i guess i am 'swarthy' ! I have a dark "Spanish" look.

One interesting point is that out in North America (where most people are mixed - French-Canadian, African-American, etc.) one think i often get asked is am i "English-English" !

It just goes to show that English and Irish (and of course the Spanish) have mixed for centuries and yet from the outside people assume that because England (and the Isle of Man) are Islands, we are not mixed.

thankyou.

phil