do Central French look closer to Spaniards or to Germans?

[Volscian]

everybody knows that Northern French (North of the Loire) are basically hyperborean people from Ultima Thule with insane levels of depigmentation while Southern French (South of the 45 parallel) are like other South Europeans but do you think that Central French (between the 45 parallel and the Loire) are closer to Spain or to Germany lookwise in regard of pigmentation and facial features? my personal impression is that they are slightly closer to Spaniards though they might be closer to South Germans when it comes to eyes depigmentation.

We need pics of French carrying baguettes under their armpits and wearing Basque beret for a better response.

[alnortedelsur]

You're using what I'd call the Roberto Grande fallacy. That because there are atypical people in populations that should change your perception of the average. The average Spaniard with have dark hair and eyes, the percentage of Spaniards who portray fair features make up a small percentage of the Spanish population. Germans are majority fair but not by much, however even those with darker hair and eyes usually look more central Euro, not south Euro. The French are majority dark, but with a significant pop. that portray fair features, somewhere around 40-45%

I never implied that most Spaniards are pale as fuck and blonde.

And when I talked about swarthy southern Germans, I didn't mean fair brunettes with typical Central European phenotype, but really swarthy individuals (who I know are very minority among them, but who exist).

Of course, there are higher incidence of very pale and blonde people in northern Europe, and a higher incidence of swarthy individuals in southern Europe (but still minority, not the norm), while Central Europeans would be in between.

In any case, in ALL the European populations (and Iberians are not an exception) most people are not either swarthy nor very pale and blonde either, but fair brunettes with a fair intermediate and very pan-European skin and hair pigmentation.