However, a 2011 DNA study published in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy pegs many self-identified Melungeons as the offspring of people from sub-Saharan Africa and Northern or Central Europe.

Melungeons make up a multi-racial group in ... great-great granddaddy signed -- are what keep the Mozingos addicted to genealogy. It's a hobby with rare but thrilling rewards, a bit like surfing.

Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree, My Search for My Melungeon Ancestors. Lisa Alther. Arcade. $25. 236 pp. When Lisa (and that’s pronounced “Liza”) Alther was a teenager in Tennessee ...

Oral tradition - and perhaps convenience - had the Melungeons believing they were of Portuguese descent, but a new study published in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy points to African ancestry.

Now a new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy attempts to separate ... Genetic evidence shows that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African ...

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 ...

The Melungeons of Appalachia. "I'd always looked at genealogy as a vain pursuit without much appeal," says Winkler. "I'm interested, though, in finding out about my relatives who struggled against ...

Now a new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy attempts to separate ... Genetic evidence shows that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African ...

A new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy found the truth to be ... doesn’t sit comfortably with some people who claim Melungeon ancestry. “There were a whole lot of people upset ...

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 ...

Now a new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy attempts to separate ... Genetic evidence shows that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African ...