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Birth Name:
Alessandra Corine Ambrósio
Birth Place:
Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Birth Date:
April 11, 1981
What Race or Ethnicity?:
Polish, Italian-Brazilian
Source:
http://hotalessandraambrosio.blogspot.com/
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Wait, people actually think she’s dark? For one she’s tanned in the photo! For two she is not dark she is quite typical Southern/Central/Eastern European. I’m from Poland and her colouring is normal here… do you guys actually think we Slavs are majority blonde? Because if you do you’d be shocked if you came to Poland, Slovakia, or the Ukraine! There are many people much darker than her so please get educated before you comment. It’s tiring to see people of Southern European or partial Southern European descent being picked on when many of their darker looks can be found all around continental Europe and many Southern Europeans are quite light I should add. But with that said I don’t see why her colouring is being associated with her Italian heritage when she’s quite normally pigmented for an Eastern European. Myself, I’m way darker than her and I don’t stand out where I’m from at all. So please guys before you make these presumptions educate yourselves.
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the descendants of Esau migrated to what is now called greece they were semitic thats why many greeks have black hair and look middle eastern this type intermarried with the european type of greece
esau is son of Prophet Isaac PBH who married the daughter of Prophet Ishmaeel their descendants are known as edomites
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I LOVE HER!!!!!!!
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I am Sicilian/Calabrese and from what I learned about my people’s history is that the “Moors” occupied Sicily for a few hundred years (and Spain as well) until they were driven out.. Others like Greeks, Nordics, Romans,Spaniards, etc had left their mark as well, so as far as some saying Italians are considered the “darkest” Europeans it can be said truthfully of Siciliano’s in particular because of their mixed ancestry. the original physical characteristics of ancient Greeks were “fair complexioned” and light colored hair & eyes, UNTIL they intermingled w/Sicilians (who were already mixed w/German & Muslim-Moorish) blood, hence you created Greeks who displayed darker complextions, etc. This went back & forth between Sicilians & Greeks for a looooong time. I myself can look at photos of relatives (from Sicilia) who appear to be of “mixed” race..their hair texture is considered “wooly”/”nappy” (and no offense to African Americans here to use that description), very dark (naturallY, not tanned) skin tones, fuller lips & wider noses, and extremely tall in stature (Italians btw are not known for being the tallest Europeans out there), so where do these physical attributes come from?? It goes way back, but it’s there. Most Italians do NOT want to admit this part of their lineage and it’s a shame. I am proud to be of Sicilian ancestry but it has been my experience and a lot of Italians will say this.. That they (mainland Italians) do NOT consider Sicilians to be “true Italians” because of Sicily’s history of having so many different races & nationalities invading them.
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what are yone u talking??? greeks have never been blonde, if they had been, there wouldn’t be only like 1000 natural blondes(who usually have a foreign mother) in that country nowadays. the romans had to get the blonde hair for their wives from germanic slaves and couldnt take the easy sea way to greece for that!
blonde greeks are just an invention of hollywood (haha Brad Pitt in Troy xD) because golden hair was ment for the greek gods while the mortal people had black hair!!!
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I don’t know where you get your facts, but you’re only partly right. Sicilians have been invaded by Moors (and by Swedes, French, Spanish, Danes, and Greeks). And there are many Sicilians that have dark complexions (although I think that has more to do with the hot Mediterranean sun than racial bloodlines). But if you knew more about the cultural history of Sicily, you’d know that Sicilians, by virtue of their hatred for invaders (since they’ve been invaded a lot) have normally held them in contempt and although they were ruled by these peoples, they would not mix with them. The only exception would be the ancient Greeks and maybe some of the Swedes (Normans), since their are a few Sicilians with light hair and blue eyes. Consequently, Moors are not sub-saharan africans, but actually north africans and are closer to berbers and arabs than they are to the ancestors of african americans who primarily came from western sub-saharan africa. Moors are not from the negroid race but are actually semitic..closer to arabs and jews. Moors have conquered Sicily in the middle ages but mostly ruled from the western half of the island…their principal base of operations was in Spain. Parts of France and Sicily were not necessarily colonies where they settled and inhabited, but more like tactical bases of operating trade and military conquests. And to say that Greeks are dark because of mixing with Sicilians is ludicrous. Your facts are not facts at all but just misconceived stereoytpes (probably from the movie True Love). Now Sicilians are predominantly dark haired and olive skinned like most of the peoples of the mediterranean, but that a geological trait, not a racial one. If you’re sicilian and happen to be dark with thick lips, broad nose, and nappy hair, maybe YOUR ancestry isn’t truly sicilian but instead maybe you just happen to have sub-saharan african ancestry. But don’t feed into a negative stereotype rooted in baseless myth and unsubstantiated innuendo claiming all Sicilians are dark. I’m part Sicilian and I have a fair complexion, light brown hair, and green eyes….so does my Sicilian grandfather. Not because that makes me better than a dark haired/dark eyed sicilian, but just want to demonstrate how unsubstantiated the myths and stereotypes about Sicilians are….To say anyone from any race or ethinicity is pure is ridiculous, not in this day and age.
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NEVER once did I say that ALL Sicilianos were dark skinned, dark eyes, etc but I do find it typical that another Siciliano would dispute my comment.
BTW my great Nana had blue eyes & fair skin & she was as Sicilian as they come..all the way..
Married my great grandpa who was very dark skinned, black hair & dark eyes.
Both Sicilianos, but very different looking physically.
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