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From: "Suze" <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Melungeon DNA Study Results
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 22:49:37 -0500
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Hi Sheila,
I can relate to that being called to task business...some of my family are
so angry with me for looking into our heritage that they no longer speak to
me. They do not want to know anything of what I've learned.....

I think people get stuck on terems, sometimes. Sometimes, maybe they think
they're being called liars because they've told everyone all their lives
they are "German" or "French," only to have someone like us come along and
figure out that English dude's heritage actually went back to Spain before
he came here...he only had that nice English name because his Spanish mom
married an Englishman...

I also remember my "white" cousins picking on my sister and I for not having
a white father...they were so white, they blended with the walls, to hear
them talk. Yet, I realize now their nice whiteness was blemished by the fact
our shared "German" grandfather wasn't just a European, but also of Asian,
possibly Mongolian heritage. Family left behind did NOT pass Hitler's acid
test for being Aryian enough....unfortunately. They, like millions of others
of Jewish, Gypsy and other ethnics, died and are buried in unknown graves.

The town of my ancestry no longer exists. Family who survived did so because
they made it to Switzerland or to this country. Those who didn't get out
made it out only thru death.

You know, your surname registry reads like my old classmates at school -- my
neighbors were Boling -- Conley was a state rep and former teacher --
Goodwin was the orthodontist, Hein raised the prize milk cows, Maxwell was
among the town founders, Sparks was a town cop, Skaggs cleaned up the
hallways in school, Brown was a farmer and Beavers was my dad's more than
half brother's wife's maiden name....

Interestingly enough, my town was a drawing card for many Appalachian folk
because of the mills. The mills allowed us kids to get a better education --
which is what our parents wanted for us, but sometimes, we sounded more
southern than the South! LOL!

Suze
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don and Sheila" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Melungeon DNA Study Results


> Suze,
> I was "called to task" for stating that one of my lines came to England
from
> Germany and then to the Colonies. However, I still think that is exactly
> what happened! Lots of Palatines went to England during 1609/10. Later
> they came to America. They intermarried with the English and some took
on
> English Surnames, but they were from other countries. I know many of my
> ancestors were German --a fact I grew up not knowing --Like most
> Appalachians, I was told I was English, Irish and Dutch! Black Irish and
> Black Dutch, but still...
> We just got the DNA test back from the Boling Family. My cousin had a
12/12
> match with 6 people. None of those 6 relate to the other Boling Families
in
> Blount County at the time. So we are back to square one --trying to
figure
> out which branch of the Bolings we are. I have decided to continue with
the
> tried and true research techniques --paper trails and as much info as
> possible on my ancestors. I am not going to worry about labels. I am
> Melungeon because I feel it in my heart --because that is the group I
> identify with and choose to self identify with --I may never prove it, but
I
> will always feel it in my heart. Sheila
>
> Sheila's Surnames: Barrett, Beavers, Bolen (Boling), Brown, Conley,
> Crickmer, Godbey, Harman (Harmon), Linkous, Maxwell, Peery, Skaggs,
Sparks,
> Whitt, Wynn
> Don's Surnames: Aldridge, Allen, Dawson, Goodwin, Hein, Price
>
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