that much, I hope that you take Vitaminn D supplements. Sun exposure is a dilemma. Too much and you get skin cancer. Too little and you develop Vitamin D deficiency.
Fair-skinned people are at higher risk, but people with darker skin can also get skin cancer if they are exposed to high amounts of the sun's UV light rays.
My father had a mix of Native American and European heritage from both of his parents. Native Americans have a range of skin melanin amounts due to interrelations with people of European descent. Of my father's 8 siblings, 6 had black hair, deep brownish black eyes, and dark beige to medium brown skin. 2 of them, including my father, had black hair, but lighter, medium beige skin and blue eyes. One of them had light brown hair, very fair skin, and blue-gray eyes. (The "white sheep" in the family.)
My father grew up on a farm, with a lot of sun exposure. He moved into the city after marrying my mother, but spent every spare minute outdoors in his favorite hobby of gardening and landscaping.
My skin tone is light tannish beige, or like a faded olive color. Before it turned gray, my hair was dark brown. My eyes are hazel, brown and green. I should not be at as high of a risk as fair-skinned redheads or blonds, but here I am with 2 incidents of precancerous skin lesions within 5 years and a prognosis from a dermatologist that I will develop more. As a child, I played outdoors a LOT. I grew up on Lake Erie where there is a state park beach resort and spent a lot of time there. When I was 13, I got a very severe, head to toe, sunburn during a school party at the beach. Serious sunburns even as young as teen years raise the risk factor, regardless of ethinicity or coloring.
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