NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some ...

KINGSPORT (Tennessee) July 1: Might the Melungeon people of the US Appalachian mountains be descendants of Moorish and Turkish sailors who escaped the Lost Colony of Roanoke? Or are their ancestors ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NASHVILLE, Tenn. —For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known ...

View Slideshow Kevin Jones wanted to study the genetics of the rare diseases common to a mysterious sub-population in Appalachia called the Melungeons. What he discovered was a group of people ...

Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree, My Search for My Melungeon Ancestors. Lisa Alther. Arcade. $25. 236 pp. When Lisa (and that’s pronounced “Liza”) Alther was a teenager in Tennessee, she was ...

Nineteenth-century Melungeons were stigmatized for their dark looks and mysterious ethnic origins. Melungeon "was the worst thing you could call somebody when I was growing up," says Denver "Bud" ...

The mysterious Appalachian people known as the Melungeons will meet in Kingsport, Tennessee in June for their bi-annual gathering. Sixth Union will be held at the Kingsport Civic Auditorium Thursday – ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some speculated ...

KINGSPORT (Tennessee) July 1: Might the Melungeon people of the US Appalachian mountains be descendants of Moorish and Turkish sailors who escaped the Lost Colony of Roanoke? Or are their ancestors ...