Based on Figure 4, there is small Iberomausian admixture in Sicily, but also some small amounts in French, Basque, Spanish and Sardinians. So some of this admixture as the article noted is older than the Pheonician. So how do we know from reading the paper how much was say from Pheonicians, much later, and of course, with ties the Levant (modern Lebanon, Northern Palestine, Syria, etc). If Look at the Tuscan and Sicilian graphs side by side, the colors (Orange, Purple, Blue, light Purple and Red) sort ofo trend along at close approximations, the only difference the small green (Iberomaurusian) admixture. Spanish, Basque, French look the same in terms of the first 5 colors, less Orange, but look fairly the same in terms of admixture groups. Sardinia same thing, but much less Blue (Steppe I guess).
So does this suggest that there was in fact very little Pheonician input and little from the Saracen period, or did the subsequent Norman period (and deportation of the 30,000 or so Saracens) just sort of reset Sicily back to its pre-Saracen invasion DNA admixture ratios, etc. Regardless, every study I have read puts the North African admixture at ranges from 6% in an earlier study to Di Gaetano et al 2009 (p.95) and more recently at 4.6% in Sazzini et al (2016, p.5) and about 4-5% in Raveane et al (2019, Figure 2, p.5) based on eyeball estimation. The paper above seems to put it at even less than that it seems. Regardless, while E-M81, the Berber marker has been found in Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, it seems that the Saracen invasion into Sicily had a more East North Africa to the Levant and Persian source, than Tunisia to the Maghreb since it was the Abbasid's based in Modern Baghdad (their HQ so to speak) who invaded Sicily. Their territory was from Modern Tunisia to Persia. In fact, the general who led the invasion, was Asad ibn al-Furat, who was described as a Mesopotamian, although his birth place is in fact in modern Turkey.[FONT=Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif] [/FONT]Thus, a significant number of his 10,000 troops, were from the Levant-Persia, supported by Berbers and Arabs as well. Citing Di Gaetano et al (2009, p.94) again, along with E-81 (Berber marker at 2.12%) he finds J1-M267 at even higher rates 3.81%, and this would definetly be from the Levant I would think. Di Gaetano et al 2009 also found E-V22 (Northern Egypt, Levant, Western Ethiopia), EV-12 (Egypt) and E-65 is found in North Africa (Libya, Tunisia and Northern Morocco). The source for where those last 3 Y-Haplogroups are found was from Maciamo's article from May 2018.
So just from an historical point of view, as Angela indicates, it does in fact distort the actual history of Sicily for sure, and other extant research clearly points to North African admixture into Sicily from Tunisia to the East up to the Levant/Persia. For the record, my Ancestry DNA test shows 97% Italian and 3% Middle-East with Egypt to Turkey being the area highlighted in Green. My National Geno results show Asia Minor which they define as Northern Middle East (Levant, Syria, Lebanon) east to Iraq/Iran border and North to Turkey/Armenian border. So while my DNA is 1 modern sample, thus an anecdote, the samples to produce Figure 4 are interesting, but again, I think as Angela stated, distorts the actual history. But that is just my view, nothing more and nothing less.
One last question, will Jovialis, Maciamo, Duarte, etc be putting these Samples and the ones in the Reich team paper, which actually has a sample from where my Paternal Great Grandfather was born in Sicily, into the Ancient Dodecad spreadsheet.
Thanks in advance, Cheers.