Is the reason some Italians look middle eastern because of Greeks?

Do not take him seriously,he is FYROMian or Albanian hater,not Italian.He opened the account today(really strange this for first question of an Italian in this forum..) and he writes in the same way as "greek" patriot.. Stupid provocateur.. p.s to answer to the stupid question:All the italians look white and Europeans such as all the Greeks do.FYROMian gypsy look at your mirror!

Greeks are Caucasian and olive skinned. You are ignorant to assume a descendence from Greece if they look middle eastern. Perhaps turkish or middle eastern but not Greek. Now please leave this section we have enough trolls.

no way.. well dear, speaking from the public health courses there is a significant similarity between the inherited disease incidence rates among southern italians, mainly sicilians and northern africans.. look up sickle cell anemia i've been to italy there are both blonde and dark haired ppl.. what's the deal that much? skin changes from sunlight..lol

Part of the reason is that the Arab/Moors once occupied Italy under the Arab Caliphate from 645 AD - 885 AD. Even though Italians reject this ancestry because the Arab/Moors raped and pillaged their way into power, there is a strong genetic presence of Arab/Moor ancestry. The original people of Greece and Italy are both Mediterranean and Alpine Caucasian ethnic groups. Arabs are Mediterranean Caucasians. Thus the original Italian ethnic groups (purely caucasian) were already closely related to Arab ethnic groups via human evolutions. This can also explain their similarity in appearance. Greeks also mixed with Arabs like Lebanese and Egyptians during ancient times. The mixed bloodlines exists inside Greece as well as in Lebanon and Egypt. So, subsequent Arab ancestry could have been brought into Italy when the Greeks arrived there. Perhaps there were Italians who immigrated into Greece as well. The Arab/Moors also occupied Turkey and Armenia which could also explain the similar phenotypes. Those countries also reject this part their ancestral heritage and have attempted to totally write it out of their history books and the Internet. You will mostly find history references to Islam in Italy which existed under the Arab Caliphate from 645 AD - 885 AD. The definitions of Arabs and Moors, during this time frame, are interchangeable. However, other bloodlines have since been introduced into Italy since Arab/Moor occupation, such as Nordic bloodlines from Ireland. There was once a definite phenotype difference between Italians living in the North and those living in the south, as Southern Italians were known for being darker in hue - some of them bearing strong resemblance to the dark Moors who once occupied the country. There is an argument that Nordic populations were deliberately encouraged to immigrate into Italy in order to lighten the population. This same practice was done during the colonial era in North Africa when the Berber population had become, generally, very dark and people from Britain were brought in to lighten up those regions. The original Berbers were Caucasian, but the populations had undergone heavy interbreeding with those of recent/promiment sub-Saharan ancestry for some centuries prior. **note: Arab royalty from countries like Morocco and Jordan have fairly recent North European ancestry Countries in that part of the world have intricate histories and population migration patterns that cross over into one another. You should look it up, you'd be surprised by the connection of culture, language and bloodline.

The real Italians come from south Italy,all the other are goths,do you forget Allariho??

The Greeks and Romans had a major influence on the Italian Renaissance and right before then. Many Italians followed suit of the Greeks and Romans in their classical era, resulting in many changes mentally and physically. It could be partly coincidence, but also partly reason being the fact that many Italians converted to Greek ways, which would have a result physically as well as socially/mentally.

Northern italian deputies http://racialreality.110mb.com/northern.html Southern italian deputies http://racialreality.110mb.com/southern.html Northern italian soccer players http://racialreality.110mb.com/soccer1.html Southern italian soccer players http://racialreality.110mb.com/soccer3.html Northern italian models http://racialreality.110mb.com/miss_italia_north.html Southern italian models http://racialreality.110mb.com/miss_italia_south.html North Italy's "Padania" football team http://www.golfotv.info/home/images/stories/sport/nazionale_padania_01.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/2646432988_29dffcb9a6_b.jpg South Italy's "Regno delle due sicilie" football team http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lMcT3CrMxoQ/TAq2Ro3gHOI/AAAAAAAAAEs/1JMixG7biVc/s1600/nazionale.jpg "Northern italians whites, southern italians middle eastern/arabs" is a false myth created and feeded by racist propaganda. There are no substancial physical differences between northern and southern italians. Difficult to believe? Come in Italy and look with your eyes. @ Renzo Bossi, son of Umberto Bossi and leader of "Padania" football team. http://www.haisentito.it/wp-galleryo/renzo-bossi/renzo-bossi.jpg http://www.gossipfacile.it/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/renzo-bossi.jpg He is REALLY similar to Gheddafi.

Yes. We Greeks are from Ethiopian Sub Saharian origin. Many expertize have proven that - our DNA is completely matching with one of the Oromo-Amhara tribes. Actually we Greeks are aliens in the E.U.

us Middle Easterns do look like Italians , check my pic ;)