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== History== | == History== | ||
The term "Melungeon" has generally been applied to a widely distributed group of people associated with the general region of [[Indians_of_Tennessee|Tennessee]], [[Indians_of_Virginia|Virginia]], North Carolina, [[Indians_of_South_Carolina|South Carolina]], and [[Indians_of_Kentucky|Kentucky]] in the United States, but generally regarded as particularly concentrated in the general area of Eastern Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and Northwest North Carolina. References are also made to Melungeon groups in [[Indians_of_Ohio|Ohio]] and [[Indians_of_Louisiana|Louisiana]]. Although definitions of what exactly constitute a Melungeon differ, these are a mixed-race people. | |||
==DNA Studies== | ==DNA Studies== | ||
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