John Doe
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Whoops! My bad.
I didn't notice you were talking about Riffian people, but here is what Wikipedia had to say about their higher frequency of fair hair and light eyes than of other Berbers:
Fair hair:
"Riffians show a high percentage of blondism, higher than the other Berber groups. However, Riffians are not of homogeneous racial origin.About two thirds of Riffians are pinkish-white skinned with mixed or light eyes (reaching 80% in central Rif). The rest are of Mediterranean (mainly of classic Mediterranean or Iberid subtype) and Alpine races.
Many Riffian Berbers show some other admixture.[2]
Blondism is strong in the Rif. Over half of the adult men show some trace of it, and almost one tenth features red hair."
About light eyes:
"Moroccan Berbers of the Rif Mountains and Middle Atlas may have the highest percentages of Light Eyes in Continental Africa and Arab world.
In the Rif, dark eyes are found among 30% of the men, mixed eyes 45%, and light eyes in 25%; and the mixed eyes have green or blue elements rather than gray.[2]"
I don't know if this indicates Scandinavian ancestry though, fair features don't have to indicate Scandinavian admixture, they could just as well indicate French, northern Spanish, German, Polish etc ancestry. I do think that new studies should be made on them, considering the advance in technology.