"Melungeons are clearly not like the mountaineers I knew. They look different. They have darker skin, darker hair and blue eyes. In older photos, their physical appearance looks almost ...

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 ...

The Melungeon Heritage Association met in Hillsborough ... and he would always describe her as having this real, real long hair that came down almost to her waist in the back.

SHARED APPEARANCE, NOT CULTURE: Early Melungeons’ skin colour ranged from black to copper-coloured, their straight hair often jet-black, their eyes blue or hazel, and some shared a trait of ...

Wayne Winkler, a Melungeon descendent Young Winkler was enthralled ... Their facial features were Caucasian yet they had very dark skin, eyes, and hair. They had always been considered nonwhite ...

"The Melungeons have taught us that life in the mountains was much more diverse than outsiders could ever imagine," Sharfstein said. Melungeons have been traced back for more than four centuries ...

SHARED APPEARANCE, NOT CULTURE: Early Melungeons’ skin colour ranged from black to copper-coloured, their straight hair often jet-black, their eyes blue or hazel, and some shared a trait of ...