[dog breath]

There is usually some genetic material absorbed from earlier populations for invaders don't always bring all that many women with them. Attractive women were a valuable as a commodity in most historical societies. You see that even in North America where Indian tribes were killing the warriors of their enemy but capturing the women as a prize. There seems to be an endless assortment of peoples tracking across Europe for various reasons but whether anybody is related to the folks who built these ruins isn't as important as that they were building things like this in early Europe. Thanks for posting this.

[Verginius Rufus]

Cabeza de Vaca mentions an Indian tribe in Texas which killed all of its girl babies at birth, and acquired wives from other tribes.