state until you get baptized and with that sacrament the original sin is removed. From then onward you are in the same position as you've described related to eastern orthodoxy i.e. you only suffer the consequences of the original sin, concretely death and the inherent tendency towards sinning. Btw. due to this belief, the catholics also believe in generational sins and generational curses - up to the fourth generation, I think. Of course, as in all religions, catholics developed theology aka mental gymnastics in order to circumnavigate the utterly deprived beliefs such as this one, and so in response to it they made up the purgatory. Anyhow, I find all of the variations on and around this same topic absurd, including the vicarious "salvation" via the sacrifice of someone else, completely innocent.
If you don't mind, what's the theological purpose of baptism in eastern orthodoxy, given your lack of belief in the original sin? In catholicism for example it is the washing away of that sin, a form of exorcism and a legal reunification with God. Catholics are incredibly legalistic. They also believe that Mary, mother of Jesus was the only person after Adam and Eve, born without original sin - the doctrine of immaculate conception. I assume you don't have that either?
casual_philosopher02@reddit
these are veryyy interesting and your text was very easy to read (great english, bravooo!). A kid gets baptised for the simple reason of entering the church and to begin the process of theosis,in order to be closer to God. If someone gets baptised later in life it acts as a purification of the soul and will forgive all your sins till then. It is practically a spiritual rebirth, you become body of the church of Christ and give access for the divine to go inside you from now on
JRJenss@reddit
Well, that's not all that different. In fact everything is the same except for the variation on the original sin. Spiritual rebirth, becoming body of the church of Christ, accepting the divine in the form of the holy spirit to enter you...that's all the same. These two churches seem way closer to each other than either, or both of them and protestantism. Orthodoxy to me tho, seems even more ritualistic and for some reason more mystical, but that's based just on vibes. Perhaps it's got something to do with the priests and monks having long hair and beards, lol! Or the monks often living ascetically.
Btw theosis reminded me of apotheosis from the classical period, whereby a human (either a real or a mythical one) would become, or would be considered to have become divine. It happened with Alexander, Heracles, Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus...etc.
casual_philosopher02@reddit
oh yeah its from the same root, theosis and apotheosis
Orthodoxy really is more mystical and you even feel it with how we build our churches! The images of Jesus' and saints is more strict and show the suffering, so you kinda feel the spirit get in you in the form of a soft judgement (like a father)
ur-mom-gay-lolol@reddit
That’s fair. I’ll say tho that as an Albanian, I’ve always raised my eyebrow at how important religion is to the national identity of our ‘neighbors.’ Imo the Albanian language is the most important aspect of our national identity.
We say ‘fol shqip se je shqiptar’(speak Albanian because you’re Albanian.) We don’t say ‘bane namaz se je shqiptar(do namaz because you’re Albanian).
casual_philosopher02@reddit
because Albanians are ever only religious on papers .When I asked my Albanian friend in school what they worship if not God the answer was money, different folk, different mentality.
Bible being written in Greek kept us as Greeks in ottoman times, also let's not forget that ancient Greek culture was rewritten in multiple copies by monks. The church kept us speaking Greek as bizzare as it may sound
ur-mom-gay-lolol@reddit
> different folk, different mentality
You’re right. The Orthodox Church United Greeks during the ottoman days. It also made Greeks who converted to Islam not be seen as Greek and i just find that odd. Changing religion doesn’t change you if you get what im trying to say. The Vallahades were Greek imo and shouldn’t have been deported to Turkey in the 20s.
The Albanian language united us during the ottoman days. It had to. If it was Islam, we’d alienate the sizable catholic and orthodox minorities. If it was either form of Christianity, the majority of Albanians(who are Muslim) would alienated and one of the orthodox or Catholic albanians(depending on if you united on orthodoxy or Catholicism).
zipzapzippydyzoom@reddit
Latvian Orthodox will do, also.
horrorwisp@reddit
Based greek tradwife material
casual_philosopher02@reddit
I'm tradwife because I believe and use pantofla😎
horrorwisp@reddit
Είσαι μια κούκλα να σε χαίρεται ο σύντροφός σου αν εχεις, και ρισπεκτ για το ότι πιστεύεις!
casual_philosopher02@reddit
Να στε καλά, μπακουρι είμαι γιατί από σαβουροαυτους γεμίσαμε! Σε ευχαριστώ για τα ωραία λόγια, να σε χαίρεται η γυναίκα σου!
