To begin with, the Mediterranean sea has served as a barrier between the various populations located on it:
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On PCA charts, although they are noticeably drifted from other Europeans, they still fall within the general cluster for Europe:
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(Jews plot intermediary due to mixing)
FST wise they also are closest to other Europeans:
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They also plot closely to the ancient Latini Romans & Mycenaean-Minoan Greeks
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They also were always considered as White historically:
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Race deniers get in a muddle again.
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When it comes to phenos/appearance, many do have distinct European ones such as Gracile Med, Dinaro-Med, Dinarid, West alpinid, Pontid or some other mix of it. Some do have a Pseudo look to MENAs or have MENA phenos such as Trans-Med or Armenid.