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something to do with being plastics
Why are some Welsh people naturally olive skinned...
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I've heard it said that some Welsh people who appear Mediterranean are descended from survivors of the Spanish Armada. Although I find it a bit implausible as I'd have thought that any Spaniards who'd have got ashore would have been lynched by the locals or militias they came across.
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Spanish sailors from ye olde times interbreeding with the local population, my dad's the same [although he's Cornish]
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Makes sense actually. The name from my Dad's side of the family is very popular in the Mediterranean (Malta mainly, so I'm told), we have slightly darker skin like you describe, and I'm pretty sure there are quite a few ties to Wales somewhere.
Inb4 gtfo you greasy wop.
Inb4 gtfo you greasy wop.
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Fili di cagna!!
Wrong country, its Scottish.
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I go brown quite easily 
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I go brown quite easily
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fake tan?
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LOL, subtle
On a more serious note it perhaps could be some Celtic contribution via the Mediterranean and potentially migration from the Iberian peninsular etc...
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What is it with all these new 'members' bumping ancient threads?
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I know someone Welsh that had Italian parents. I've never seen him tanned.
If you browse individual forums when you are new nothing makes them stand out as old. I know I made that mistake.
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Good question! Always assumed it was the Italian influence...
Joe Calzaghe & Enzo maccarinelli are two mediterranean tonned Welsh men that spring to mind from the boxing fraternity.... The surnames sound Italian to me too (Calzahe = Calzone, Maccrinelli = Pasta) there you go.
Joe Calzaghe & Enzo maccarinelli are two mediterranean tonned Welsh men that spring to mind from the boxing fraternity.... The surnames sound Italian to me too (Calzahe = Calzone, Maccrinelli = Pasta) there you go.
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Apart from the fact that you have to go actively digging back ages in the forum to find a thread from 2013. That and they have a handy date stamp next to them too.
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God damn Spaniards, coming over here and meddling with our women folk. We have an arrangement, you stay in your own Country and once a year we'll send the ropiest of our women to Benidorm as a tribute for your leery barstaff.
It's too easy to accidentally hit the forum "sort by" options and not notice, especially when new
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