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In the collective volume ''Etruscology'' published in 2017, British archeologist Phil Perkins provides an analysis of the state of DNA studies and writes that "none of the DNA studies to date conclusively prove that Etruscans were an intrusive population in Italy that originated in the Eastern Mediterranean or Anatolia" and "there are indications that the evidence of DNA can support the theory that Etruscan people are autochthonous in central Italy".<ref>{{cite book |last=Perkins |first=Phil |editor-last=Naso |editor-first=Alessandro |title=Etruscology |location=Berlin |publisher=De Gruyter |date=2017 |pages=109–118 |chapter=Chapter 8: DNA and Etruscan identity |isbn=978-1934078495}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Perkins |first=Phil |editor-last1=Perkins |editor-first1=Phil|editor-last2=Swaddling |editor-first2=Judith |title=Etruscan by Definition: Papers in Honour of Sybille Haynes|publisher=The British Museum Research Publications |id=173 |location=London |date=2009 |pages=95–111 |chapter=DNA and Etruscan identity |isbn=978-0861591732}}</ref>
A 2019 genetic study published in the journal ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'' analyzed the remains of eleven [[Iron Age]] individuals from the areas around Rome, of which four were Etruscan individuals, one buried in [[Veio|Veio Grotta Gramiccia]] from the Villanovan era (900-800 BC) and three buried in La Mattonara Necropolis near [[Civitavecchia]] from the Orientalizing period (700-600 BC). The study concluded that Etruscans (900–600 BC) and the [[Latins (Italic tribe)|Latins]] (900–500 BC) from [[Latium vetus]] were genetically similar,<ref name=Antonio2019>{{cite journal |last1= Antonio |first1=Margaret L.|last2=Gao |first2=Ziyue |last3=M. Moots |first3= Hannah |year=2019 |title=Ancient Rome: A genetic crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean |journal=Science |language=en |location= Washington D.C.|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science |publication-date= November 8, 2019|volume= 366 |issue= 6466|pages=708–714 |doi=10.1126/science.aay6826 |pmid=31699931|pmc=7093155|bibcode=2019Sci...366..708A|quote=Interestingly, although Iron Age individuals were sampled from both Etruscan (n=3) and Latin (n=6) contexts, we did not detect any significant differences between the two groups with f4 statistics in the form of f4(RMPR_Etruscan, RMPR_Latin; test population, Onge), suggesting shared origins or extensive genetic exchange between them. |hdl=2318/1715466 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> with genetic differences between the examined Etruscans and Latins found to be insignificant.{{sfn|Antonio et al.|2019|p=3}} The Etruscan individuals and contemporary Latins were distinguished from preceding populations of Italy by the presence of ca. 30% [[steppe ancestry]].{{sfn|Antonio et al.|2019|p=2}} Their DNA was a mixture of two-thirds [[Copper Age]] ancestry ([[Early European Farmers|EEF]] + [[Western Hunter-Gatherer|WHG]]; Etruscans ~66–72%, Latins ~62–75%) and one-third [[Steppe-related ancestry]] (Etruscans ~27–33%, Latins ~24–37%).<ref name=Antonio2019/> The only sample of [[Y-DNA]] extracted belonged to [[Haplogroup J (Y-DNA)|haplogroup J-M12 (J2b-L283)]], found in an individual dated 700-600 BC, and carried exactly the M314 derived allele also found in a Middle Bronze Age
A 2021 genetic study, published in the journal [[Science Advances]], analyzed the [[autosomal DNA]] of 48 Iron Age individuals from [[Tuscany]] and [[Lazio]], spanning from 800 to 1 BC, and confirmed that in the Etruscan individuals was present the ancestral component [[Steppe-related ancestry|Steppe]] in the same percentages found in the previously analyzed Iron Age Latins, and in the Etruscans' DNA was completely absent a signal of recent admixture with Anatolia and the Eastern Mediterranean, concluding that the Etruscans were autochthonous and they had a genetic profile similar to their Latin neighbors. Both Etruscans and Latins joined firmly the European cluster, west of modern Italians. The Etruscan cluster is a mixture of WHG, EEF and Steppe ancestry; 75% of the Etruscan male individuals were found to belong to [[Haplogroup R1b#R1b1a1a2 (R-M269)|haplogroup R1b]], especially R1b-P312 and its derivative R1b-L2 whose direct ancestor is R1b-U152, while the most common mitochondrial DNA haplogroup among the Etruscans was [[Haplogroup H (mtDNA)|H]].<ref name=Posth2021>{{cite journal |last1=Posth |first1= Cosimo |last2=Zaro |first2=Valentina |last3=Spyrou |first3=Maria A. |date=September 24, 2021 |title=The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect |journal= [[Science Advances]] |language=English |location=Washington DC |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science |volume=7 |issue= 39 |pages= eabi7673 |pmid=34559560| doi=10.1126/sciadv.abi7673| pmc=8462907 |bibcode= 2021SciA....7.7673P }}</ref>
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