Young MPs from Malta

[Tooting Carmen]

Thanks to http://www.parlament.mt/membersofparliament?l=1


Carmelo Abela
http://www.sportinmalta.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Carmelo-Abela.jpg

Chris Agius
http://www.iec.ch/etech/2012/etech_0312/pic_ca/ca-3_agius_200.jpg

Owen Bonnici
http://292fc373eb1b8428f75b-7f75e5eb51943043279413a54aaa858a.r38.cf3.rackcdn.c om/local_10_temp-1374814474-51f2010a-620x348.jpg

Ian Borg
http://www.dingli.gov.mt/Library/SiteImages/Borg%20Ian.jpg

Justyne Caruana
http://cdn02.abakushost.com/pam/filerepo/images/Caruana_Justyne.jpg

Helena Dalli
http://www.maltastar.com/userfiles/image/newslead/Helena_Dalli_1.JPG

Etienne Grech
http://www.maltastar.com/userfiles/image/newslead/etrev20.jpg

Konrad Mizzi
http://cdn.tvm.com.mt/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MIZZI-KONRAD-W.jpg

Joseph Muscat (Prime Minister)
http://cdn.tvm.com.mt/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/MUSCAT-JOSEPH-W.jpg

Deborah Schembri
http://292fc373eb1b8428f75b-7f75e5eb51943043279413a54aaa858a.r38.cf3.rackcdn.c om/local_14_1_temp-1309068204-4e06cbac-620x348.jpg

Silvio Schembri
http://di-ve.com/sites/default/files/styles/term_page_featured_top/public/article/media/Silvio%20Schembri.jpg

Edward Zammit-Lewis
http://www.independent.com.mt/uploads/filebrowser/edward%20zammit%20lewis_1.jpg

Jason Azzopardi
http://292fc373eb1b8428f75b-7f75e5eb51943043279413a54aaa858a.r38.cf3.rackcdn.c om/6e725dacfc9989f9cbf208044af21cd6553660750-1301785886-4d97ad1e-620x348.jpg

Anthony Bezzina
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/toni_bezzina.jpg

Charlo Bonnici
http://292fc373eb1b8428f75b-7f75e5eb51943043279413a54aaa858a.r38.cf3.rackcdn.c om/local_02_7_temp-1327478788-4f1fb804-360x251.jpg

Antoine Borg
http://c1414377.r77.cf3.rackcdn.com/media/_images/57642-750x315.jpg

Ryan Callus
https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/Government%20of%20Malta/Election%20Results/general%20elections%202013/PublishingImages/District%206/Partit%20Nazzjonalista/Callus%20Ryan.jpg

Kristy Debono
http://292fc373eb1b8428f75b-7f75e5eb51943043279413a54aaa858a.r38.cf3.rackcdn.c om/02b8a2d44959f9086fb50e0e7b84c5164096779337-1350663289-50817c79-620x348.jpg

Claudio Grech
http://292fc373eb1b8428f75b-7f75e5eb51943043279413a54aaa858a.r38.cf3.rackcdn.c om/cbb3b255c56395470ebc0e76221d2ffe-120986377-1301031173-4d8c2905-620x348.jpg

Paula Mifsud Bonnici
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/411896070528974851/tPprIf5L_400x400.jpeg

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Marthese Portelli
http://www.di-ve.com/sites/default/files/styles/term_page_featured_top/public/article/media/Marthese%20Portelli.jpg

Clyde Puli
http://www.sportinmalta.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/clyde-puli.jpg

[Tooting Carmen]

The photos are now ready.

[Ulla]

They look varied indeed.

[Tooting Carmen]

They look varied indeed.

At this point, I should say I meant 'young' by politicians' standards, i.e. below the age of fifty. Anyway, how do they compare to Italians in your opinion?

[Leto]

Very interesting. They are still lighter than Lebanon.

[Tooting Carmen]

They are still lighter than Lebanon.

Well of course, they are in Europe! (Even if at the fringes).

[Tiberio]

Very interesting. They are still lighter than Lebanon.

Because they aren't lebanese at all and the original phoenician settlers were replaced by a large repopulation of sicilians mostly.

[Leto]

Well of course, they are in Europe! (Even if at the fringes).
Several people are even pretty passable outside of the South, at least pigmentation-wise.

[Ulla]

At this point, I should say I meant 'young' by politicians' standards, i.e. below the age of fifty. Anyway, how do they compare to Italians in your opinion?

Except 4 or 5 they are more Southern-Eastern Med shifted than average Italians. Anyway some of them could pass even in Central Europe. Joseph Muscat in that pic (but not in other pics that I have seen on the web) is very similar to a friend of mine from Lombardy.

[Tooting Carmen]

Several people are even pretty passable outside of the South, at least pigmentation-wise.

The key bit is the part in bold. Some of them still clearly look Med even when light-pigmented, especially Kristy Debono.

[Peter Nirsch]

Most look Italians and a couple can pass as British.

[Tooting Carmen]

Most look Italians and a couple can pass as British.

Well it was a British colony, and I'm sure some mixing did take place.

[alfieb]

Because they aren't lebanese at all and the original phoenician settlers were replaced by a large repopulation of sicilians mostly.

Pretty much.

[Peter Nirsch]

Well it was a British colony, and I'm sure some mixing did take place.

yes

[Leto]

The key bit is the part in bold. Some of them still clearly look Med even when light-pigmented, especially Kristy Debono.
I agree on Debono. These men can pass as white British

Joseph Muscat
Etienne Grech
There is also a light-eyed woman there.

