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whatthehey

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1. An interesting demographic

Reply to carolinayellowdog (Original post)

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 12:10 PM

Aug 2016

As they are perceived as more "cool" today than their shunned history it seems we are seeing a Woodstock phenomenon with more people claiming Melungeon ancestry than are likely to have it. Seems the half imposed half chosen isolation up in the mountains around Sneedville is less restrictive than before too. Haven't read the article yet but did they ever get a real DNA profile yet to pinpoint ancestry?

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"Down in the valley, up on the ridge"--- new Economist article on Melungeons by Andrew Miller [View all] carolinayellowdog Aug 2016 OP

An interesting demographic whatthehey Aug 2016 #1

Three different DNA studies, three different profiles carolinayellowdog Aug 2016 #2

Fascinating thanks. Hadn't heard of Romani links before. whatthehey Aug 2016 #4

My family is Melungeon minoan Aug 2016 #3

Welcome to DU, honored that your first post was in response to this article carolinayellowdog Aug 2016 #6

That is very interesting, cyd. brer cat Aug 2016 #5

thanks-- I think north GA and AL are the southernmost parts of what I call the "Melungeon zone" carolinayellowdog Aug 2016 #7

Very interesting WeavingWoman Sep 2016 #8

welcome to DU, and I encourage DNA testing which is much less expensive than in the past carolinayellowdog Sep 2016 #9

Very interesting read - thank you GeoWilliam750 Sep 2016 #10