Interesting. I get what you mean, but I think it might be confirmation bias. My Sardinian friends are not very dark, but I would not say they are lighter than a

Interesting. I get what you mean, but I think it might be confirmation bias. My Sardinian friends are not very dark, but I would not say they are lighter than an Irish person would. They look Mediterranean through and through, but not very dark. I wonder if anemia and thalassemia can explain a lighter skin tone, which is very common in Sardinia AFAIK.