I've done the DNA thing. The irony is that the only person that comes close to matching is apparently unrelated! So we are out there all alone. I sure wish someone would match up and soon! Virginia in Seattle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Van Heuit" <willapa@willapabay.org> To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:50 AM Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Black Irish > I've always understood my father to have been a typical 'Black > Irishman'--he was fair-skinned, but had black hair and green eyes. > His maternal grandmother was an Irish Catholic immigrant from Derry > County named Sarah O'Neill. I'd heard that the black hair seen in > Ireland was a souvenir of shipwrecked Spanish sailors. I've also > heard that that story is a bunch of malarkey. Maybe DNA research will > solve that question. > > Kathleen > > On Mar 16, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Wanda Flesher wrote: > > > I've read that the Black Irish go way back into Ireland. > > Occasionally, an > > Irish child is born who has dark eyes, hair, and skin color and is > > slightly > > darker than general Irish; thus, they're called Black Irish. I > > don't know > > about Black Dutch. > > > > Melungeons are believed to have developed in this country, pre- > > colonization, > > by a group of Portuguese shipwrecked sailors and others, off the > > coast of > > the Carolinas. The Indians in the area accepted them, intermarried > > with > > them, and those offspring were darker in color. Their descendants > > spread > > throughout Appalachia. Like Sue said, there are many web sites > > about > > them. To find one - 'Google' *Melungeon *in the search box, > > click go, and > > take your pick of the sites that will come up. The same process > > could be > > done with Black Dutch, etc. > > Wanda > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Virginia, I'm in Tri Cities WA. Hi! From what I've been reading on the List, I don't think I connect to the same Thomas family, at least with Kathleen or Sue - yet we never know. I'm dead ended with Reuben Thomas b abt 1730/40, and he was in Washington Co VA about Rev War times. I've always thought he was b. VA, but now I'm wondering if he could be from NC. I need more research. I have a few male Thomas cousins who could do the DNA test, but so far, they aren't interested. Will keep trying. It just takes one break to get things rolling. Wanda On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Virginia <vdach@verizon.net> wrote: > I've done the DNA thing. The irony is that the only person that comes > close > to matching is apparently unrelated! So we are out there all alone. I > sure > wish someone would match up and soon! > > Virginia in Seattle > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kathleen Van Heuit" <willapa@willapabay.org> > To: <thomas@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:50 AM > Subject: Re: [THOMAS] Black Irish > > > > I've always understood my father to have been a typical 'Black > > Irishman'--he was fair-skinned, but had black hair and green eyes. > > His maternal grandmother was an Irish Catholic immigrant from Derry > > County named Sarah O'Neill. I'd heard that the black hair seen in > > Ireland was a souvenir of shipwrecked Spanish sailors. I've also > > heard that that story is a bunch of malarkey. Maybe DNA research will > > solve that question. > > > > Kathleen > > > > On Mar 16, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Wanda Flesher wrote: > > > > > I've read that the Black Irish go way back into Ireland. > > > Occasionally, an > > > Irish child is born who has dark eyes, hair, and skin color and is > > > slightly > > > darker than general Irish; thus, they're called Black Irish. I > > > don't know > > > about Black Dutch. > > > > > > Melungeons are believed to have developed in this country, pre- > > > colonization, > > > by a group of Portuguese shipwrecked sailors and others, off the > > > coast of > > > the Carolinas. The Indians in the area accepted them, intermarried > > > with > > > them, and those offspring were darker in color. Their descendants > > > spread > > > throughout Appalachia. Like Sue said, there are many web sites > > > about > > > them. To find one - 'Google' *Melungeon *in the search box, > > > click go, and > > > take your pick of the sites that will come up. The same process > > > could be > > > done with Black Dutch, etc. > > > Wanda > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > THOMAS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > -- For Freedom's Sake - Love God, Love America