I didn't read the whole thread but everyone knows Italians have Moorish/African ancestry. Not all of them do, but a lot of them. Also, the Moors invaded Sicily and the South but everyone across the boot has mixed with each other so sometimes you get very dark norntheners or very white southerners. Its not always people from a certain region that look a certain way.
But yeah, usually the ones from the south tend to be darker and the ones from the north tend to be whiter and kind of look more like Germans. I mentioned this before a long time ago in a similar thread that, to insult each other, the northeners call the southerners Moors and the southerners call the northeners Germans.
My father is full Italian and my mother is Irish. My father is pretty dark, kind of looks like a Mexican. I'm pale tho. I have Vinny from Jersey Shore kind of complexion but I have thick dark hair and dark eyes. I identify more with my Italian side since I look more like an Italian than an Irishman.