Why are most Italians blond with blue eyes?

Italy is a melting pot nation. As every center of an empire everybody tried to live in the capital , where the life was safer and business richer. The italian peninsula has been the center of commercial ways for centuries. read more

Most Italians are neither blond/e nor blue-eyed. Most Italians have black to brown hair, various shades of brown eyes, and a skin type which tans pretty well. Naturally blond-haired people in Italy are occasional and not as frequent as in Northern, Western and Eastern Europe. read more

More Italians have blue eyes, to be sure! Italy is a kind of racial melting pot indeed there are Italians with blond air and blue eyes much as Italians with dark air and eyes both in the North and in the South of the Country because of the history of Italy. read more

My boyfirend is from the north (north of Lombardy and has sandy-blond hair and blue eyes. My friend is Sicilian and has blond hair and blue eyes. My ex-housemate is from Lecce and is blonde with blue eyes. In this moment I'm in a coffee shop and the Italian boy next to me has blond hair and light brown eyes. read more