article_snippet: Professor Capellii, who is Italian, was particularly suprised to find evidence of the Basques in Colombia and the Italians in Puerto Rico, as well as the fact that some part of Spain, but not others, contributed Spanish DNA to the Americas .
article_snippet: South Italy and Sicily also provided a significant European genetic contribution to Colombia and Puerto Rico, in line with the known history of Italian emigrants to the Americas in the late 19th and early 20th century .
article_snippet: Professor Capellii, who is Italian, was particularly suprised to find evidence of e Italians in Puerto Rico (bottom right), as well as the fact that some part of Spain, but not others, contributed Spanish DNA to the AmericasSpainthe Americas.
article_snippet: South Italy and Sicily provided a significant European genetic contribution to Colombia and Puerto Rico, in line with the known history of Italian emigrants to the Americas in the late 19th and early 20th century the late 19th and early 20th century .