My AncestryDNA Results | Melungeons + GEDmatch

If you don't have an open mind, or an interest in history, science or genetics, please don't bother watching my video!!!!!
I know a lot of people will be upset that I am discussing the theory and evidence of certain populations being of Middle Eastern and Jewish origin but that is what I am exploring, as that is what my mother's side of the family primarily is and has been for generations. I did not do this test or make this video just because it became a trend on KZbin.
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I know this is a long video. And I still feel like I left a lot out so I am going to try and put it here! First and foremost, I know these ancestry videos can be controversial. I have always had a huge interest in this stuff and have done years of research on it. This is me trying to make sense of my results, provide some information about the theories I have researched and basically rant off my thoughts.
Whether my West Asian DNA is a small fraction of a distant Cherokee ancestor from many generations ago, or a distant Turk ancestor, still remains a mystery. Many of my European ancestors can be traced back to the initial colonial times and those ancestors can then be traced back to their countries of origin, notably England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Switzerland, France and the Netherlands. I do understand that people can have DNA that comes from one place and then live in another, for instance my confirmed German ancestor could have been more Italian! Also, I have never come across any surnames that would suggest Western Asian, Spanish or even Italian blood.
I have traced my Melungeon ancestors back to Hawkins County, Tennessee and surrounding areas in the 16-1700’s. It must be noted, a vast number of ancestors on my mom’s side of the family trace back to absolutely nothing and dead ends, whereas my dad’s side, which is so rich in Northern European blood, can mostly be traced back to the North Atlantic.
My older cousin/family matches have significantly more Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, North African and Jewish DNA, as their biggest percentages, including the Finnish/Russian. And as I mentioned in the video about some living Melungeon descendants having Portuguese in their DNA, I have read that others have also reported Turkish/Middle Eastern DNA. My AncestryDNA results had range possibility for Spain/Portugal and North Africa. And I did match on GEDmatch with a few Spanish locations but the clear majority are Northern Europe, West Asia/Middle East (a whooole lot of Turk), Jew, Mediterranean, North Africa and Russia. While AncestryDNA has me at 1% West Asian with a range up to 4%, GEDmatch has me much higher.
Legend says Melungeon people of Portuguese/Turkish/Mediterranean/Middle East descent were believed to have been present in the Appalachian mountains centuries prior to Columbus, therefore, would that technically make them Native Americans after all? And if they came later as slaves or seamen, did they mix with the Native Americans as theorized or did they create their own tribes? These people are believed to actually be some of the Cherokee Indians who were primarily mixed with European, West Asian/Middle East, North African and even Jewish, per genetic testing done on Cherokee reservations. These are the populations I match on GEDmatch, and through matched family/cousins.
I will note that also on GEDmatch, I match Amerindian on most of the calculators to some degree but I am taking that with a grain of salt as I only match to reference locations in Brazil for Amerindian DNA. And it seems most of the Amerindian, Siberian, Papua, Berengian, Australian, Oceanian (Pacific Islander), and South East Asian only populate a percentage for me with the calculators that focus more on ancient DNA.
I’ll continue my research for answers. I may also be taking more DNA tests in the future and hopefully they may provide a deeper analysis. 😊 Regardless, I am who I am, as we all are.
Much love,
Johnna
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[@MsBthepolyglotteacher]

Thanks for educating people about the true diversity of America. Beautiful Melungeons.

[@yarekim5932]

My brother did a DNA Test and it came back with a high percentage of Subsaharan African which made him mad and he didn't believe it . BUT my grandmother on my Mom's side had a great grandmother that was from WVA EKY and was supposed to be Shawnee , but I think she was black or mixed black , maybe Melungeon . Its interesting , and I love it .

[@tropicalsavannah6484]

Why would it make him mad?

[@yarekim5932]

@@tropicalsavannah6484 he just thought the test was crap, never heard what my grandmother told me about her being black. I think I was the only person to ever ask. He was like Really? yep.

[@goymedhundDogtrainingBehavior]

@@yarekim5932 These tests are a bit off.. We only get a certain percent from each grandparent..and very often not the same.. it washes out superfast.. I took a test and my brother took one.. we have the same mum and dad. Still we only share 36%.. Our test showed only 2 "races" for us..It showed that We are both Scandinavian/Nordic and the other part was totally different: i am native American and my brother is Canadian indigenous.. It turns out that grandfather was 1/4 scandinavian but mostly Mohawk ( Canada) and his grandfather was Lakota Sioux so that is the part i inherited.. . To have a better picture you need all siblings to take a test..at the same company.I love these tests :)

[@goymedhundDogtrainingBehavior]

@@stinkbug4321 Lol!! mine did not have such an impact.. No Pow wows in my back yeard yet.. But i DID by myself a Teepe.. so we might get there...Lol

[@claire6838]

@@goymedhundDogtrainingBehavior Really? That’s your response to an overtly racist comment? A racist response? No wonder your brother didn’t want to believe you had African ancestry-probably wouldn’t align with the racist stereotypes and tropes you find so funny. Shameful, really. Hope you grow up. Read a book, even.

[@CherubicDolly]

I found a record for my 4th great-grandmother and her parents where they were listed as "M" or presumably mulatto on an 1870 US census. Their last name was Evans, one of the prominent Melungeon surnames. This is also around the time my mother's family says the Native American ancestry came in. Mulatto was used for both mixed black and whites and Melungeon people at the time; anyone who looked mixed and not entirely white. Unfortunately, the parents are a complete dead end, which sucks hard, but to have an actual record is awesome. usgwarchives.net/ky///pulaski/census/1870/1870f.html "Contemporary accounts documented that Melungeon ancestors were considered by appearance to be mixed race. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, census enumerators classified them as "mulatto", "other free", or as "free persons of color". ... They had been designated as "mulattoes" in an earlier record of 1755." - Wikipedia Concerning Cherokee reservation DNA being North African, Middle Eastern, and Jewish: "The origin of the core group of Cherokees may well have been the offspring of mixed-ethnic pairings who looked so non-European that they coalesced into bands and villages, then in to small tribes, then upon the manipulation of British officials, into a large Cherokee Tribe. After then, wave after wave of Native American captives or refugees from remnant tribes added Native American DNA to the gene pool. This theory is one of the few that could explain why a region in northeastern Tennessee that contained Spanish/Portuguese-speaking towns, African settlers, mullato settlers, Middle Eastern settlers, Jewish settlers and northern European settlers during the late 1600s, could also be simultaneously labeled the original heartland of the Cherokee People in the 1700s." accessgenealogy.com/native/cherokee-dna.htm A 2nd or 3rd cousin match on Ancestry shares this line and has Northern African and Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu Peoples DNA at 2% and 1% respectively. They suspect it is from these ancestors as there are zero signs elsewhere in their lineage. Here is a really interesting piece discussing the early African origins of the Melungeons. sites.rootsweb.com/~gowenrf/malangu.htm Also, another interesting read about the proposed Jewish origins of Melungeons. web.archive.org/web/20110808171423/www.melungeons.com/articles/march2003a.htm

[@bencancio914]

That's pretty cool 👍 I just found your video im gonna upload my raw DNA to Gedmatch .. myfamilydna has me as 69% America's/indigenous, 24 % central European, 1% Ashkenazi Jew , 5 % North African Egypt,Libya,Algeria ,1% East Slavic ,and 1% West Indian.. All of its cool 👍 You should upload more KZbin vids I would watch more of your content 🙏

[@LoniLovesLife]

My mother's family were melungeon. It is so funny how a lot of us look alike. I see myself in your face. That is crazy.

[@debraanchante3661]

LoniLovesLife where is your family from? I’m very interested in melungeons because I strongly suspect we have melungeons blood too.. my family came from Virginia through the Cumberland gap and settled in eastern Kentucky with Daniel Boone.. who was also part melungeon. Would love to know more about you.

[@SkyandQuill]

LoniLovesLife me too same nose

[@joshbarron6129]

She looks like she could have been at my Thanksgiving dinner the other.day..we all look similar

[@melodymccullough5262]

She definitely looks like she could be my sister. Lol

[@TheGeorgiaSlim]

problem with DNA tests among Native communities is that a many Native people (and European and African descendants to a lesser extent) today have mixed lineage beginning since the 1600s. Which prompts the question: What would the Cherokee DNA tests have shown if they were done in 1500 instead of today? Just because DNA tests today show that many Natives TODAY have some European ancestry, it doesn't mean that the Cherokee ORIGINATED in Europe or anywhere else.

[@normbograham]

Some Cherokee DNA tests, pointed at the Polynesian islands. Like a weird what's up with that. But clearly, gives them unique DNA over northern Indian Tribes.

[@anastasiabeaverhausen733]

Fascinating stuff, you definitely have a Finnish kind of a look. Might be interesting to get your grandmother to take the test.

[@CherubicDolly]

Anastasia Beaverhausen I definitely agree! I may have to do that.

[@25oxendine]

All of my Melungeon dna matches show Portuguese, Irish, and African(small amounts), but not much Native American... prntscr.com/en68w9 Their family trees have Native American individuals, but not their dna. I am from Appalachia(still live here) and most of my matches are Va, NC, Tenn, Ky, and SC

[@CherubicDolly]

That is interesting! My Melungeon matches show Middle Eastern, Caucasus, African, Iberian Peninsula, South Asian and Melanesian. The older matches test heavily for those populations. I have a 4th or so cousin that was born in Hawkins, Tennessee, she's in her 60's and her biggest percentages include Middle Eastern and Caucasus. Crazy stuff! Most of my family is from Appalachia and I grew up there as well.

[@RendiG1]

I too have Mulungeon DNA that originated in my ancestors with the last name of Sealock. Genetics is a crazy thing!

[@weezerplease9049]

Good video! You're so pretty. My mother always told me I'm Melungeon from my father's side but I've never taken any tests.

[@marianaya5824]

Blue eyed Appalachians and light, almost white skinned people were not the only type of Melungeons. There were all sorts of very dark skinned people, people with straight dark hair, African features, European features, medium skinned people, white looking people. I've even seen the very dark skinned, with straight dark haired people today on court shows and knew they were Melungeon. It was amazing! But we never see them in these videos about Melungeons. And mostly European ethnicities are spoken about more than anything else. I'm going to devote my obssession with this group that I believe runs in my family, to the darker varieties because I think it's genetically fascinating. Historically, during colonial times some NAs were called Turks. But you are virtually European which is not what Melungeons were at all. The Settlers of the Appalachian trails were the Europeans who did maintain non-mixed groups in that area. The NAs were very dark skinned Asians, because that's what Asians were originally before they were colonized by Brittain. But the actual Melungeons were mixed race and treated discriminatory and assumed to be a sort of mixed race negro, and were mostly black and white mixed OR the three way mixed people. But tbh, if you were any kind of African mix, it would definitely show up. 👀 Your facial structure does have a hint of the Ab-origines from Australia, esp your nose. The Caucasus mountains were where Europeans came from thousands of years ago. Ok. The more you share polynesian, melanesian and samoan ad mixtures, I'm confused because maybe some of your European ancestors came here with those mixtures in them somehow. Now, I'm confused and a bit more fascinated. Your genealogy is not usual to Melungeons or any typical mixed race group that I've heard of. 🤔🤔🤔🤔 Maybe some of the early Asians, who came here during colonial times settled in Appalachia too. Anything's possible in American history. That's what I know.

[@marianaya5824]

Before the Settlers came here, a group of Scottish adventurers came to the Americas and made friends with Native tribes, traded with them, mated with them and took a few home with them. This left behind blue eyed offspring among the NAs, that showed up recessively by the time the Settlers showed up. Thank you for the GEDMatch shout out. I want to explore that too.

[@SumBunniLuvsU]

Melungeon here on my mothers side! From what I have been told from my grandmother, Melungeons were called grass hopper Gypsies or mountain Gypsies. She also used to tell me I have the "Melungeon head" 😂 Fellow Melungeons will know what that means lol

[@ShawnaRN]

Hi! My family has melungeon names in both sides, from Wise Co. Virginia. I have red hair and green eyes, and I'm noticing you look very red too!!! The Irish, I suppose? Anyway, gonna do my Ancestry DNA soon! Love that you shared! And, my cousin is a Ballard now by marriage. :)

[@colemanstarr5404]

Looking at those pix you put up, was it your grandparents, they're Native, whatever DNA results say.

[@piercehawke8021]

That's pretty damn spooky that those stereotypical 'American Indian' looking ladies are (probably) almost 100% 'White'. Unless a LOT of so-called 'full blood' Cherokee et al are part Euro/White before they arrived here many hundreds of years ago.

[@joeaxe]

When you go back 6-7-8 gens...that is more than 100 people so 1 person is going to be less than 1% and not show in any pie charts from these companies.

[@MCH555]

I am Afro-Indigenous of Cherokee and possibly Choctaw descent. The reason why the Native American DNA doesn't show up a whole lot in ancestry tests is because tribal Nation members have been discouraged from donating to the database therefore there's not a whole lot to compare to. My mom showed up as 2% and I showed up as none and my sister showed up as 1% but we know where indigenous and we have family verbal history.

[@AXL664]

Or maybe your not native american lmao it’s always the five civilized tribes or Blackfoot.

[@lissetteleg9070]

There is a TON of native American dna that has been tested. All you have to do is look at Mexican and South/Central Americans. Native dna is easily recognized in them. Trust the dna test...and the mirror. If you look mostly European, it's because you ARE mostly European.

[@tinadavis9942]

I live in an area that is a Native American statistical area and the general area has different tribal headquarters. Basically I see many Native people and the first pic you showed, I would not be able to tell the difference between them and her.

[@kathrynschauf1784]

Johnna, I'm glad to find you. I am part Melungeon, and I think it's on both sides of my family! I have a very similar look to you, (Or did, I'm almost 70.) Nice to meet you!

[@CherubicDolly]

DNA Land: Northwest European - 74% - Scottish, British, Icelandic, Norwegian, Orcadian South/Central European - 15% - Italian(Bergamo), Italian(Tuscan) Finnish - 7.4% Kalash - 1.6% - Pakistan Mediterranean Islander - 1.4% - Cypriot, Sicilian, Maltese

[@CherubicDolly]

I suspect the Kalash percentage stems from my mother's side as my father's mother does not show this ethnicity on DNA.LAND. I also suspect it to possibly represent some other ethnicity that is relatable or that shares a common migration or DNA marker. This ethnic group seems to be pretty isolated and I just feel while definitely not a high percentage, that amount would result from having a 6th or 7th great-grandparent who was of that ethnicity. True Kalash ancestry feels incredibly unlikely considering the nature of that group from my research, but still possible. Interestingly enough, I have two mysterious great grandmothers around that generation that I suspect were either Native American or South Indian/Middle Eastern, including the one mentioned in this video. They were born in the United States in the Melungeon areas and Kalash for any of my ancestors born around that time in America just seems really random. "Sequences from that first genome sequence suggest the Kalash are related to the Mal'ta boy, a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer from a population believed to be among the European ancestral groups. A study published in Nature earlier this year indicated that Siberia's Mal'ta boy also shared ancestry with a group of Eastern European hunter-gatherers that was ancestral to a Yamnaya steppe herder population, which in turn contributed substantially to Europe's current population structure." www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/genetic-study-points-ancient-split-isolated-population-pakistan#.YHCWFbcpAzQ "The genome of a young boy buried at Mal’ta near Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia some 24,000 years ago has turned out to hold two surprises for anthropologists. The first is that the boy’s DNA matches that of Western Europeans, showing that during the last Ice Age people from Europe had reached farther east across Eurasia than previously supposed. Though none of the Mal’ta boy’s skin or hair survives, his genes suggest he would have had brown hair, brown eyes and freckled skin. The second surprise is that his DNA also matches a large proportion - about 25 percent - of the DNA of living Native Americans. The first people to arrive in the Americas have long been assumed to have descended from Siberian populations related to East Asians. It now seems that they may be a mixture between the Western Europeans who had reached Siberia and an East Asian population." www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/science/two-surprises-in-dna-of-boy-found-buried-in-siberia.amp.html

[@zoefarley4979]

Thanks for posting this video. I am creek/Cherokee on my mothers side and my DNA results came back west Asian, Jewish, middle eastern too & also Amerindian, Siberian on GEDmatch. There needs to be more research on this topic because it's such a mystery! i know my ancestors were creek & Cherokee because of their creek names and were they lived in Florida and Georgia. Keep up the research and continue to be proud of who you are!! :)

[@jollymatilda5890]

It's fascinating to say the least. You look a great deal Asian by looking at you. I think your a wonderful mix of so many interesting rich cultures and people and look how absolutely beautiful you are as a result. I believe you're blessed. ❤

[@waltwhitman7545]

thanks for doing the test, wish to see if someone more conventionally melungeon looking like your grandmothers did the test, as the relatively small percentages of Native or sub saharan african in them probably traced out and became to small for detection when they got to you. the Turkish and Portugese myths were quite clearly just covers for being mixed Native and free black persons, and it was easier for them to claim "Black Dutch" or other "Swarthy" people to be treated better

[@corineashley07]

Every native person I know who took this ancestry test, including myself, received both Asia Central and Asia East in their results. I got 8 percent central and 5 east. Meanwhile we have no relatives in our family history from those areas. I also got Finland northwest Russia. Ancestry lumps us all into one Native American category but we're more diverse than that so it's hard to tell your true NA percentage.

[@IkceWicasa_7]

corineashley07 Mine came back 11% East Asian. I’ve also noticed most “Natives” come back with central and/or East Asian as well.

[@johnbhughes3419]

Corine I took the test and mine came back with those as well but what I noticed when I uploaded my DNA too other sites was ancestry was labeling Siberian for Asia Central which makes more since if your familiar with the Malta boy from 24,000 years ago

[@frasiercraine1776]

23andme is far better than ancestry.

[@zerah777]

@@frasiercraine1776 I would like to do 23andme, but the problem is, (as I see it), 23andme also runs a genetic health profile and they have recently partnered with GlaxoSmithKline. "allowing the pharmaceutical giant to use 23andMe's trove of genetic data to develop new drugs - and raising new privacy concerns for consumers". Can you see any problems with that set-up?

[@lil_weasel219]

Because there was more than one migration to the americas. Some populations like the amazonians are descendants of the first original migration from Siberia from 15 kya. Eskimos have the highest asia east and asia central presence (summed up at ~50%, with central asian being 20 something and EA being 30 something %). Eskimos descend from a migration from 4-5 up to 1kya.

[@mieshaogans2355]

sooo for some reason native american doesnt show up truthfully on these dna tests

[@gabriellekelly3462]

My mother & her entire family believed that they were Cherokee whole heartedly. But when I got my DNA test results I did have 12% native American. But it was from my paternal side and it's blackfoot, none from her side. There is 1% African from my maternal side. My belief is that they were originally Melungeon because she was also told she was black dutch. Almost all of her lines can be traced the Appalachia. After research on black dutch I stumbled across the Melungeon mystery. Which would explain why they thought they were Cherokee. I believe they were apart of this mulatto population in Eastern Tennessee and the Cherokee thing was either believed or used by ancestor to cover up their African American heritage.

