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I had something sort of similar happen in the last few years.
Both my parents were from Sicily. I was born and raised in the U.S, speak Italian, love Italian food and am pretty Italian in every way.........except I don't look Italian at all. I have blue eyes and brown hair and am never mistaken for Italian on first glance.
Now considering I'm from the most southern part of Italy I would think I should have dark hair and dair eyes like most southern Italians.
What I've learned over the last few years is
1. The more north of Italy u go the taller, blonde hair, blue/green etc. eyes people get. Look and see the various countries that Italy borders and it makes sense.
2. The more south of Italy you go the darker skin, dark eyes & hair people get.
But when you get to Sicily it's a completely crap shoot. People are completley mixed and have every hair color, skin complection & eye color imaginable. Why? Cause Sicily is the most conquered region of all Europe. It's the island most used for staging attacks all across Europe throughout history. So therefore Sicilians are techniqually as mixed as the most mixed American.
I always grew up thinking "I'm 100% Italian by heritage". I'm not mixed at all. My parents are from Sicily and there parents etc are all there. I'm first generataion born American, but techniqually I'm all Italian (so I thought).
But now understanding the history of Sicily I know why I don't even look Italian and am probably mixed with everything.
I guess I'm not really lying when I tell women I'm black from the waist down!
Here's everyones Sicilian history lesson of the day, lol
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