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Ancestry/Genealogy

carolinayellowdog

(3,247 posts) Sat Feb 2, 2013, 10:24 AM Feb 2013

New radio documentary about last summer's Melungeon gathering and DNA discoveries [View all]

Mary Helen Miller, a producer/reporter for Chattanooga Public Radio station WUTC, attended the 16th Melungeon Union last summer and this week her 17 minute documentary on Melungeons became available online. She also wrote an article as companion to the documentary, available here.

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New radio documentary about last summer's Melungeon gathering and DNA discoveries [View all] carolinayellowdog Feb 2013 OP

Interesting. Here's some famous people who are thought to be melungeon... Little Star Feb 2013 #1

Mullins is one of the most common Melungeon surnames; Locklear is Lumbee... carolinayellowdog Feb 2013 #2

My maternal grandparents hail from the mountain region of North Georgia... Little Star Feb 2013 #3

Weavers relate to one of my big DNA puzzles-- profile shows South Asian but no Native American carolinayellowdog Feb 2013 #4

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