[@VoiceAcrossTheField]

Years ago I thought my family could be related to the melungeons. But I had a geneologist research a little in my family and she said that she found no melungeons. However many of family looks native American or melungeon and many are from the regions of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, the Carolinas, Arkansas... I've taken DNA tests and the don't always seem to match up with genealogical research or family physical traits. I know both my parents are my real parent because I've had them but tested. I've ever proved my grandparents to be my Genetic family through DNA by way of cousins etc. So very interesting and mysterious to me lol. Would love to talk more about this with you.

[@frankcar1965]

The way someone looks is not really a representation of what they really might be.

[@sarahMuahahaha]

I never knew I had melungeon ancestry.. until I took a dna test and placed me with Arabic, Egyptian ( North African) and Says western Asian ?? Also west African.. But 99.2% European, Russian/Siberia included. Most of all the relatives I compared myself to, matched my random stuff and share the ancestors in question. On to the paper trail. My percentage for those regions are small because the ancestors in question were over or around 200 years ago

[@CherubicDolly]

Update- Genomelink Results: Northwestern Europe- 62% Mid/South Europe- 25% East Europe/Finland/Russia- 10% Native People of Americas- 1% Asian- 1% African- 1%

[@sambawomen]

The problem is most people have the wrong idea of what actual native peoples of the of the Americas look like, also a lot of Europeans registered as Native American back in the day to take advantage of attaining land in the Americas. Native people of the Americas do not look European in any way shape or form.

[@squeezie_b8895]

"Registered as Native American back in the day to take advantage of attaining land in the Americas." Um, no. Europeans didn't care about Native land rights and Native Americans had no official systems where one could "register."

[@sambawomen]

Squeezie_ B The Dawes Rolls and the 5 dollar Indian. Have a nice day

[@Not2008Me]

Squeezie_ B wow you've been deceived or your willfully ignorant. My family on my father's side are black Native Americans, not mixed with African, but black natives whose land was deeded to them by the chief through his son; which white ppl knew and still came to take the land from them in Georgia and south Carolina. They didn't come from Africa. They stayed together for many years, but ultimately the tribe couldn't continue the fight against the Caucasian military. White ppl paid to get on the Dawes Rolls to steal government benefits, hence them being called $5 Indians and propaganda showing you these light, bright, white Indians on tv. Meanwhile on the us census they would mark the dark Cooper colored Indians like my grandfather as black. I have pictures and pottery to prove my truth. You need to do research my friend.

[@ConcernedCitizenX2959]

Its been proven Melungeons are African & Caucasian mix race people. Indentured servants of both races that call themselves Polish avoid being forced into slavery.

[@needsaride15126]

Turk was another name for The First Peoples (Native American) on the east coast I believe.

[@CherubicDolly]

With everything I've read, I believe it.

[@emre-61]

Brent Kennedy MELUNGEONS

[@henrymullins4592]

Great book

[@gispaAPRN]

Enjoyed your video. After reading the responses, it's interesting to see a few of the rude, ignorant comments. One of them has a child as their profile picture. That's sad that 'that' child is raised by such an incompetent idiot; --this is how ignorance continues. Furthermore, the next commenter speaks as if you can't even read what he's saying, ----as if this is not your channel. Clearly he was here to push buttons because he's a miserable lowlife spectator and wants happy people to be miserable like him. (Once again, an ignorant, rude troll of a human being.) --Those attitudes break humanity in half and will continue to do so as long as they exist. -----Whatever you are, "white," "black," "asian,"---you're beautiful, and congratulations on learning something about your ancestry. I'm learning about mine now.

[@wedp112]

As someone from this region, on both sides. We were told we were Black Irish which my grandma was adamant was Turkish mixed with Irish I did get Caucus Mountains, and at least 10% Italy/Greece. What suprised me was Melanesian DNA. I have that too, many of us from this area have Melanesian its not a fluke. My DNA is British Isles, Western Europe, Italy Greece, Scandinavian, Iberian Peninsula, European Jewish, Finland N.W. Russia, Caucaus Mountains, and Melanesia.

[@suthrndaysi]

I should have watched the whole video. My DNA showed early settlers of Tennessee and Arkansas. My tree places me in Tennessee a I received 4% Caucasus and Finnish/NW Russia as well. Thank you for this. I've learned a lot. I have more to study. Thank you!!!

[@selinaBARMAR2565]

I agree. But as we know how people see us is subjective as well. But to me I could believe that you have some of the Artic, Inuit genetics. I am a mixed person, basically African, European (all around Europe) which seems like Jewish migration, and I would say a few drops of Native but mostly Amerindian of Latin America. I noticed some Nevada native too. So genetically that sounds like a Melungeons history, but I have a Hispanic background as well. I think you look similar to the Sami people too who have been in the artics of Finland for a while. Russia is huge and has various genetics, even Iranians. Also, Ghangis Khan made I heard made lots of babies because he had lots of wives. I got the Russian region too stretching out to Siberia. We are a big global mix.

[@thomasbertelsen4486]

I did the test because I am adopted. I noticed I had South Asian and 1/2% African, .03% Sardinia but most I matched with that we varied had a combination of Iberian Penisula, supporting Portugese, but also Sephardic or. Spanish Jews, moors who came from Carthage after its fall to Rome. Most. Do not know why they have these traits. I found out because a great grand mother was said to be half. Native and her mother was full blooded, but a search of censuses showed two different races, black and white. She had long straight hair, the kids had dark hair and features in 1930. The traits show up varied in my new found family as one would expect.

[@dtrapbai9030]

I would agree. Having blood relatives in the region have led me a case study which I conclude as, Gypsy. Comprising a greater degree to a lesser, yet not by much, Turkish stranding. Tracing back further. Moors.

[@josevasquez4080]

My mom is very fair skinned African American. I believe she is munlgeoun through her dad I'm only 25 to 30 percent African.

[@patriciafisher1170]

Don’t think that there is no Native American in your ancestors. I read that going back 13 generations we have 1 million grandparents. Our body cannot express that much DNA. I believe there is an aboriginal ancestor in my background. I am Australian. My dna came back as almost 90 percent Irish a little English and a tiny percent Scandinavian. I have one grandmother who was Irish

[@barbaraobach]

She looks a little bit Lapland' ishy, which could be, that Northwest Russia-N Scandinavia area,some Native American tribes could have migrated from there, or be related to the people there

[@LostNFoundASMR]

I was adopted and so was my mama. My mama has blue eyes but she is so mixed- and her mama comes from West Virginia. When looking at our dna background it’s like we are so many things- so much so that we really don’t have a big amount of any one race or ethnicity. We have scratched our heads for a long time- as we have darker skin. We have turkey and iran, we have french, Irish, English, Scottish, Italian, Greek Islands- and Cyprus. That’s a lot for one person. But it’s all on her dna test and mine. But we have zero “Native American” of any other tribe here anyhow. I think I want to test to see if we match other Melongeons. Which is what we think we are now. It’s wild- but now we think we have solved the puzzle. I live in NC now- where are you from?