[dawson]

Very interesting. They are still lighter than Lebanon.

coz they're all part Italian

[dawson]

the most exotic is Borg that is a Germanic surname for what I know, and most of the women are hot

[Ulla]

Well it was a British colony, and I'm sure some mixing did take place.

Agree, btw this Brit ancestry is recent (more common probably in upper-class people?), so I guess it should be easy to find it.

[Tiberio]

Kristy Debono imo looks East Med+Dinarid just dyed hair.

[Tiberio]

the most exotic is Borg that is a Germanic surname for what I know, and most of the women are hot

It derived from Borgia which is the derivation of Borja.

[dawson]

http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/toni_bezzina.jpg

[Leto]

Well it was a British colony, and I'm sure some mixing did take place.
Many even have English names. Edward, Jason, Anthony, etc. No surprise, the English langauge dominates there, Maltese has become a colloquial dialect and it's mixed with English when spoken. That's what I've read.

[dawson]

It derived from Borgia which is the derivation of Borja.

Spanish?

[Tooting Carmen]

By comparison, here are the young MPs from Cyprus. They look noticeably more Near Eastern-shifted than the Maltese: http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?111940-Young-MPs-from-Cyprus

[Tiberio]

Spanish?

Aragonese or Catalan. It's present in Sicily Borgia.

[dawson]

Many even have English names. Edward, Jason, Anthony, etc. No surprise, the English langauge dominates there, Maltese has become a colloquial dialect and it's mixed with English when spoken. That's what I've read.

they all even speak Italian coz they get Italian tv signal, a Maltese told me

[Ulla]

It derived from Borgia which is the derivation of Borja.

I guess from Borgus>Borgo (abitante del borgo)

The Maltese Borg should be related to Italian Borgo/Borghi/Borghini/Borghetti/Borgese/Borghese/Borghesi...

[Ulla]

By comparison, here are the young MPs from Cyprus. They look noticeably more Near Eastern-shifted than the Maltese: http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?111940-Young-MPs-from-Cyprus

Agree.

[Peter Nirsch]

http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/ui_frontend/thumbnail/684/0/toni_bezzina.jpg

I think it's a photomontage. Colours and shapes of his face are unnatural.

[Ulla]

Tony Bezzina

http://www.pn.org.mt/grupp/Bezzina-Tony.jpg

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/R5dVvMVBUig/0.jpg

[Ulla]

Joseph Muscat

Surname Muscat is related to Italian surname Moscato/Moscati/Moscatelli/Moscatini... It's a family of grapes. In Sicily there is the Moscato of Siracusa, a wine.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Joseph_Muscat_Event.JPG

[Tiberio]

Moscato is a common sicilian surname yes.

[dawson]

I think it's a photomontage. Colours and shapes of his face are unnatural.

he's a big guy and he's sunburnt

[EvilTwinTwo]

Maltese are genetically identical to Sicilians, because they are descended from the same population. Malta was not highly populated until the Middle Ages.

Here is a chart from Lazaridis et al, where you can see that Sicilians, Maltese, and even the Ashkenazi all are genetically more or less the same.

http://i60.tinypic.com/23iffd0.jpg

[Resistance]

There is zero British ancestry in Malta. The only mixed Maltese are the dispora types in Australia and Canada.

[Yuffayur]

Mostly Meds (East, Dinaro, West and South), Alpines, Cromagnid, Atlantid and Nordid, I guess the last two are due to the british presence.

[Yuffayur]

Joseph Muscat

Surname Muscat is related to Italian surname Moscato/Moscati/Moscatelli/Moscatini... It's a family of grapes. In Sicily there is the Moscato of Siracusa, a wine.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Joseph_Muscat_Event.JPG

I know some Muscat in Belgium, I just googled it and I found that's a southern French (provençal) surname.

http://www.genealogie.com/nom-de-famille/MUSCAT.html

[Tooting Carmen]

Lost photos:

Silvio Schembri
http://292fc373eb1b8428f75b-7f75e5eb51943043279413a54aaa858a.r38.cf3.rackcdn.c om/6206e13721da4e4bfd415c48af5ea85f3340587530-1366829641-51782a49-360x251.jpg

Marthese Portelli
https://andrewazzopardi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/marthese-cropped-photo.jpg

[Ulla]

I know some Muscat in Belgium, I just googled it and I found that's a southern French (provençal) surname.

http://www.genealogie.com/nom-de-famille/MUSCAT.html

Both Italian and French "Muscat/Muscato" surnames (variants included) share the same linguistic root (the grape). And in Sicily there was a little Provençal influence that dates back to the middle ages. BTW it exists also another explanation but now it's too late. :)

[Ctwentysevenj]

There is a variation in looks.

[Ctwentysevenj]

By comparison, here are the young MPs from Cyprus. They look noticeably more Near Eastern-shifted than the Maltese: http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?111940-Young-MPs-from-Cyprus

Overall, the Maltese have a fairer complexion than the Cypriots.

[Tooting Carmen]

Edward Zammit-Lewis
http://cdn.tvm.com.mt/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Edward-Zammit-Lewis.jpg

[Ctwentysevenj]

Overall look European. Look more European than Lebanese. Their Prime Minister could pass in central Europe.

[Odin]

Mainly East-Meds, Dinaro-Meds, and few Alpine-Meds.