Historical Melungeons

"The legend of their history, which they carefully preserve, is this.
A great many years ago, these mountains were settled by a society of Portuguese Adventurers,
men and women, who came from the long-shore parts of Virginia, that they might be freed
from the restraints and drawbacks imposed on them by any form of government. These people
made themselves friendly with the Indians and freed, as they were from every kind of social government,
they uprooted all conventional forms of society and lived in a delightful Utopia of their own creation."
Newman's Ridge ~ 1848

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Another Will Allen Dromgoole Article From 1890 - In The Tennessee Hills

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''That leaves mitochondrial and Y-chromosome tests. Regrettably, neither will work to solve the Melungeon mystery. They simply can not determine Melungeon ethnicity even in properly selected subjects. ''