[@senoritabella3]

My dad's side is from Hawkins county/sneedville/kyles ford! I understand the road blocks- I have come across the same thing for the women on that side. Most of my Hawkins county family moved to wise county, Va- BSG in the early 1900s and worked the coal mines. Ur not by chance related to any Fugate, Nichols or Collins are you??

[@SuperGlitterPOP]

senoritabella3 Yeah, I have traced many To Wise County, as well. I do have some Fugates on my mom's side. Henley Fugate born in Hancock , TN. Thanks for your comment!

[@klmullins65]

My dad's family moved from Hancock Co to Big Stone Gap to work the mines too! My paternal great grandmother was a Collins

[@treebord]

Just an amateur here with my own theories to help you refine your research. You say Turkish and Iranian but keep in mind about the Kurdish People who have no country but who are similar and (I think) genetically related to the Berbers and where Melungeon people may be derived from Not Africa or Europe but seafaring Mediterranean People. Also the Malians had a very large navy in the 1300's and the Portuguese were sailing and some theorize the Malians in particular had settlements on the Carolina shores. 250 years later, when the Jamestown colonists came to check on the overwintering indentured servants, they had disappeared to Croatan. The Croatan tribe was reputed to be tri-racial. The Saami are genetically related to the people of southern France and the Iberian Peninsula but of course primarily with circumpolar tribes. Some theorize they were southern European reindeer hunters that got caught in the arctic when the ebbing Ice Age returned for 1000 years 11,5000 years ago. Iberians have connections with the Scots and Irish but not the English. Kurds Saami Melungeon Irish. I was researching about Melungeons and found what you had to say about them very interesting. I really think a lot of "conventional wisdom" on this is bunk and your observations are as valid as any others.

[@JT-ok6re]

This is what I think my dads family is as well! My brother that I never knew I had met me in 2018. Then he was wanting to know what my dad was because a lot of people had mistaken him for a Hispanic guy. His mother is very white. But my grandfather came from very south Western Virginia. When they did the DNA ancestry it showed up they were Northern African Spanish Arabic of course White European. It was a mystery because they always told me that they were of Cherokee Native American blood. Their looks did not coincide with Native American blood being with very curly hair.

[@loisrickman7771]

I have said for most my life, our family has so many different nationalities. We can't even make an ethnic joke about ourselves. I am proud of all of them, it make us ALL AMERICAN.

[@cynthiapickett7403]

With my maternal grandfather being a combination of many ethnic/racial groups (melungeon, Louisiana Creole, Lumbee, among too many to mention), it's little shock that since she came from Appalachia ( TN, NC, SC, KY as well as Mexico). and Guatemala, due to Native American slaves, mixed with eventually West Africa

[@Icriedtoday]

Recently read the Book of Mormon where it states that Northeastern Indians were of Jewish descent. X2a gene.

[@janaesalome4181]

My Barnett's were from Hawkins county. They came from Berks co Pennsylvania, to Sullivan co, then into Hawkins county, and final known location into Roane county Tennessee.

[@roseculp2924]

All countries have indiginous people. So, many of us have indigenous looks and backgrounds. Plus if you read up on how to interpret the DNA tests, it gets way more clear on what is what and why. Just ran across your channel and subscribed.

[@harolddenton6031]

You look like my friend Toni clark. She grew up in kingsport,tn. Her dad's family was from over in southwest region of Virginia. Her mom's maiden name was Bradshaw. She grew up on east coast over by Wilmington,nc area.

[@ChibiGrl]

My olders sister did an ancestry DNA test and found we have 32% Southeast Asian.. lol

[@ChibiGrl]

Specifically from Korea. 😃

[@CherubicDolly]

That's awesome! So did your family have no idea?!

[@ChibiGrl]

They couldn't believe it actually! My older sister was most surprised though, we always wondered why our hair was straight? We're all Black people but we have a slant in our eyes too but I've always been interested in Asian culture preferably Japanese because I draw Japanese comics or manga. I also believe we were 15% European, not much but the fraction of it was 43% Black from Africa and 32% Southeast Asian.. See how surprising that is? I don't know how they came up with that but I like it 😄

[@mi-moon_]

You results look like typical mixed Malagasy result. My father is Malagasy and I also had 32% Southeast Asian and 24% Subsaharan African (my mother is Algerian with some European) But it would mean a recent Malagasy ancestor ... do you think it's possible ? That would be awesome :)

[@funkwell]

There is no mystery what those people were, those folks were mixed black and white little to no native

[@gabriellecrocker6783]

The middle eastern theory could be correct, on ged match I have like 13 percent middle eastern and I have no known near East ansestors, how ever my grandpa told us we are part Jewish. We are suppose to be native thought I only had 1.50 percent native.

[@bobbibacha]

I’m melungeon

[@JayplayzLS]

I clicked on here bc the word Melungon.My mothers father was adopted in Middlesboro Ky.He didn't know where he came from.My mother found out long after his death.She done his family tree and discovered he came from Snake Hollow in Sneedville Tn.His family were Melungons.His fathers name was John Young. He was hung.Because of a lie.His wife my great grandmother had no way to support her family and had to give her 3 youngest children away.My grandfather was one of them.Our family is traced back to Vardy Collins.

[@hajjibarbara2900]

Cool testimonial. Long story short - Most people would identify me as "white". I ended up taking two different DNA tests because of my results (E1B1A - Western Africa). The tests genetically matched me to another guy. Turns out he's an amateur genealogist that was able to trace our male line all the way back to 1730s Virginia. He was surprised as I was at the African DNA. There are some theories as to how our European line was crossed with African DNA but nothing in stone. More research needs to be done on melungeons.

[@missahole9teen8t43]

I come from Sawyer, Thomas, Meadows, and Winters. So this should be interesting. I'm supposedly related to Pocahontas. My Mom does Genealogy. Too, thanks for the video. It was very interesting! I wish more people would do this. Did you contact any family that you were linked to on Ancestry that you did not know prior to?

