I don't know --- I have met very few Egyptians --- and since all people originally came from either North Africa or the Middle East it's more like it was migration out but intermarriage and mixing of tribes and people has always happened so it's very likely Europeans traveled to North Africa and vice versa. This woman only claimed to be Egyptian and said there are others who are fair-skinned in that country but since I know fair skinned Lebanese also I think maybe they were always in that region.