[MamaB]

I have received numerous emails saying my ancestors are Melungeons. There is a website which is about them. I do not remember what it is called but you could just type in Melungeons + genealogy and see what you can find. I will see what I can find for you.

[twigs]

There are also physical characteristics of Melungeons. One has to do with teeth. I forget what it's called. While I don't buy a lot of what has been written about the Melungeons, they come from the area where I research my own genealogy and they're fascinating people. They tend to get darker in the sun than their neighbors and they often have oral traditions in their family of being Black Dutch or Black Irish, which can mean anything. In many cases, it's just an explanation for being a lot darker than your fair neighbors.