[@adirgeforher]

Hey! To OP and to anyone in the thread, does anyone want to share their kit number? Or have you checked for updated admixture? (GEDMATCH is also outdated now, tbh...) Some of you are also part South Asian. Back then a lot of er, Indians from India, people from Pakistan etc got classified as ‘other’ also. Example, the Weaver family. If any of you are my cousin, say hello, lol. I’ve got quite a many distant cousins in what seems to be Appalachia. Lots of last names like ones listed below :)

[@shadyman6346]

Well, you’re a great communicator...

[@DougShoeBushcraft]

I was going to say 1/4 Irish just by looking at you. But Admix is only an educated guess run through an Algorithm. It doesn't prove Native ancestry one way or the other. You'd have to look for markers, or trace genealogy through cousin matches.

[@teambeining]

We’re all immigrants (except Natives) - most escaping poverty and persecution. Those ancestors are survivors, and that’s something to be proud of.

[@juliettewilson4589]

Native Americans come from near Russia... Siberian and Euro Asian.

[@dylanhubbard2162]

Believe im descended from melungeons on my dads side too! My family comes from Eastern Kentucky Appalachia, Paintsville, magoffin and Floyd ky. I have Gibson Castle Hicks Hendricks Daniel and Ward in my main line and Goins Minor and Sizemore as well as Caudill as cousins!

[@granny_hack795]

Did you match with any Male/Mayle

[@dylanhubbard2162]

@@granny_hack795 I'm not sure, but I'll take a look. Have u done ancestry dna?

[@MsCherokee70]

Hummm🤔 my mothers side of my family, comes from SAME areas! I hear a lot a stories about we are Native American mixed with many different faces. I been doing some research and found Melungeons are mainly what we are. My family last names are: Rose... Mullins....and Stanley's From Wise county, Big Stone Gap,, Clintwood, and Wise county.

[@marychandler8097]

I would think that Great Britain DNA would show up as possibly French? I am curious as to how much Celtic is in you. Also keep in mind that what is considered British, could also be Roman/Italian.

[@marychandler8097]

the Western European, I would think could make up your British ancestors.

[@marychandler8097]

what is your X chromosone haplogroup? Do you have a brother? Have him take the Y Chromosone test.

[@Tomenable]

What do you get on Eurogenes K36?

[@sarahblanchard6187]

The Cherokee tribe actually went from Russia at one point through Asia and crossed over when the water levels were down so that part of ur DNA is probably a small part of Cherokee but Idk. My grandmother frm Tennessee said she was Cherokee, and even looked very native American with the last name Feathers, so I can't wait to see if I have any or not.

[@theghostofarchiebunker8859]

My family is from West Virginia but on my moms side there were a few black ancestors wich surprised me and some small amount of ashkenazi Jewish. So although she thought she was plain white I have a feeling they were melungeon at some point. No native either though. My black side is from Oklahoma and no native there either wich was a huge surprise aswell

[@mattlloyd9054]

My late mother has always told me that my grandmother lol her mother was melungeon which i can see it. All of my cousins, aunt, uncle, and double cousins look the same dark hair, skin, and eyes, small asian eyes. Lol if you dont know what double cousins are lol im from Appalachia dont ask! I live in claypool hill va which is not too far from hawkins county. My parents are from the neighboring county but i cant track my parents trees too far. Strangely my fathers father is from hawkins county mount carmel to be exact but i look nothing like them and of coarse its my moms side I've been wondering on. That said my basic understanding is fairly simple with the melungeons is that they are turkish??? Am i wrong??? i know I'm not 100% white there's something different sonewhere????

[@VoiceAcrossTheField]

Really interesting!

[@granny_hack795]

Gibson is a surname also! Lol

[@mollylizabeth]

Your grandmother looks Native very much

[@tylercromer1362]

I found out through dna testing and geneology, im mixed with white, scottish irish, african, and ameridian ancestry

[@tylercromer1362]

They are from Hawkins Tennessee and harlan ky. Tri state area

[@missahole9teen8t43]

I'm from TN. Sawyer is a Melungeon Surname.

[@eleanorschubert9120]

Genetic studies have proven that a large group of Persians migrated to the United States (way before it became a country) about 2600 years ago, and settled along the Mississippi River...and became a very large civilization. Also, did you know about the Egyptian, yes Egyptian, monuments and pyramids in this country, USA, in several locations including the Grand Canyon. Also, in the Minnesota/Michigan area there were tribes of 'Indians' with blonde hair and blue or green eyes. Our 'native' Americans were from many areas...it has been proven that it is possible to sail from Egypt (or that area) with a boat made from materials and design of the time, to sail to the Americas. So, I don't think we really know how many civilizations have preceded ours in North America. Good luck with your research.

[@frankcar1965]

That us all a crock of shit, care to give some citations?

[@dodostain007]

I don't think you're grandmother looks Native American she looks Eastern European or Turkish. I believe her dyed hair makes her appear non-white . Why don't you test your grandmother find out.

[@CherubicDolly]

That is her natural hair color. She has never dyed her hair. And judging by my DNA and my DNA matches, it seems the appearance of her and a lot of my mom's side is definitely attributed to Arabic ancestry.

[@RichieALevy]

Be proud of all that you are. All cultures bring something novel to one's personality, features, and so on.. Mixtures, in my opinion, make for great, interesting, and good-looking people. You are absolutely gorgeous thanks to the wide range of genes in your DNA.

[@GrottoGroveGroves]

east Tennessee here, you look like the rest of us hillbillys.

[@nathanhenfling9704]

RudeSwine bruh

[@raypist5938]

Bruh

[@blackcitroenlove]

Most look either very Native or very Celtic. I grew up in Oak Ridge. Trust me, her features are straight up Eastern Cherokee. We're round faced, almond eyed, and short and round as a rule. The grey eyes are from the Irish.

[@josuemc93]

blackcitroenlove What is it with anglo Americans and “cherokee” specialization?

[@rhondag8128]

Girl you had me laughing out loud because I just discovered my possible Melungeon ancestors, I saw a video of a lady who said she was driving through Sneedville cemetery and the names she saw on the headstones were Collins and Gibson, well…my Mom is a Collins and my Dad is a Gibson and we’re are from Kentucky, now I have a whole lot more digging to do.

[@melodiepatton2651]

Vardy Collins is my 7th great grandfather, Sheppard Old Buck Gibson is my 8th great grandfather. My maternal great grandmother, Ogie Collins Conley, was very dark complected. I have several branches on different sides of my family that trace to Melungeon area of Hancock County Tennessee. Specifically Newmans Ridge.

[@rhondag8128]

@@melodiepatton2651 I am doing several DNA tests, we were never really told much except that we had Cherokee in our family, Scottish and a little Irish but this is an unexpected and joyful turn of events, I always expected that we had African in our bloodline.

