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From: "Cleland" <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] DeMarce Review and the Ritchies
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:46:06 -0400
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Billie,
Take this from a person that has been there and done that. I know that
mtDNA showed that my G-G-grandmother was from the house of Helena. (Northern
European)The same with my Grandmother. It goes back more than 15,000 years.
I also know she was listed in the census as "FPC". I also know that if my
Great-Great-Grandfather was full blooded Chinese, it would not show up on
my grandmothers side or anywhere along the line.
I also know that my Collins and my Gibsons were among some of the first
identified as Melungeon.
I hope you can see that DNA has not proven anything other than
originally my grandmother's ancestors on my father's side were Northern
European. With what genes they were mixed with is anybody's guess.
Cleland
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Subject: Re: [Melungeon] DeMarce Review and the Ritchies


> What I meant by "waving 2 letters around saying this is proof" is that
there
> are those who use the Plecker letter and the article from Ms. Dromoogle
> (spelling?) to use as the only "proof" as to who were Melungeon and refuse
to
> even explore any other possiblities or to even look off"the ridge" . DNA
> could be a useful tool in showing Melungeon existed in more than just the
one
> area. But you are right about how far back it goes.Knowing which sister of
> Eve I decend from doesnt do any good when I'm trying to find who the heck
> Wiley Crafts parents were :) Billie C.
>
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