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Of course they all died, but what happened between the time the settlement was abandoned and death is the question.

For the most part, the Lost Colony has been studied alone. The blog points to the fact that there were several other attempts by French and Spanish that also either foundered or were destroyed.

For an excellent read, The Three Voyages, a first hand account by Rene Laudinerre who founded Fort Caroline at what is now Mayport Florida in 1562-64 prior to the Lost Colony. His account is amazing in the detailed description of hoe very petty disagreements and pure arrogance caused the efforts to fail.

My personal belief is that they moved inland and assimilated. Even De Soto came to East Tennessee as early as 1540 where he found a white among the Cherokee. The trade between the inland and coastal people was well established and news of whites followed the trade routes.

The recent resurgence of intense study of the Mullengons points to such a scenario.They are a mixed heritage group with no certain source. They exist however and the origin is very early in the settlement of America

This is very interesting to me. My grandfather was born in Texas in 1879 but his family came from Tennessee and there was no family history of where they originally came from. He was a very different looking person , with very dark hair that did not gray even when he died in his 90s and pale eyes. I have seen pictures of Mullengons and he would fit right in with them.

They even found that some Mellungens have a genetic marker found only in a group of Africans who live in Karachi.

That area was part of the Islamic Caliphate during the time period we are talking about so its conceivable black Islamic sailers/servants were taken prisoner by the Spanish and transported to South Carolina (then Carolana).

Finding "white markers" in what today is essentially a "white community" would not be a surprise of course. Finding "black markers" wouldn't be a surprise either, but finding Karachi' blacks' markers IS.

They even found that some Mellungens have a genetic marker found only in a group of Africans who live in Karachi.

That area was part of the Islamic Caliphate during the time period we are talking about so its conceivable black Islamic sailers/servants were taken prisoner by the Spanish and transported to South Carolina (then Carolana).

Finding "white markers" in what today is essentially a "white community" would not be a surprise of course. Finding "black markers" wouldn't be a surprise either, but finding Karachi' blacks' markers IS.