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Iloko
09-02-2017, 01:29 PM
What do you think Italian showing up for Latinos/Iberians on 23andme really means? Is it Sephardic-Jewish ancestry/admixture, or is it actual REAL authentic Italian blood? etc..

Any theories/opinions?

Percivalle
09-02-2017, 01:38 PM
It's not necessarily "Italian ancestry".

http://www.eupedia.com/images/content/23andMe_Italian.png

Jacques de Imbelloni
09-02-2017, 01:38 PM
Roman colonizers?

Sizzo
09-02-2017, 01:58 PM
It's not necessarily "Italian ancestry".

http://www.eupedia.com/images/content/23andMe_Italian.png

Interesting post. What does this "Italian admixture" mean? That Maciamo guy suggests "Roman" but more exactly? Something central-Mediterranean (maybe with a small part of steppe genes carried by Italics)?

Percivalle
09-02-2017, 02:06 PM
Interesting post. What does this "Italian admixture" mean? That Maciamo guy suggests "Roman" but more exactly? Something central-Mediterranean (maybe with a small part of steppe genes carried by Italics)?

It's just a label. It's something that peaks between Molise and Abruzzo.