I think the confusion today is that people see individuals like Kamala Harris, who has a light brown skin tone, and immediately jump to the conclusion that she is black.
The same for Mediterranean peoples - we forget they have an olive cast to their skin tone, and some people immediately jump the the same conclusion - they are black.
When it reality, neither Harris nor Cleopatra are black. Nor Hamilton. Nor Queen Charlotte (who has a TV show).
Yes, my mother who had Sicilian genes, had that olive skin tone. I, however, got the very pale skin from my Dad's side; however, with medium brown hair with red highlights, like my Mom.