Calabrese Italians

[Sikeliot]

Genetically do you see their DNA exams similar of Cyprians?? Really I ' ve never seen calabrian tests before...

I posted some here. They are close to Cypriots, but more so to Sephardim, North African Jews etc.

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...ounties-listed

[Erronkari]

I posted some here. They are close to Cypriots, but more so to Sephardim, North African Jews etc.

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...ounties-listed

Sounds interesting!

[Erronkari]

I don't think Vibo Valentia area looks like Greeks. In my experience they have very extreme features almost Levantine.

The Greek looking ones are on the Ionian Sea coast.

All Ionian area seem very similar.
In Policoro, Basilicata, people look very greek too.

[Sikeliot]

All Ionian area seem very similar.
In Policoro, Basilicata, people look very greek too.

The Greek looking areas are the parts of southern Italy and Sicily on the Ionian and Adriatic Sea.

[Joliemome]

Indeed Vibo Valentia area is the opposite of Reggio as I perceived... there light people are probably the most.
And with clear greek traits...
I think that Reggio is really different of the rest, also the extreme south... but Calabrians are light in general.
Around Italy there many people say something that is an autistic stereotype= "I contadini della Sila sono mori, hanno la pelle olivastra e i capelli neri" and that's not true at all!
Indeed many people of that area is quite light too...

That’s correct! Just stereotypes! I am Calabrian and I live in Calabria and I can confirm this. As I’ve already said before, in Italy we don’t make this distinction among Italian regions. There is really no big difference between Northern and Southern Italians or among the various areas of Italy.
In particular, the difference between Northern Italy and Southern Italy is completely outdated now in Italy, and doesn’t hold much, not even as a stereotype. We may be genetically different, but as I’ve already said, physically we do not appear different to each other and we are indistinguishable.
The idea that in a certain area of a region people are darker than average and in another area people are lighter doesn’t exist in Italy, and it has never existed, especially if you’re talking about the same region.
This whole discussion of the differences among the single regions or areas of Italy only takes place outside Italy and mainly among Americans or in other Anglo Saxon countries where ethnic and racial stereotypes play a major role in society.

[Regnera]

Lol guess what? Your avatar is a detail from a Sandro Botticelli's painting, so it's ITALIAN art. If Italians are not light europeans then all Italian art must be whitewashing LOL

Calabrian politicians:

Antonino Calabrese is from Reggio Calabria
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Nicola Irto is from Reggio Calabria
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Caterina Belcastro is from Caulonia (Reggio Calabria)
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Maria Teresa Fragomeni, Maria Francesca Corigliano, Angela Robbe
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Giuseppe Falcomatà is from Reggio Calabria
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Silvia Vono is from Catanzaro
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Giulia Accattato is from Trebisacce (Cosenza)
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Yes,my avatar is Venus from Botticelli's "Venus and Mars".But the model of Venus was a Northern Italian from Liguria,not southern Italian.And many TA members said Calabrese people are one of the darkest Italians

[Joliemome]

Yes,my avatar is Venus from Botticelli's "Venus and Mars".But the model of Venus was a Northern Italian from Liguria,not southern Italian.And many TA members said Calabrese people are one of the darkest Italians

Lorenzo De Medici was from Tuscany (Northern/Central Italy) and he was portrayed as darker in Renaissance paintings.
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You can find dark people in the North to the same extent as in the South. And that goes for light people as well. That’s also because there’s a lot of internal migration within the Italian territory and people from the south marry people from the north and viceversa. Italy is a small country and it is not difficult to move from a region to another. And this has happened for centuries.
For example, if you meet an Italian guy who looks dark and you tell him “Ok, you must be from the South because your skin is dark” not only could you be totally wrong but he will laugh at you lol
I’m Italian and I know what I’m talking about.

Carlo Conti (Tuscany, Northern/Central Italy)
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Luciano Pavarotti (Emilia Romagna, Northern Italy)
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Simona Ventura (Piemonte, Northern Italy)
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Alessandro Borghi (Campania, Southern Italy)
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Marina Ripa di Meana (Calabria, Southern Italy)
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Giusi Cataldo (Sicily, Southern Italy)
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[Dna8]

Awesome pics.. love how "exotic" some look.. cool

[RenaRyuguu]

Gianni and Donatella Versace are also from Reggio Calabria. They also explained that their choice of the mythological symbol of the Medusa head as the Versace brand’s logo was a reference to Magna Grecia. Calabria was a part of the Greek colonies of Magna Grecia in Southern Italy.

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[Oliver Tooth]

Some more. Anyone's welcome to add pics btw.

They look unique. I wouldn’t even guess them as Sicilian or Greek.