horrorwisp@reddit
Στα 29 μου είμαι τυχερός να έχω μια σύντροφο που αν και 5 χρόνια νεότερη με βοηθάει ΠΑΡΑ πολύ την περίοδο που έχω πολύ δουλειά (δηλαδή τώρα το καλοκαίρι, είμαι αγρότης), με το σπίτι, το φαγητό και τα πάντα. Φυσικά το χειμώνα που εγώ είμαι πιο χαλαρά τα αντίστοιχα κάνω και γω για κείνη. Θα σου πω μόνο κάτι, ότι είσαι, αυτο ελκύεις αρκεί να το θες όντως και να μη συμβιβαστείς με κάτι λιγότερο. Αυτό δε σημαίνει όμως ότι δεν θα κάνεις και υποχωρήσεις, όπως θα πρέπει να κάνει και ο μελλοντικός σου σύντροφος. Είσαι μια όμορφη κοπέλα, εάν ο χαρακτήρας σου είναι και αυτός καλός τότε θα βρεις έναν αξιόλογο άνθρωπο, αρκεί να μη ψάξεις στα λάθος μέρη. Σου εύχομαι καλή τύχη στη ζωή σου και να μη χάσεις την πίστη σου ακόμα και όταν αυτή δοκιμαστεί!
CockamouseGoesWee@reddit
I wish I could because it's a good gage on if someone is willing to respect traditions (though obviously they don't actually convert, they just baptize and then follow whatever beliefs they already have), but I am gay so I cannot marry in the church. I'm still gonna lie to a priest my husband is "just a friend" so I can get my kids baptized.
casual_philosopher02@reddit
oh I don't know tbh. I thought couples need their marriage to be done to baptise their kid, but then again how would divorced people baptise them? I totally have 0 clue
Thanks for joining my Tedtalk
CockamouseGoesWee@reddit
I can easily say the wife died lol. So tragic, it was during the winter and she and our baby were hiking in the woods and then suddenly a serial killer shot her face off. Our baby could miraculously run and she told him to not look back. Hours later he searched in the woods until I found him and told him that his mother wouldn't be around anymore. My baby cried a single tear and then we shuffled off.
markohf12@reddit
From a Macedonian perspective:
Live-Role7096@reddit
How can Turks and Bosniaks be the same for a Macedonian when Bosniaks are more Slavic than Macedonians ? Marriage with Bosniaks even tho uncommon, for a Macedonian should be in the first two points, not on the level with Turks/Albanians.
Sekalino@reddit
That’s interesting can you explain why Albanians from Albania are more favorable than the ones from Macedonia?
shqiptarski1444@reddit
The ones in Macedonia are Arabized
Idonnuonamemaaan@reddit
They kind of arabized themselfs
Sekalino@reddit
Arabized? Like do they speak Arabic?
shqiptarski1444@reddit
Islamic
EphemeralOcean@reddit
Islamic is not a language...
markohf12@reddit
I don't know, it's just how it is. But I would guess that Albanians from Albania are far less conservative and less religious than Albanians from Macedonia.
Dix_PourCent@reddit
20 years ago there was a big deal of Macedonians marrying Albanian girls. Both parties from villages. It was so popular that tv made several reports on this phenomena.
PreWiBa@reddit
For Bosniaks, it's probably a Turkish man or woman.
Live-Role7096@reddit
Thats literally not acceptable, its opposite of what you said, however many would most likely still do it.
PreWiBa@reddit
Lmao no
Live-Role7096@reddit
Lmao yes
igyatsmthinginmyeye@reddit
That is definitely not completely acceptable, not that bad but there would be side eyes.
PreWiBa@reddit
Its the "most" acceptable Bonus points if he or she has some kind of Bosnian roots or claims so
igyatsmthinginmyeye@reddit
Not really, maybe thats the case with the diaspora, where im from marriages with christians are pretty common, but in other parts of the country its the opposite, so it probably also depends on that.
PreWiBa@reddit
I mean, i don't know about your part of the country, but in Sarajevo i have met more people that have married Arabs or Kurds than Serbs f. ex. in the recent years.
I'm aware that diaspora and Bosnia itself are very different.
Live-Role7096@reddit
For Bosniaks, the only truly acceptable choice would be to marry other Bosniaks. However, in the Balkan context, marriages with Croats from Croatia and with Albanians are generally seen as acceptable.
Live-Role7096@reddit
For Bosniaks only really acceptable choice would certainly be other Bosniaks. However in the context of the Balkan, marriages with Croats and Albanians are seen as ok.
harvestt77@reddit
I know 10+ Albanian-Romanian couples and zero negativity from both sides.
IluxWasTaken@reddit
I knew one too
urbanOutlaw04@reddit
For us Romanians, I can easily say Italians and Spaniards come first. You’ll find tons of Romanian-Italian couples, not only in Italy but also in the UK and Germany. My brother is 18, and his girlfriend is Italian, from Naples. They’ve been together since they were 16.
