http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi AfriGeneas Free Persons of Color Forum http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11185 Just as the last few paragraphs in the article you offered, suggested, they weren't really "free" anyway by pretending to be something else because they were never above suspicion. Passing is about all they did and with today's technology, the truth will eventually unveil that. The actual ... Fri, 25 May 2012 23:00:41 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11185 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11184 Robert, You may be interested in reading the article on the African ancestry DNA of the Melungeons, which provides very interesting genealogical information, particularly with respect to the Goins family. I have provided the link to the article. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:49:48 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11184 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11183 There are many reasons people change their identities. Human beings have been doing this for ages. Some do it for protection and survival. Examples would be Jews passing as Germans in order to escape the Holocaust. Other folks pretending to be of a different religion to prevent persecution. I have ... Fri, 25 May 2012 22:47:18 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11183 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11182 Rodney, I respectfully disagree. To pretend you are something that you are not, in order to avoid difficult events or experiences is one thing. You avoid that situation and then you go back to who you are. Many did it, successfully. To create a whole other identity for yourself, comes from shame ... Fri, 25 May 2012 20:58:27 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11182 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11181 Arlene, I don't know if their ancestors were ashamed of it. They were just hiding it in order to protect themselves from discrimination or other dangers you would suffer if you had African ancestry in those days. So, they created these stories to explain their "Non-European" features to others ... Fri, 25 May 2012 19:48:30 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11181 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11180 The sad historical truth is that they were ashamed of their African ancestry and that is why they came up with the ridiculous constructs to explain who they were. The courage of their ancestors, had as its only counterpoint, the harsh and violent times they lived in. The fact they could not be ... Fri, 25 May 2012 19:02:13 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11180 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11179 I checked out Jack Goin's DNA test and was amazed how the DNA results corresponds EXACTLY with the historical record. All their male haplogroups trace to common haplogroups of West Africans. The truth is the truth. Nothing wrong with it in my opinion. To me, it's an amazing history that one ... Fri, 25 May 2012 16:31:13 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11179 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11178 Interestingly enough, I have exchanged emails with Jack who is pictured and mentioned in this article. For me, this comes as no surprise. The paper trail confirms (for me) what the DNA says. Fri, 25 May 2012 13:45:49 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11178 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11177 Finally,DNA has confirmed what historians and genealogists have been saying for years. They descend mostly from European Women and African men in colonial times. http//news.yahoo.com/dna-study-seeks-origin-appalachias-melungeons-201144041.html Fri, 25 May 2012 10:17:19 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11177 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11176 I have traced my mother's father's ancestors back to the 1870 Census. Their names are Hal and Jane Long in Ouachita Parish, Monroe, LA. and have run into a brick wall. On the census form Hal is from Kentucky and Jane is from Virginia. I checked Kentucky census records and found records of a ... Tue, 22 May 2012 23:20:01 +0100 http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/11176