Hello, I am new to the mailing list and got this e-mail address from the Melungeon Digest. Guess I am still not real clear about exactly what Melungeon is, but do have all of the physical characteristics - olive skin, bump and ridge at the back of the skull and the ridges behind my teeth. I have tried to do research on my family and have run into a blank wall on my grandmother's side. Hopefully someone here can help in some way. My grandmother's name is Lora Ethel BELL. The information that I have is that she was born in Albany, KY 6/29/1889 and died in Muncie, IN in 1953. Her father was Marion BELL and her mother was Rebekah BROWN, neither of them lived in Indiana. Family stories indicate that she was an American Indian. She (Lora Ethel) married Lee O. CLARK while living in Albany KY. Her siblings were: Sherman Bell Winnie Bell Catherine Bell Florence Bell Nova Bell Mary Bell Martha Bell Esther Bell Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Sandy