Is this guy more Northern than Samnium?

[Leto]

From Reddit. His father is Italian (a mix of North and South) and his mother is 3/4 Polish, 1/4 Syrian

[Synapsid]

His genetic component completely different from Samnium. Samnium lacks the excess Natufian he has.

[Daos777]

Would not look out of place in Syria. That little bit of Syrian hit his pheno hard.

[Leto]

His genetic component completely different from Samnium. Samnium lacks the excess Natufian he has.

Not completely, both are half Italian. The guy is 37.5% Polish and Poles are more Northern, less "Farmer" than Frenchmen.

[Leto]

Would not look out of place in Syria. That little bit of Syrian hit his pheno hard.

Yes, he does look somewhat Woggistani. Could fit in Turkey easily.

[Terminator98]

Would not look out of place in Syria. That little bit of Syrian hit his pheno hard.

Funny how 1/8 ancestry affected his look so much, that was literally my first thought when I opened thread.

[Synapsid]

Not completely, both are half Italian. The guy is 37.5% Polish and Poles are more Northern, less "Farmer" than Frenchmen.

But the Farmer ancestry in Europeans is different compared to Syrians. Natufians is like Pınarbaşı +Taforalt, quite different from EEF (Barcin_N+WHG) in Frenchmen. Also Syrians have lots of West Asians compnents not present in Europeans, even S. Italians (although they do have bronze age non-steppe CHG admixture)

[Ethel]

He doesn't look that much Syrian, I doubt he would be that atypical for any Southern European country.
As for your question,
genetics: yes
phenotype: no.

[Leto]

Don't forget he is half Italian, so some of the swarthyness may be from his Italian side. I bet he is 25% Sicilian or something.

[Leto]

But the Farmer ancestry in Europeans is different compared to Syrians. Natufians is like Pınarbaşı +Taforalt, quite different from EEF (Barcin_N+WHG) in Frenchmen. Also Syrians have lots of West Asians compnents not present in Europeans, even S. Italians (although they do have bronze age non-steppe CHG admixture)

The OP's Syrian is minor, only 1/8 and I assume those were Christian Syrians, not Bedouin or black-admixed Muslims. 1/8 Syrian is like 1/4 Ashkenazi, more or less.