Do a Lot of Italians Have Blue Eyes

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07-06-2013, 08:58 PM

saxonwold 4,690 posts, read 12,060,073 times Reputation: 1093

Italians are among the darkest-eyed Europeans, but not the darkest. In this map done according to a Dna studies in European populations shows the blue vs brown eyes. The blue colour represents blue eyes, brown colour represents brown eyes, the darker colour represents neutral colour.

07-07-2013, 03:36 PM

Italy should be broken down by region on that graph. Northern Italians have nearly half blue eyes, while in Calabria it's probably like 10%.

07-07-2013, 06:47 PM

Traveler86 831 posts, read 3,322,932 times Reputation: 177

Quote: Originally Posted by oreocookiexo Italy should be broken down by region on that graph. Northern Italians have nearly half blue eyes, while in Calabria it's probably like 10%. nearly like half? 40% in some regions, northern italy is definitely far from 50% blue eyed, perhaps 35% as a whole.

07-07-2013, 06:51 PM

Traveler86 831 posts, read 3,322,932 times Reputation: 177

Quote: Originally Posted by saxonwold Italians are among the darkest-eyed Europeans, but not the darkest. In this map done according to a Dna studies in European populations shows the blue vs brown eyes. The blue colour represents blue eyes, brown colour represents brown eyes, the darker colour represents neutral colour. Now italians having more blue eyes than french people as a whole thats quite ridiculous.. Typical american pseudo-anthropologists creating silly maps about european pigmentation.. why dont you better make one of alabama instead lol

07-07-2013, 07:24 PM

saxonwold 4,690 posts, read 12,060,073 times Reputation: 1093

Quote: Originally Posted by Traveler86 Now italians having more blue eyes than french people as a whole thats quite ridiculous.. Typical american pseudo-anthropologists creating silly maps about european pigmentation.. why dont you better make one of alabama instead lol This isn't an American anthropological study by any means! This is a genetical study that was done in Europe, the French sample is from Paris a much more diverse sample therefore could yield to a darker eye pigment than the one in the very north of Italy which was probably less diverse. Use your brain sometimes, instead of making jokes about Alabama, do you know how many people wish they could live Alabama? I've lived in Europe and I know many people who wished to live in America. Let's stay on the subject here, ! The map is based on DNA for eye color among certain European populations, but if you want to make jokes, you are not match for me!!! Last edited by Rozenn; 07-09-2013 at 11:04 AM.. Reason: Rude

07-07-2013, 07:29 PM

saxonwold 4,690 posts, read 12,060,073 times Reputation: 1093

Quote: Originally Posted by oreocookiexo Italy should be broken down by region on that graph. Northern Italians have nearly half blue eyes, while in Calabria it's probably like 10%. The sample used in the map for Italy was mostly a Northern Italian one, so you are most likely wrong. Not even the whole of southern France is 50% blue-eyed according to French studies, so less likely Northern Italy. I'm quoting facts according to scientific research and censuses, not of my own. [/quote]

07-07-2013, 09:59 PM

Traveler86 831 posts, read 3,322,932 times Reputation: 177

Quote: Originally Posted by saxonwold The sample used in the map for Italy was mostly a Northern Italian one, so you are most likely wrong. Not even the whole of southern France is 50% blue-eyed according to French studies, so less likely Northern Italy. I'm quoting facts according to scientific research and censuses, not of my own. [/quote] So your northern french sample is mostly from paris? I initially thought those studies were picking exclusively ethnic french people. I doubt only 28% of northern french have blue eyes, I would expect more like 40 have % and over half of them having light eyes.

07-08-2013, 07:47 AM

Mouldy Old Schmo Location: Somewhere flat in Mississippi 10,062 posts, read 11,509,324 times Reputation: 7168

Some Sicilians have light complexions and blue eyes inherited from Norman settlers.

07-08-2013, 11:23 AM

Who knows? Sicily has a history of more than 5.000 years, so everybody has been there. It is not like the US, but a piece of Europe, so, who knows? Maybe the Romans colonized some farms with slaves from whatever place in terra ignota, who knows? Who cares?

07-09-2013, 12:21 AM

Traveler86 831 posts, read 3,322,932 times Reputation: 177

Quote: Originally Posted by Pedorreropop Who knows? Sicily has a history of more than 5.000 years, so everybody has been there. It is not like the US, but a piece of Europe, so, who knows? Maybe the Romans colonized some farms with slaves from whatever place in terra ignota, who knows? Who cares? Americans like saxonwold care, they till wondering who is whiter than who

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