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"The team found that for Southwestern Europeans (those from Italy, Spain and Greece), between 4 and 20 percent of their genomes came from North Africa, compared to less than 2 percent in Southeastern Europe." (Ghose, 2013)

The study also found that the apparent sub-Saharan ancestry in these populations was actually the result of North African lineage." (Ghose, 2013)

"Moreover, admixture mainly, and perhaps almost exclusively, occurred within the earlier half of the period of Muslim rule. Within Spain, north African ancestry occurs in all groups, although levels are low in the Basque region and in a region corresponding closely to the 14th-century Crown of Aragon . Therefore, although genetically distinct north African-like ancestry in the Basque region could be explained through genetic interactions between the Basque groups and other parts of Spain within the past 1300 years." (Bycroft et al, 2019)

References
Bycroft, C., Fernandez-Rozadilla, C., Ruiz-Ponte, C., Quintela, I., Carracedo, Á., Donnelly, P., & Myers, S. (2019). Patterns of genetic differentiation and the footprints of historical migrations in the Iberian Peninsula. Nature Communications, 10(1), 551. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08272-w

published, T. G. (2013, June 3). Southern Europeans More African Than Thought. Livescience.com. https://www.livescience.com/37092-southern-europeans-have-african-genes.html