Genetically, the Melungeon descendants have the closest blood types. Eloy Gallegos provides a table of index of gene study frequencies in an attempt to match the melungeons genetically with other racial groups of peoples. The closest matches are with the Libyans in Libya. Cyprus, Malta, and the Canary Islands provide the closest next matches. Today, the search for any Melungeon information is in full swing.
Many families are at last having their questions answered about their brown skin.
Today's Melungeon descendants cannot prove that they are direct desendants of a lost Coloney, a mythical Colony, or of Shipmates. As technology expands and increases however, the author has no doubt that the questions will be answered once and for all. History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees. 1992 Bright Mountain Books, Ashville, North Carolina. This page was submitted by Kelly Pritchard and the opinions in this page are strictly the author's, based upon her reading and research of various materials noted herein.