Melungeon families themselves claimed to be Indian, white and Portuguese. The study points out that the family line of “John ... “My Ancestor’s Name and Race Changed in Census Records.

Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree, My Search for My Melungeon Ancestors ... diseases such as sarcoidosis and a commonality of last names, such as Mullins, Collins, Bolling, Gibson and Goins.

ROBERTA ESTES: Thank you. Glad to be with you today. HINOJOSA: Wayne, I want to start with you because you are a member of a Melungeon family. So, when you were growing up, what were you told ...

In another lawsuit in 1855, Jacob Perkins, who is described as “an East Tennessean of a Melungeon family,” sued a man who had accused him of having “negro blood.” In a note to his attorney, Perkins ...

In another lawsuit in 1855, Jacob Perkins, who is described as “an East Tennessean of a Melungeon family,” sued a man who had accused him of having “negro blood.” In a note to his attorney ...

The Melungeon Heritage Association met in Hillsborough ... has that changed the identity that's been passed down to you from your family at all? Or is this just, you've done the homework already?

KINGSPORT (Tennessee) July 1: Might the Melungeon people of the US Appalachian mountains be descendants of Moorish and Turkish sailors who escaped the Lost Colony of Roanoke? Or are their ...