[VeniVidiVici]

There is a group of people in Appalachia called Melungians. I once saw a photo of one taken around 1910. I immediately thought, “Portuguese”.

Thank you for this post.

My ancestors are from England/Scotland and settled in the late 1600s into VA and later to WV.

My nephew looks EXACTLY like what referred to as "Melungeons". He's definately a one-off and looks just like the people I researched.

Thanks for the tip! I'll be looking into this more deeply.

[yarddog]

I used to work with a Filipino who was retired from the Navy. He attended a University in The Philippines. He said it was founded by Portuguese before The Philippines were officially discovered.

I have heard they were also in Japan before they were officially there.