Hey Joyce, I've thought about getting one of those DNA tests. Are they pretty accurate in your experience? Do you recommend a certain company? ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Joyce G. Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> Reply-To: CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com To: CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Cherokee Circle] Hiding Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 07:34:15 -0500 Sherry Thank you for an honest response, in any case. *G* Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry Huff" <sheree606@alltel.net> To: <CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:31 PM Subject: RE: [Cherokee Circle] Hiding >The Melungeons...well, I have a "friend" and a member of her family >wrote a book about the Melungeons. Personally, I do not believe that >the Melungeons exist in the way everyone has been lead to believe that >they do. Last summer this "friend" had invited me over with a couple of >other people. One woman found a way to work in a question about my >ethnicity and my "friend" responded for me by saying that I was >Melungeon. I am not. For one...I have had a DNA test and nothing >supports any African American ancestry or the Turkis origins once >claimed by the melungoens. . I do not think that the Cherokee have any >connection to this group commonly called the "Melungeons". I think the >Melungeons are simple a mixed race people like most of America today and >someone is trying to capitalize on that. > >I responded to the message simply because it was funny to me. I did not >read the initial text. I am sorry. ==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== <<>OPEN forum to all Cherokee topics - except Genealogy<>> <>Culture-History-Language-Folk lore and Truths<> Good Manners & Language is required to be on the list ALL the links you will need to sub and unsub or contact listowner below http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CHEROKEE.html ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx