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The Roma spirit, free and strong, In every heartbeat, in every song.
Through fields and forests, roads unplanned, They roam the world, a nomad band. Beautiful women, heroic men, In the Roma, life’s magic begins again.
"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." (John 10:10-11)
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Yes that's true. I have been to Southern France twice, and they are certainly less Med-looking than in "Southern Europe proper". I'd even go so far as to say that Brits/Irish (not so sure about Germans) pass better in Southern France than Iberians and Southern Italians do in Northern France.
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"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." (John 10:10-11)
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"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." (John 10:10-11)
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And like all stereotypes, this one has much truth to it too. A lot of the French are like that, in part because a lot of them have some South European ancestry. Although even without that, they would still be like that simply because Gauls never looked largely like Asterix and Obelix and there is Roman ancestry probably more than there is Frankish ancestry. French are also shorter on average than all NW Europeans. But overall the French are diverse looking and especially in the North they have their share of very light people too.
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What about Northern Italians who also have Gaulish, Roman and some Germanic ancestry? Aren't the French as a whole closer to them? Not too pale, but medium complected, shorter on average than NW Europeans, majority dark brown hair, high percentage of dark eyes. Sure, the French(especially northern ones) have somewhat higher percentage of light eyes and light hair, but is the difference that big? I don't know about distribution of phenotypes and don't even take that too seriously, btw.
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