What it means to identify as Melungeon
Melungeons are mixed-race people with origins in the Appalachian Mountains. VPM News Focal Point asked Andrew Harris Jr to reflect on his background.
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I love that !! Can’t erase history, there is good and bad….can’t change it by ignoring it. I am so glad this gentleman was kind enough to give us his perspective. All people are beautiful.
I am melougeon. I might look white but I am glad I am melougeon. I am glad I was place by God this heritage.
It was so important to my GM to keep the heritage hidden, including not displaying and later destroying family pictures. However the DNA tells the truth.
Do all melungeons also defy the laws of aging?! Cuz when he said 70!!!!
I love learning this is amazing everybody not just black or white,you must know your history
Everybody mixed up, it's pointless to worry about it. 🙂
@NaturallyGifted77
2 ай бұрын
True! We are all humans that is what matters
@Based_Gigachad_001
2 ай бұрын
No. Many people are pure.
@AjWard-nh5tp
2 ай бұрын
@@Based_Gigachad_001 pure what
@ashley1919100
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@@Based_Gigachad_001 no
I’ve been doing my genealogy and I have dna matches with the names Mullins, Williams and Goins! Interesting!!
Very interesting; I have partial Melungeon ancestry (only recently discovered) myself.
For Gods sake man change the batteries to the smoke alarm!!!
I don’t believe there is a dna group for Sicily, the south shares more African ancestry than northern Italy. He may be Sicilian ancestry, historical darker skinned, prior to losing independence
I’m sorry to say and shameful that Italian used the word melogean as a slur. In Italian melongean is an eggplant
Not a real thing