Italian showing up for Latinos/Iberians on 23andme means what exactly?

[Iloko]

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]

It's not necessarily "Italian ancestry".

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

[Jacques de Imbelloni]

Roman colonizers?

[Sizzo]

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]

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.