Most of my ancestors were Basques from Spain, too-my grandfather was swarthy, I guess- medium olive skin, black hair and dark eyes-I have red hair, gray/green eyes, my brother has my grandfather’s hair and eyes but the gray/green eyes and brown or red hair is more common in the family than the darker looks. The article shows we have been all mixed up for a lot longer than a lot of people thought...
That's right - just because the language is pre-Indo-European doesn't mean that most of the speakers aren't closely related with modern-day European people through interbreeding.