Also, I grew up in Germany, and I met a lot of people my age (18–20) who were half German on their father’s side and half Romanian on their mother’s side. German-Romanian couples are also not that rare in Germany.
I'd say you will get accepted as long as you are Christian. There are still a lot of Romanian families that are very strict and only allow dating Romanians. It is just that there are millions of Romanians in Diaspora so people get the idea that we mix a lot. I don't think mixing is bad
Empty-Pace-4228@reddit
As Turks, race mixing is our national sport. Any nationality is welcome.
Arabs, Kurds, Afghans, Africans and people of the Indian Peninsula face some prejudices but even they eventually get accepted after marrying a Turk, sooner or later.
This-Wall-1331@reddit
Same. Here if you marry a Portuguese citizen, you're basically Portuguese (though legally you still need 3 years to apply for citizenship).
Empty-Pace-4228@reddit
Sigma mediterranean mix-race grindset
Twedred@reddit
I wouldn't place Kurds in the same category as Afghans, Indians, etc. If anything, Turkish–Kurdish intermarriages are very common and generally accepted
Sekalino@reddit
Very true although in some more conservative circles they do put some importance on religion. “Müslüman olsun yeter”
This-Wall-1331@reddit
Any? If both parties are consenting adults, it's nobody else's business.
Particular-Highway89@reddit
I consider people who live in Bosnia, and whose ancestors are from within the borders of modern-day Bosnia, to be Bosnians — and the same applies to Croatians from modern-day Croatia whose ancestors have lived within those borders.
Where Im from if catholic Bosnians claim to be Croats we see it as them trying to present themselves in a fake way in order to wither fit in with the Croatian citizenship or to reap some rewards such as Croatian passport.
Lblink-9@reddit
I'd probably only get negative comments if I married a black/arab or muslim woman. Ex-yugo are probably most acceptable (if looking at Balkan)
SuriStrijder@reddit
Would a Christian black/Arab or a Latina be a problem?
Barbak86@reddit
It depends who is marrying. Our culture accepts most and tolerates everyone if our son is marrying someone outside of the Albanian speaking areas.
On the other hand if our daughter is marrying someone, it will be an issue by default and it will be a major problem if they are Serbian.
nadirprice@reddit
I’m from the Caribbean in the Balkans, I wonder if Balkan women like Caribbean men 😅?
ab3lla@reddit
i’m romanian and albanian and i can say definitely not my combination
Ujemegaz@reddit
Italian, German and believe or not both Turkish and Greek.
Empty-Pace-4228@reddit
I thought there's a Turkish community in Kosovo. Do people react negatively when they marry Albanians?
Ujemegaz@reddit
I don't think anyone would react negatively, don't listen to online "everything-knowers". I responded to first question of OP. I know many marriages of Albanians with German, Italian, Turkish and Greek.
Empty-Pace-4228@reddit
Cool man!
Do you know that 7th president of Turkey, Kenan Evren is Albanian by father and Turkic by mother?
TinyAsianMachine@reddit
Do you know what Turkic means?
Empty-Pace-4228@reddit
Yes it means the Inner Asian race.
Turkish means "From Turkey" therefore it is only related to Turkey and it's predecessors like Seljuks and Ottomans. Uyghurs are Turkic for example but they are not Turkish. In order to be Turkish, you must be originated from specifically Turkey.
In 1924, we put stupid article 66 in our constitution, claiming every citizen is Türk. But Türk is a racial terminology, you can only be Türk if you born a Türk. And it englobes all Turks from Kazakhstan to Kosovar Turks. It was not a name that specified citizens of Turkey.
Tunalı Hilmi, one of the greatest Turkic Nationalists, suggested name Türkiyeli (literally Turk-ish, from Turkey) but it rejected because our state thought putting a racial name in the constitution was the best way to assimilate people and because of this stupid law we have the same name for both citizenship and race, and because of this there are idiots who believe Uyghurs and Kazakhs are Turkish because we didn't derive the right word to specify ourselves.
Word "Türkiyeli" is heavily stigmatized today because of separatism.
Fred_Neecheh@reddit
Why is the wors turkiyeli stigmatized? Whose separatism?
Empty-Pace-4228@reddit
The point is in our citizenship law a citizen is a Türk, so the Türk would mean "A citizen of Turkey" right? Wrong! Word "Türk" is an umbrella term like Slav or Arab. Tuvans, Azerbaijanis, Kyrgyzs are all Türk!
So imagine like there are Iraqis, Saudis, Yemenis, Algerians, they are all Arabs right?
