There is no better way to understand this than clicking on the website that the listserver posts frequently. I wrote it down, but you will do better to copy it directly from the screen because I'm not sure if I have it right. I read here that Melungeons are 1-3% Indian, 3-9% African and 90 - 95% European. There is a good explanation of how this was decided and why you can be proud if you qualify. Pat