[@tinarobinson8855]

​@@melodiepatton2651Vardy Collins is in my family tree as well. Goldie Collins had a daughter Wanda who married my great Uncle Darryl Watkins and who i found out they are related but far off.

[@JLDReactions]

To me you look you could a mixed race Sammi person from Scandinavia! Yes, you are white, but something about your bone structure looks different.

[@lil_weasel219]

saami are only 6% northeast asian

[@osiruskat]

Funny you have an Asian nose and eyes. You have Finnish ancestry it could be Saami, who are indigenous Norway, Finland,Russian, Sweden. Polynesian, Melanesian are markers for possibly Native American.

[@lil_weasel219]

Saami are still over 90% European. On average 5-6% East Asian

[@Jason-nosaJ]

If you ignore color and hair type some Asians and African look very similar ive noticed.

[@markhyman5825]

Can't believe it's taken this long to respond. I'm of mixed Ancestry but mostly African but a lot of Sami ancestry Haplogroup y I2 and mtdna Z1a, U5b, U2. This person has a very Finnish look to me especially with her nose. But there was an ancient connection with East Asia and indigenous European nomads like the Sami that traveled back in forth to Russia (which is mostly in Asia).

[@alolkoydesigns]

As someone who once lived in Appalacia I understand the controversy of doing a DNA test there. You are very brave for doing it and are making a great contribution.

[@klmullins65]

Charlie Alolkoy there are alot of people in the "Melungeon areas" that don't trust DNA testing, and really do NOT want to know, because they're afraid of finding something they don't like. And she's right when she says opinions run strong among Melungeon researchers!

[@25oxendine]

I still live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of West Va. The Melungeons migrated out of Virginia during the early colonial period. That's why my DNA matches have a lot of Melungeon descendants on the list. I can tell that this is what they look like as far as DNA... prntscr.com/j2pwe3

[@IslenoGutierrez]

klmullins65 This happens for many Americans claiming Native American DNA, which is usually Cherokee, and they have this story of Amerindian ancestry but DNA tests give them no Amerindian ancestry or like less than 1%. They try to say the tests are faulty and can't accept they are not Native American. Either the story is false or the 100% Amerindian ancestor was too far back for the DNA to make it to their body, and thus, them not being part Native American.

[@shelleybarnard5648]

I am from East Tennessee and you have my DNA exactly. My mom is melungeon. Her family is out of Southwestern Va.

[@BB-kt5eb]

I have lots of Melungeon on my dad’s side. Both of his grandmothers were Melungeon. They are Turkish/Middle Eastern.

[@mistresspocahontas6503]

All of my Melungeon ancestors come out of Hawkins County, Tennessee; Granville County, North Carolina; Stokes County, North Carolina; Virginia; North Georgia, etc. Surnames are: Sanders, Adams, Lewis, Medaris, Heim, etc.

[@dineholder5932]

I have ancestors with the last name Maderis from Virginia and North Carolina

[@harolddenton6031]

My mom's mother's line goes all the way back to pamunkey tribe in mid 1650's. Their queen and colonel John west were my 13 th/great grandparents. Their son captain John West was my 12 th/ great grandpa.

[@cylegarrett8743]

I am a descendant of the Melungeon people also! :D

[@nativeatheist6422]

Wow your mom looks native.

[@Southpaw128]

did your results update? As they broaden their database and improve their science the results become more accurate. Have your results changed? Mine have changed quite a bit over 2 years

[@yaboijoel517]

Many families of Indeginous people had to assimilate and become “white” by default. There is no source DNA for certain people groups, but this can be proven via gene mapping through hair forensics. Without source DNA, there is no true indicator that certain people are who they are, in ancestry DNA/23 and me. I would guarantee, you’re more native than you think. Edit: select native DNA is flagged as polynesian, which are mongoloids as native Americans are. This can be the same for Turkish people. Turks are mongoloid. It is very hard to determine the difference between Asians and Native Americans, because Natives are essentially Asian. If there is no ‘source’ via these companies, they are something else by default. Research the Racial integrity act. Remember, they wanted these people to disappear, and what better way to do it, than with something that people deem to be concrete science.

[@sherrygoodwin1607]

I had my DNA tested by 2 different companies when they first became available. Not surprisingly, I always knew I was a mixture of Eurooean, Sub Saharan African, and Native Cherokee. The DNA tests confirmed it. When I began to research more, I learned that it was called Melungeon (at one time considered a racial slur). I have done extensive research about the Melungeons. I just wanted to clear up a slight misunderstanding. Though a large part of the Melungeon DNA is mixed European ( mine were England, Ireland, German and Scandinavian) Even though Portugal IS a European country and part of your ancestry can be Portuguese, most of the Melungeons were actually not Portuguese or Gypsies as rumored. I found out in my research that my family on my grandmother's side listed themselves as Portuguese on Census records.....yet, there is NO Portuguese DNA on my dad's or my test. When I questioned this, I found out that being white, african, and Native American.....whether it was bi or tri racial....was taboo and if known, they were persecuted mercilessly. So, many claimed to be Portuguese, Gypsies, and even Greece (I think) to cover the question about why their skin, hair & eyes were slightly darker than the average white person. Most families remained silent about their true ancestry to prevent anyone from finding out. And, so.....children were raised not knowing the truth either. My dad was about 45 before he found out about his true as ancestry. He said he had never heard his parents or grandparents talk about it. After he was grown, he asked my grandmother. The only thing she admitted to was having a grandmother who was 100% Cherokee, who never even learned any English. But, she wouldn't tell him anything else. His grandmother wouldn't answer any questions at all. I'm thankful for DNA. I have a better understanding of myself and a deep appreciation for ALL my ancestors. And, it's wonderful that we are free today to talk openly about being Melungeon without being persecuted. Thank you for stepping out there and making this video about it.

[@kdugg]

You lose 50% random dna from each parent each generation. You have ancestors from places that you don’t have dna from. Many of them.

[@mistresspocahontas6503]

Both sides of my family are predominantly from Georgia but in researching my family history for over the last 10 years I've discovered ancestors in the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, etc. AncestryDNA results: African, Native American, Iberian Peninsula, Scandinavia, Finland/Northwest Russia, Great Britain, and Europe West. GEDMATCH DNA results: Using MDLP World 22 calculator it basically said that I was a mixture of: African, European, Native American, Asian, and Middle Eastern. Some of the Native American tribes that came up were: Lumbee, Aleut, Miwok, Serrano, and Nez Pierce! When using two population approximations on my DNA Puerto Rican came up but it makes sense. Puerto Ricans are tri racial just like the Lumbee in North Carolina (Native American, Black, and White) My DNALAND results: African, European, Middle Eastern, and Native American.

