Swarthy Bretons

**Ikiru** · 06-24-2019, 04:47 AM

I've often felt that Brittany had a few people who stand out as especially swarthy (including darker skin) compared with other Northern French regions and even compared to Central France. If real, where does it come from? My initial guess was that Cornish and Welsh refugees imported this look when they fled from the Saxon invasions. The Romans noticed that the Welsh were significantly darker than continental Celts and thought that they were descended from Iberians.

Examples of swarthy Bretons:

Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves le Drian.
http://scd.rfi.fr/sites/filesrfi/aef...y-france_0.jpg
https://scd.france24.com/fr/files_fr...mage/drian.jpg

TV animator Pascal Praud.
https://resize-parismatch.lanmedia.f...-CSA-saisi.jpg
https://medias.liberation.fr/photo/1...9381&width=960

Football manager Paul le Guen.
https://i.eurosport.com/2019/05/29/2...440.jpg?w=1050
http://football.sen360.fr/uploads/20...avre-49579.jpg

**~~dududud~~** · 06-24-2019, 05:10 AM

They dont look ''swarthy''.

''The Romans noticed that the Welsh were significantly darker than continental Celts and thought that they were descended from Iberians'' Do you have a genetic study to confirm that? I dont think.

Its irrelevant. They are bretons by blood and genetically speaking close to Irish and other people.

**Creoda** · 06-24-2019, 06:07 AM

They were visited by the swarth fairies.

**Westbrook** · 06-24-2019, 06:27 AM

So does swarthy just mean everyone who doesn't have blonde hair and blue eyes or what

**PaleoEuropean** · 06-24-2019, 06:46 AM

The human default is swarthy, its our basic genetic code. There are genes that counteract those genes that change us. Brown hair and eyes are the default for everyone.