Who looks more similar: Brits and Germans or Spaniards and Italians?

[Tooting Carmen]

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[Smeagol]

Brits, and Germans, no question...

[Sikeliot]

Phenotypically and genetically? Brits and Germans, and it's not even close.

Culturally, probably Spanish and Italian.

[Tooting Carmen]

Phenotypically and genetically? Brits and Germans, and it's not even close.

How is it 'not even close'? Not all of Italy is like your two favourite regions in the far South of the country you know.

[Sikeliot]

How is it 'not even close'? Not all of Italy is like your two favourite regions in the far South of the country you know.

No region of Italy really is phenotypically as a whole similar to Spain. Whereas there are parts of Britain where the overlap with Germans is very strong.

[Smeagol]

How is it 'not even close'? Not all of Italy is like your two favourite regions in the far South of the country you know.

North Italians and Spanish don't really look alike either.

[Tooting Carmen]

No region of Italy really is phenotypically as a whole similar to Spain. Whereas there are parts of Britain where the overlap with Germans is very strong.

So if I were to ask Sardinia/Spain versus Yorkshire/Germany, would that be a more viable comparison in your opinion?

[Tooting Carmen]

North Italians and Spanish don't really look alike either.

There are SW European types commonplace to both, but the lighter types are different (light Spaniards are often more British/Irish-like, while light North Italians are often more German/Austrian-like).

[Sikeliot]

So if I were to ask Sardinia/Spain versus Yorkshire/Germany, would that be a more viable comparison in your opinion?

Yes. I think some Italians and Spanish can easily pass as one another but I don't think it is a consistent overlap unlike Britain and Germany.

[Mars06]

Italians and Spaniards by far. Maybe I'm somewhat biased though.