I have 19 of the Melungeon surnames per Brent Kennedy in my family lines. Three of my grandparents have a Melungeon surname - Mullins, Stewart, and Berry. I took an ethnicity test that showed my ancestry to be Portugese/Spanish, Native American, Brahmin, Belgian, Moroccan Berber, Scottish, Norwegian, and probable Jewish. I did not show a drop of English or Irish. Just because our families may have immigrated from England or Ireland does NOT mean that was their ethnicity. Rick
Yes, that is correct. However you should also note that just because a surname appears on the list does not necessarily mean they were melungeon. Two of my names appear on the list; Belcher and Coleman. Several of us in my immediate family have thalessemia (minor) and I have the knots on my head as well as shovel teeth. I also have lupus. All of these are traits of melungeon ancestry. And we have Belchers in my paternal line. However, it appears that there were melungeons on my father's paternal line as well. In 1963, at the age of 28, my father died from what we now believe to have been thalaseemia maior. His maternal line was the Sturgells and Belchers while his paternal line was McClungs and Colemans but there have been no stories passed down regarding anyone else in the family having had the health problems my father had. Anita ________________________________ From: Richard Stewart <rcs5ster@gmail.com> To: wvlogan@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:27:28 AM Subject: [WVLOGAN] Melungeons I have 19 of the Melungeon surnames per Brent Kennedy in my family lines. Three of my grandparents have a Melungeon surname - Mullins, Stewart, and Berry. I took an ethnicity test that showed my ancestry to be Portugese/Spanish, Native American, Brahmin, Belgian, Moroccan Berber, Scottish, Norwegian, and probable Jewish. I did not show a drop of English or Irish. Just because our families may have immigrated from England or Ireland does NOT mean that was their ethnicity. Rick ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message