article_snippet: The study found that while Spaniards provide the majority of European ancestry in continental American Hispanic/Latino populations, the most common European genetic source in African-Americans and Barbadians comes from the UK.
article_snippet: The most common European genetic source in African-Americans and Barbadians comes from the UK (right) - The most common European genetic source in African-Americans and Barbadians comes from the UK.
article_snippet: Compared to South Americans, people from Caribbean countries (such as the Barbados) had a larger genetic contribution from Africa.
article_snippet: - The proportion of African ancestry varied across the continent, from virtually zero in the Maya people from Mexico to 87 per cent in current-day Barbados. - South Italy and Sicily provided a European contribution to Colombia and Puerto Rico, in line with the history of Italian emigrants to the Americas in the 19th and early 20th century.
article_snippet: - One of the African-American groups from the USA had French ancestry, which reflects historical French immigration into the colonial Southern US.
article_snippet: Compared to South Americans, people from Caribbean countries, such as the Barbados, had a larger genetic contribution from Africa.
article_snippet: The majority of African Americans have ancestry similar to the Yoruba people in West Africa, confirming that most African slaves came from this region.
article_snippet: In areas of the Americas historically under Spanish rule, populations also have ancestry related to what is now Senegal and Gambia.
article_snippet: Researchers also found that the proportion of African ancestry varied across the continent, from virtually zero in the Maya people from Mexico to 87 per cent in current-day Barbados.
article_snippet: One of the African-American groups from the USA had French ancestry, in agreement with historical French immigration into the colonial Southern US.
highlights_snippet: Study found the most common European genetic source in African-Americans and Barbadians is from the UK .
  