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Thread #125015   Message #2765543
Posted By: mg
13-Nov-09 - 04:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: Who are the Melungians? / Melungeons
Subject: RE: BS: Who are the Melungians? / Melungeons
Well, this is interesting..some people on a genealogy web site think Obama has Melungeon roots via his mother's Kansas relatives. I have read Abraham LIncoln as well..and one is said to have signed the constitution. This is getting more and more interesting.

And I am starting to wonder if I could have a bit..my mother is from the south via some family from Michigan etc., but some via Georgia. They are supposedly Welsh and Cornish on one side and Dutch and Native American and other on the other side. and my mother is known to have an Native American grandmother (or ggm?). Anyway, I only saw my grandparents three times in my life, but my mother, one brother and my grandfather have darker skin than the rest of us pale ones. I said..well, I could see that my grandfather could be part Native American..and one of my siblings said no..it was my grandmother who had the Native American ancestor, not my grandfather...so I am just wondering. mg