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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some speculated they were descended from Portuguese explorers, or perhaps from Turkish slaves or Gypsies. Now a new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy attempts to separate truth from oral tradition and wishful thinking. The study found the truth to be somewhat less exotic: Genetic evidence shows that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African men and white women of northern or central European origin.....

SHALOM!:IF YOU HAVE A HOLLY BIBLE READ, READ WHAT IT SAYES IN GENESIS CH:12:1-3.AN DO WHATCH OUT ABOUT MAKIGN WISE CRACKS ABOUT MY PEOPLE."GOD" PUT US HERE OVER 4000 YEARS AGO.FOR SAFE KEEPING CAUSE WHO WOULD LOOK FOR US OVER HERE.SO UNLESS YOU ARE NOT A BELIVER IN THE "GOD" OF ABRAM WHO BECAME LATTER ON BECAME ABRAHAM. THE FATHER OF THE JEWISH NATION.WE ARE WHAT SOME CALLED THE LOST 10 LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL.WE WERE NOT LOST "GOD" JUST PUT US IN A "VERY VERY" SAFE PLACE. SO IF YOU HAVE A "BIBLE" READ,GENESIS 12:1-3. AND BE CAREFULLY FROM...

FRANKFORT, Ky. - (KRT) - When S.J. Arthur started tracing her lineage more than 20 years ago, a fellow researcher stammered as she noticed recurring family names. Was she connected to a unique group of people known as Melungeons, the researcher timidly asked, afraid Arthur might slap her. The reference was once considered a racial slur. "I could be," Arthur replied. "I just don't know yet." This weekend Arthur was one of dozens of Melungeon descendants who gathered in Frankfort, Ky., to shed the stigma that plagued their ancestors and try to grasp their mysterious heritage. The Melungeons have been...

For more than 200 hundred years the mysterious origins of the Melungeons has mystified many who were searching for facts. Recent research compiled by the Melungeon Research Committee (MRS) reveals the most probable theory thus far.