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Do mainland Greeks, such as Epirotes, Macedonians, Peloponnesians, etc. look noticeably distinct from Greek islanders (Cretans, Aegean islanders like Rhodes, Chios, etc.) by and large? Obviously there will be similar appearances some of the time since islanders do have ancestry from the mainland of Greece going back thousands of years.
But, do you think there is a difference?
I personally think, both from personal experience and from many pictures over the internet, that mainland Greeks have a significantly higher number of people who look generally "Balkanic" (Albanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian most notably but some even pan-Balkan) and a much lower amount of people who pass outside of Europe. I also find that in groups, I do not mistake mainland Greeks for southern Italians like I often can mistake say, Cretans for.
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