>>8348935Ahaha what a bunch of bullshit.
Italy is one of the most isolated genetic island in Europe and the few admixture that comes from outside Europe was during neholitic period.
African Haplogroup L lineages are relatively infrequent (less than 1%) throughout Italy with the exception of Latium, Volterra, Basilicata and Sicily where frequencies between 2 and 3% have been found.
(source: "Mitochondrial DNA variation of modern Tuscans supports the near eastern origin of Etruscans")
A 2013 study by Alessio Boattini et al. found 0 of African L haplogroup in the whole Italy out of 865 samples. The percentages for Berber M1 and U6 haplogroups were 0.46% and 0.35% respectively.
(source: "Uniparental Markers in Italy Reveal a Sex-Biased Genetic Structure and Different Historical Strata")
In 2008, Dutch geneticists determined that Italy is one of the last two remaining genetic islands in Europe, the other being Finland. This is due in part to the presence of the Alpine mountain chain which, over the centuries, has prevented large migration flows aimed at colonizing the Italian lands.
Source: "Genetic Map of Europe"
Recent genome-wide studies have been able to detect and quantify admixture like never before. Li et al. (2008), using more than 600,000 autosomal SNPs, identify seven global population clusters, including European, Middle Eastern and Central/South Asian. All the Italian samples belong to Central-Western group (Europe) with minor influences dating to Neolithic period.
