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For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned residents of the southeastern Appalachia region, 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.
And that report, which was published in April in the peer-reviewed journal, doesn’t sit comfortably with some people who claim Melungeon ancestry.
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my sister just passed this thing while driving at home in KY.
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World’s Biggest Treehouse. Equal parts cool & creepy. #treehouse #worldslargest #crossville #tennessee (Taken with instagram)
Sweet.
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Bluegrass Legends.
Mac Wiseman, Jim and Jesse McReynolds, Bill Monroe, and Ralph Stanley.
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