Im Irish, German, Enlish and Nordic, yet I have brown hair and brown eyes. My skin is naturaly pale, but I tan up nicely. It has been said once and it will be siad again - white does not constitue Blonde haired and Blue eyed. White is a person of European descent who's recent ancestors are not black, asian, indian, muslim or jew. That is the only prereq to being white. As for dating the Italian girl, did it occur to you that there is a high prbability that her dark skin is simply a tan (like mine) and if she lived in England, for example, she would be as light as you if not moreso.    We have to remain unified and not squable about petty issues such a what shade of white we are.