Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: carmela
Anyone that thinks, or says, that there are no fair skinned sicilians with light hair and eyes, has never been to Sicily.

Carmela is spot-on. Are blond hair, blue eyes and fair skin the norm in Southern Italy and Sicily? No, but they're not that uncommon, either.

Originally Posted By: Moe_Tilden
David Caruso is of Sicilian descent.

But Caruso isn't the best example. A very close friend of mine grew up with him in Forest Hills. Caruso's Mom was straight off the boat Irish, and he clearly took after that side of his family.


I agree they're not that uncommon at all. Especially nowadays it seems.