DNA study seeks origin of Appalachia's Melungeons - Houston Chronicle Now a new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy attempts to separate truth from oral tradition and wishful thinking. The study found the truth to be somewhat less exotic: Genetic evidence shows that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African men and white women of northern or central European origin. http://bit.ly/MNkl6t Source: http://www.chron.com/news/article/DNA-study-seeks-origin-of-Appalachia-s-Melungeons-3583475.php See if people are clicking on this link: http://bit.ly/MNkl6t+ Try the bitly.com sidebar to see who is talking about a page on the web: http://bitly.com/pages/sidebar To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html