Because of Article 66 we say; Azerbaijanis, Turks, Kyrgyzs, Kazakhs are all Turks. It literally contradicts itself.
For example: "Ukranians, Poles, Slavs, Russians, Bulgarians are all Slav." this phrase is simply meaningless.
We had to find a specific word that defines ONLY Turkey, in English we have. "Turkish" it means "Turk-ish, From Turkey" like "Dann-ish". It's not used for other Turkic peoples such as Azerbaijanis. But, by using a racial word, our founders believed that they could assimilate non-Turkic groups.
Kurdish political parties wanted article 66 to be abolished, because according to article 66, every single citizen is Türk not Turkish (which means from Turkey) literally Turk, Turkic. Most people don't give a sh*t but Kurds are separatists and they actually use this law as an excuse!
That's why some Turks, when people criticize it start insulting you saying "You'll say Türk, not Türkiyeli, you understood you #!£$@" etc etc. They think you're a separatist Kurd basically or they believe by opposing to stupid law, you indirectly support separatist kurds.
Fred_Neecheh@reddit
Got it, thanks a lot for explaining. In Russian you make the distinction between rossiyanin meaning someone from Russia (regardless of ethnicity, ethnic Russian, Tatar, Adyghe, etc) and russkiy meaning ethnic Russian. Chinese do it too, zhongguoren is a person from China meanwhile hanren is ethnic Han.
bender__futurama@reddit
Albanians are very big on nation purity.
Ujemegaz@reddit
I responded to first question of OP. We are not that cpncerned on "purity" believe it or not. Not all world revolves around Yugoslav wars, Serbia, Uck.
Fred_Neecheh@reddit
I dont think there is actually less acceptable mixed marriages. No one would care about any ex yugo or any other neighbors (i know a couple of serb turk marriages).
I think maybe w Roma you d be more stigmatized, but that depenss on class/wealth.
amazingamy19@reddit
In Serbia, most mixed marriages are with Hungarians, historically and currently. And no one would blink an eye, especially in Vojvodina.
I would say with Montenegrins are also pretty much a “nothing burger”, in the sense they are not a big deal.
conductor1234@reddit
Many Romanian and Serbian marriages in eastern Vojvodina
amazingamy19@reddit
Yes!
Additional-Peace-809@reddit
I’d say for Kosovars there is a huuuuuge preference to Albanians from anywhere of course. Other than that don’t think it matters, preference for same religion probably and every family is different of course. Mine is okay with me marrying a Ukrainian, probably most of my family will be less okay but I don’t care.
Arge_Deianira@reddit
All!@Romania
fk_censors@reddit
A marriage with a richer Westerner is quite accepted.
floare_salbatica@reddit
Useful_Calendar_6274@reddit
In argentina I guess all combinations are accepted. unless you marry a jew
Shqiptar89@reddit
People who haven’t tried to murder us in the last 20 years or their allies.
Ominous_Pistachio@reddit
Serbian marrying Albanian is the least problematic
Ujemegaz@reddit
No need to worry over divorce on that one.
Ace-inThe-Hole@reddit
I don’t really know what is considered widely acceptable, I can only tell -from my experience- that my husband is half Albanian and a lot of people had to butt in and tell me they didn’t like him that much because of it.
Of course, I ignored them all the way because I don’t allow anyone to get involved in my personal life.
OkoMushrooom@reddit
Not that I’ll ever get married but for Macedonians neighboring ethnicities are not actually controversial, they’re well received by everyone. The only controversial thing no one will be able to digest is religious, but if the couple isn’t religious they only have their relatives to survive.
Annoying_guest@reddit
Genetic diversity makes us stronger
Zealousideal_Cry_460@reddit
To Turks theres no real limits. İts all politics, if ur unproblematic you're welcome to marry anyone u want.
Unproblematic means not trying to tear the country apart, for example.
True-Blacksmith4235@reddit
Greeks, Orthodox + hopefully house on the Mediterranean.
PainOk1877@reddit
only extremely big,black africans.nobody else.KARABOGA.
Diligent_Rice6315@reddit
Who cares
Mobile-Training-3796@reddit
As a Turk, nobody cares honestly
Early-Show2886@reddit
It always depends on the specific region within the country, the family, religious affiliation, and ethnicity. There have been—and still are—instances of Christian Romanians (mostly women) marrying Tatar and Turkish men in the Dobruja region of Romania. However, this can often lead to difficulties due to religious differences—specifically regarding the question of which religion the future child should follow.
Anna_akademika@reddit
North Macedonia ig idk, I don't know, I'm myself a product of a mixed marriage, so it's quite normal for me