I have a question I was wondering if anyone has an answer to. After doing much research I am still confused about which lines are considered Melungeon and which lines are not. Are the descendants of Vardy the only Melungeons or are all the Collins that came from Virginia in the 1700's, through North Carolina considered Melungeons as well? I've also seen lists by Paul Heineg with Collins from North Carolina listed as Mulatto and am wondering if these are the same Collins from Virginia. Thanks for any clarification.

They are not all from the same line. The Melungeon are a separate and distinct family(s) line. It isn't known for sure where the "Melungeon" part came into the Collins line. DNA has proven it was not a distant sailor from Spain/Italy/where ever that was ship wrecked. I have traced my particular Collins line to the Chesapeake Bay area in the early 1700s. This particular line of the Collins family seems to have come from England. Some of this family did go south into the Carolinas. I have no doubt there were other Collins lines that immigrated directly to the Carolinas. As for the mulatto listing many of the Collins families owned slaves and some had no qualms mating with one of the female slaves. Slaves often took the name of their "master" when they were set free. Collins is a very common name and they cannot all be lumped into one big group. I have a question I was wondering if anyone has an answer to. After doing much research I am still confused about which lines are considered Melungeon and which lines are not. Are the descendants of Vardy the only Melungeon or are all the Collins that came from Virginia in the 1700's, through North Carolina considered Melungeons as well? I've also seen lists by Paul Heineg with Collins from North Carolina listed as Mulatto and am wondering if these are the same Collins from Virginia. Thanks for any clarification. BE SURE YOU CHECK ALL OF YOUR SUBJECTS ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COLLINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message