One of my grandfathers that came over from Norway was olive-skinned, dark eyes, jet black. My dad figured it was some Mediterranian blood that got mixed in during a Viking raid to those parts.
Until he visited way up north to Lapland. And all of the Sammi (sp?) looked like they could have been uncles.
Although the statue of Hanson doesn’t appear to have a hint of Black or Sammi.
My girlfriend is from England and they were taught in grade school about John Hanson. It is part of their history. The picture they have of him is a black man of Moorish descent. The statue has the nose wrong. Just like the original Statue of Liberty. It was sent back & the the face was redone.