Comments by "marian smith" (@mariansmith7694) on "The Melungeon People, Who are They and where did they come from? America's Lost Appalachian People." video.

  1. Yes, diversity and safely in the mountains. Still, many of them were not quite white and often had a difficult time during and following The Civil War.
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  2. Absolutely
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  3. My first husband was a Kentucky Melungeon. Harlan Co KY. They had a German name and were very odd people, definitely hiding something. Got really mad when I mentioned Cherokee blood. FURIOUS! My brother married a Tennessee Melungeon. Far more strange than my own in laws. OMG!
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  4. I will also tell you that my first husband and I were married 23 years. During this time, he was in Army for 11 years. He often got visits from the Rabbi, if a Rabbi was on base. He would tell them he was a Christian, not Jewish.That said, they seem to recognize one another, lol. His last name was Engle and there are LOTS of people with that name in Harlan Co KY. He looks Middle Eastern. His sister is even darker than my X. One of our children was dark, one light like me, and one of our grandsons really looks Arabic or Jewish, VERY dark. I have also discovered that many German Jews carry name Engleman. With Engle part spelled as in his family. Not a coincidence. Also once when researching history of early migrations into North America, I found a story of a VERY EARLY migration of Jews fleeing persecution in Europe. It was LONG known that North America existed. One source even spoke of Moorish people coming into Appalachian Mountains. Im sure, if they lived very long, they would have mixed with local Native Tribes. I have always found all of this facinating.
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  5. My first husband was a Melungeon from Harlan County, Ky. He never admitted it, but its true.
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  6. Jewish and or Moorish too.
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