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Subject: Re: [DNA] Could Melungeons be India-England mixed peoples?
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 16:42:06 EST

In a message dated 4/2/03 1:19:37 PM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:

>
> Could Melungeons be the descendants of British soldiers married to women of
>
> India whose descendants migrated to the US in the 1850s?

No, the people on Newman's Ridge can trace their ancestry to the early days
of US history. They had probably been in this country at least 100 - 200
years by 1850.


Grant W. Johnston, Chico, CA

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