[@sarahMuahahaha]

I came back with western Africa, Egyptian, Arabian and North African.. have a lot of connections to the states you mentioned as well as lumbee. I have SO MANY BRICK WALLS!! I have NO IDEA where to start looking, lol.

[@toneflatekval6439]

I think she looks like she have very much Sami blood in her.

[@justinwhite4483]

Melungeon people are a great mix of Nations Native American, white and black and brown.

[@conorrooney2669]

I'm Irish (96%) according to DNA ..I thought you looked a little bit Irish but I think the Finnish look is quite pronounced! cool vid

[@walterlang151]

I'm late to the show... Just solved a 50+ year roadblock in my family tree... Linking me to the Melungeon community of KY & TN. My family also had heard the Cherokee -Shawnee heritage stories but nothing showed in the DNA. My g-grandmother never even told her maiden name (Gibson) to my grandmother! She distanced herself from any known connections. It was a secret she wanted to keep. As far as the Native American genetics, a lot of people forget that people of other DNA origins were commonly adopted into Native American tribes, thus becoming Native American as far as cultural heritage. So, those individuals would have called themselves Shawnee or whatever tribe they had been adopted into. DNA is not proof that they were not "Native American"

[@frasiercraine1776]

Genetically they weren't. Everyone seems to be Cherokee. Why not another tribe. Iriqouis, Sioux, Pawnee, Creek, Comanche, Lakota etc? People liked to hide their black ancestry back then, especially if they were mixed

[@rhondag8128]

Hi Walter, I am a Gibson on my Father’s side and a Collins on my Mother’s side, my Father’s Mother’s maiden name is Riley, I always wondered about our family being Cherokee and having blue-green eyes and dark very curly hair, I wondered if we had African heritage but was shut down quickly but after dna testing it was revealed that I was correct, we came out of Northeastern Tenn, Southeastern KY, I am so very proud of my ancestors and feel badly for the fear they had that made them feel the need to hide their heritage.

[@walterlang151]

@@rhondag8128 I agree with you. Somewhere along the lines, we might be connected through the same area. My DNA also showed a small amount of Portuguese mixed in.... which seems to tie in the very early mixture of Native Americans with the Portuguese sailors. The DNA tests have not been developed enough to determine precisely if there was Native American ancestors or not. (see: accessgenealogy.com/native/cherokee-dna.htm)

[@jolynnrobinson2119]

​@@frasiercraine17768

[@lindamicki0509]

They definitely look like American Indians to me.

[@clevelandavenuee]

I really enjoyed this video and can definitely relate. I am from Southeast Kentucky, and I am also descended from the melungeons and have native American ancestors.. a best friend of mine is a direct descendant of Vardy Collins. anyway, I also thought my DNA results would have had at least a trace of Native American or African but only showed a trace amount of North African. but on GEDmatch I had Native American percentages of 5 and 6 percent. it's all very speculative... but interesting none the less. I'm a huge nerd when it comes to geneaology and history in General so I'm happy to see people out there who nerd out on it as hard as me! -Cleveland

[@AnyDiscipline]

Same here my man

[@missahole9teen8t43]

Lol I'm a nerd too

[@kiki29073]

Maybe I need to try GEDMatch also. My test showed no native ancestry but my family is historically Native on both sides with records of ancestors that were registered Native. We are from Oklahoma. Dad born in a reservation.

[@douglasudell3616]

Some of us are in florida

[@jessicaconley6711]

I’ve been doing research for yrs. but on my dads side....dad always told me his mom his mom was Cherokee Indian. I grew up in Ashland KY. Once I joined ancestry Dad told me I was Melungons! Dad side is Scottish and Mom side is English German and Irish.

[@AXL664]

Always Cherokee lmao

[@christadawnwheeler2696]

Both of my parents are of Appalachian descent and told they had Cherokee ancestors. Both DNA lines came back with Anatolian/eastern Turkey results. Recent updates have said that there are not enough native Americans doing the tests to get correct readings.

[@elizabethcogle2860]

My husband’s family was the same. His dad has said they are Cherokee. I want him to do a DNA because he is definitely has the look of an American Indian but the trail stops. I wonder if they are part of the Mulungeon people.

[@CherubicDolly]

UPDATE: 23andMe Results - Actually very upset it took me this long to go with this company. British & Irish - 87.9% French & German - 9.9% Broadly Northwestern European - 0.7% North African - 0.5% Cypriot - 0.4% Coptic Egyptian - 0.3% Nigerian - 0.2% Broadly East Asian & Native American - 0.1%

[@lastchancehomestead6813]

Did you ever research your maternal haplogroup number? I find that many people don't know how to interpret that.

[@vickyrussell1672]

I would like to tell you that there was a lot of Native American from Cherokee that left the trail of tears so they didn't have to leave the area and I think it may be in the history but I don't recall but when they left they went to the wilderness of The Cumberland Gap is what I have heard and also what I think is in a book that I had years ago but I don't recall the name

[@bravesfan5760]

You left out 100.0% cute.

[@yosoyal9176]

Girllll. We are probably related! I have many many things in my DNA including Iberian, Middle Eastern, and many others! I've traced my Native roots. My dad's family is all from Hawkins County! So cool. Hope to hear back from you!

[@rhondarobinson1932]

I enjoyed this video a lot. You have a good understanding of genealogy and DNA as it applies to the test kits we are using. You have a GREAT speaking voice. As far as the subject matter goes this is one of my favorite things to learn and talk about with other family members but it would be a dream come true to sit and chat with someone as interested as I am and who shares the passion and excitement of learning about our ancestors! I'd love to see more videos about genealogy, your personal journey doing research, etc. I will check out your fashion videos, but we are probably very different there. Haha I'm a lot older than you and pretty much a hippie type of person. Nice meeting you and I'm looking forward to more!

[@sunshinechildrennepal3131]

I have to say your unusual and lovely appearance much more reflects the GEDmatch results. I have been studying DNA results for quite some time and you are not of the stock standard Western European that Ancestry has given. thank you for posting

[@nehemiahmarcus308]

The second I saw you, I thought "Appalachian." But you do look a little like Bjork.

[@jenstone7539]

Melungeons were believed to have migrated originally as Scotch-irish and then interbred with the Native Americans.

[@shazza160]

Rubbish. It’s White Americans in denial of Black heritage.