In France, Portuguese are seen as light people

Milano is very mixed on an Italian basis but you're right that atypical phenotypes only appear in the Alps as Lombards from the plain are just on average impressive Dinaro-Meds, more or less light, looking like extreme SE French people such as the Nissarts.

BTW about Portugal : I don't get from where most Americans get that Portuguese people are dark. In France, Portuguese people don't convey such stereotypes. They're brunet for sure as far as our clichés are concerned but with a very pake skin tone and very Western/Atlantic physical features whatever that means. In France, Portuguese women are all Linda de Suza look-alikes.




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