Why do alot of mixed race [blk/white] people look med/italian/arab etc?

Question

e.g alicia keys,myself etc we look italian,are italians etc actually of ancient mixed race origin?

Answer 1

people in darker race wants to be whiter, white people are always trying to be darker.

wish we could just control our colors, change as we wish,

that be fun !!and misleading too

Well seriously, the theorey is simple, the original races were  white and black, the color genes, more and more mixes and its almost impossible to preserve the original genes and stop the natural process of balance..and med/italian/arab are kinna in the middle.. physically and mentally.. hoo haa!!

Answer 2

No you dont

Answer 3

It could be because, historically, in the geographical locations you are using for illustration, to the victor goes the spoils, including women.  I strongly support the combinining of DNA for the real benefit of our species.

Answer 4

mmmmmmmmmmm.........

Answer 5

There might be some folks who get offended by that suggestion but plainly speaking yes...and no.

Yes , in the southernmost parts of Italy or Northernmost parts of Africa (for instance)  there definitely is a trade and travel in and by the the "local" peole so naturally Libyan, Tunisian, Egyptian, Greek and Italian families are going to have relatives from all over the Med. So what we consider these common characteristics somewhat Arabian, European, Semetic or even African features which were and are naturally and plainly speaking common in the region.

Since, our national borders are really quite arbitrary as Sicily (for instance) has had settlers become part of the regional fabric since its been part of the Ionian,  Roman, Carthaginian, Spanish, French and other Imperial systems, so it's a decidedly mixed bag historically speaking.

No, it's ALSO the case that due to the climate, there is a natural adaptation of humans to have darker pigment and darker hair due to the increased amount of heat and sunlight received over VAST periods of time. So if there was no mixing at all of the various peoples of the Mediterranean, you would still have a general "darkening" of the people which is EXACTLY what you find, there are less nordic or scandanavian looking folks in Southern Greece (lets say) than in Sweden because of this environmental factor.

So it's not the case that a dark-skinned Sicilian or Corsican may have a drop of African blood in the last 1000 years but that they have darker features nonetheless as a pure result of genetics.

You could have a fair skinned Tunisian who's family comes from an area where it was preferred or traditional to have kept women indoors over decades and decades so naturally their skin may have over time lost some of it's melanin producing cells.