I'm only 1/4 German,but my VERY pale skin comes from that side,rather than my 3/4 Hungarian side,who while pale,were not/are not as pale skined as I;not even the blondes.
Pale doesn't figure into to it, I don't think one bit.
I'm a 4th generation Norske, here in the good old USA. True mixing, only among those from Norway. No other nationalites involved. Small territories.
Lol, ya gotta know the mid-northern states; we're pretty much all Scandinavians.
You know -- like the Ole and Lena jokes???