Virginia recently celebrated a milestone anniversary. Four hundred years ago on July 30, the body that became the Virginia House of Delegates first met at Jamestown. In the case of Jamestown, we can ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some ...

View Slideshow KINGSPORT, Tennessee -- A small population from Appalachia may be linked to an ancient tribe in India, according to a long-awaited DNA study. Kevin Jones, a biologist at the University ...

A find in the 1860 census catches a reader by surprise, and points to a possible heritage that is subject to debate. I have been asked many times, “What are you?” My response was always, “My mother’s ...

KINGSPORT (Tennessee) July 1: Might the Melungeon people of the US Appalachian mountains be descendants of Moorish and Turkish sailors who escaped the Lost Colony of Roanoke? Or are their ancestors ...

BIG STONE GAP, Va. — Mountain Empire Community College will serve as a center for the collection of Melungeon research, college officials announced Monday. Many people of mixed ethnic background who ...

Appalachian people who endure from mysterious heritage will be the topic of a two-day conference June 26-27 at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina, as the Melungeon Heritage Association ...

The Melungeon Heritage Association met in Hillsborough, NC recently to discuss an upcoming conference exploring their identity. Andrew Harris Jr was an attendee. VPM News Focal Point is available to ...

HISTORY MYSTERY: In Lisa Wingate's new novel The Sea Keeper’s Daughters (her 25th book in 14 years), the mixed-race Melungeon people of the Appalachian mountains and a group of oral history gathers, ...