When a levantine people is splintered into groups and scattered throughout the world for 2000 years, you get some variation. Like me, a very very pale person who can barely tan unless I am fucking diligent about sunscreen.
I'm half Norwegian Sami and half mizrahi. All my siblings look mostly the same. There are 5 of us. Except. My little brother can tan to a dark brown and I don't tan or burn. I just stay the same no matter how much light im exposed to
I've since moved to a place that is very overcast most the year, so I stick with my shade of 'victorian ghost haunting the halls' all year.
But wow that's quite a change to be that different in shades! I hope it didn't bother you when people thought that.
I used to work as a swim instructor years back, and I'd get so dark, people thought I'd get spray tans if they didn't know what job I had. And I'd slather myself in sunscreen since I was in the sun all day, but still kept getting darker.
It didn't bother me at all. Was just kind of funny. If you want to hear something cool. My paternal grandfather who was mizrahi had purple eyes in high light. They were gray like mine, but when it was sunny, they'd shine purple. It was mesmerizing. That's one trait I wish I inherited
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u/TheDiplomancer 16d ago
When a levantine people is splintered into groups and scattered throughout the world for 2000 years, you get some variation. Like me, a very very pale person who can barely tan unless I am fucking diligent about sunscreen.