My blond haired blue eyed Tuscan mother would have been very surpised.
As would my blonde haired, blue eyed uncle from Sicily.
Yes, my Swiss-Italian grandmother had red hair and blue eyes.
Blond hair-blue eyed second generation U.S. born; grandparents both born near Naples, Italy.
Yep - was stationed in Italy for a couple years and there are many fair-haired Italians....now us Polish folks need to be considered minorities so we can act as spies within the enemy camps....