Does Joe Pesci have a pan-Italian phenotype?

[BlackBeastofArgh]

He's apparently half Northern Italian (Piedmontese) and half Southern Italian (Campanian), so...
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[Sasaolo68]

Isn't him actually half Central Italian from Lazio and half Southern Italian from Campania?

[BlackBeastofArgh]

Isn't him actually half Central Italian from Lazio and half Southern Italian from Campania?

Maybe? I honestly don't know. I was just going by what his Wikipedia article says:


His mother, Maria (Mesce), worked part-time as a barber, and his father, Angelo Pesci, was a forklift driver for General Motors and a bartender. He is of Italian descent, with origins in Turin[1][2][3] and Aquilonia in the province of Avellino.[4]

[Sasaolo68]

Maybe? I honestly don't know. I was just going by what his Wikipedia article says:

His father was born in Piedmont but had origins from Viterbo, Lazio.

[BlackBeastofArgh]

His father was born in Piedmont but had origins from Viterbo, Lazio.

Thanks! I did not know.

In that case, does he pass better as a Central Italian or Southern Italian?

[Incal]

To me Gianluca Grignani got a pan Italian look:

https://studiosol-a.akamaihd.net/uploadfile/letras/fotos/3/3/2/b/332b6e68b0e1f6f1fefe2b90a6fdf69e.jpg

[Sasaolo68]

Thanks! I did not know.

In that case, does he pass better as a Central Italian or Southern Italian?

Better as Southern Italian imo

[BlackBeastofArgh]

To me Gianluca Grignani got a pan Italian look:

https://studiosol-a.akamaihd.net/uploadfile/letras/fotos/3/3/2/b/332b6e68b0e1f6f1fefe2b90a6fdf69e.jpg

I feel like he could easily pass as Argentinian as well (unsurprising, given how many Argentinians are of at least partial Italian ancestry).

[Incal]

I feel like he could easily pass as Argentinian as well (unsurprising, given how many Argentinians are of at least partial Italian ancestry).

Yeah, definitely.