has anyone here ever done any personal family research for Melungeon ancestors?

Question

I am really curious if anyone with Appalachia roots, a Caucasian background, dark Melungeon coloring or Gibson/Collins surname has ever had a DNA test to find a link similar to people of Jewish or Mediterranean descent.

Answer 1

Hey 2manydogs,
Well, I have not done the research on these roots. However, here are the results from searching for DNA participants. There are matches for each of the 3 surnames at the web site below. I copied the quantities of participants, and there are multiple studies.
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One or more Surname Projects had an associated name that matched your request.
Project
Members Description
Core Melungeon 26
This project is a study of males who have proven known Melun..

Melungeon 171
This study is looking at males who have a Melungeon ancestry..
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The following names matched your search request:
NAME COUNT

Gibson
61
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The following names matched your search request:
NAME COUNT
Collins
106

Collinsworth
1
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Just type in the surname at the search prompt of this site. Let me know if you have difficulties.

Answer 2

Try
http://genforum.genealogy.com/melungeon/
It has 17,000 posts on Melungeons.

There are only a dozen people who answer posts here who are competent genealogists. Rust Skipper is one. I'm another. He drinks less and types better. You should look at a few posts beofre you post your own query, to get an idea of the tone of th eboard. Most o fth epeopl ehere are under 18, and they aren't smart enough to read the resolved Q. They ask either

"How do I find my family tree for free?"
or
"What does {surname} mean?

Over and over and over again. I answer both 1 - 6 times a day. So does RS. We are gluttons for punishment.

Answer 3

Hi,
You sound like Debbie or Delores, two people from my family! We got stuck in East Tennessee/North Carolina at a male ancestor whom we probably all thought was Native American Indian who first appeared right after the Trail of Tears (about 1840 is when the children first showed up with a grandparent who was white), because of facial bone structure of children and other descendants in photos. I got stuck, and haven't talked to them in a long time. I wish you the best of luck!