#but prussia is understandable because germania could have carried the albino gene— or however it is nation stuff like that work

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Reading up on early Austrian history(Paleolithic period and onward) because I'm bored. Simplified so I don't make such a long post. Of course if I get anything wrong please correct me.

The area was first was inhabited by the Hallstatt Celts. They were organized as a Celtic kingdom the Romans referred to as Noricum(800 BCE to 400 BCE). It was then around 40 BCE when it became a Roman province. It was by the 6th century when the Germanic peoples Bavarii occupied the land. Then it fell to the Frankish Empire by the 6th century. It was about 800 CE when Charlemagne(former king of the Franks) established the Avar March.

Austria is the only character that I know of to have a canon birth year; 976. During that time the land was ruled by the Margraves of Babenburg which established an outpost of the Duchy of Bavaria, establishing it as Marchia orientalis/Margraviate of Austria. In German its Ostarrîchi, giving Austria its name(eastern realm).

This makes me kinda curious though. Most of the Germanic nations have blond hair. Austria does not. Aside from Bavaria's involvement(as there is no canon depiction nor do I remember any mention of it as a Stem Duchy or kingdom in the series) the closest assumption I can make, based off of canon characters, is because of Rome. Genetics are already kinda weird and complicated(in law has red hair but neither parent has red hair aside from their father who has a deep reddish-brown beard, except theirs is textbook red hair; that's a weird example for you) but its probably a whole ball of entangled Christmas lights for nations because of how much people have migrated and brought their influence with them. Practically all of Europe is related somehow in someway!

The most common trait between the Germanic nations or those with Germanic roots seem to have mostly blond hair. And Austria is German. So I wonder if Roman genetics are more dominating over German just as French genetics are dominate over English(as stated in canon)? Brown IS a more dominating trait over blonde so that could be the case??? I barely understand that genetics square thing I learned in the 9th grade so I could be wrong though.

I'm not sure why but genetics and ancestry in Hetalia are all just kinda interesting to me(especially America's due to how diverse the influences are).