People doing genealogy frequently need to follow a family in more than one group. Description, history, sociology, status and connections with other groups. Connected with each other and with the Melungeons and Lumbees by movement and intermarriage. Can be considered to be Melungeons of South Carolina, since Melungeon can be used for any group of people derived from old mixing of White, Black and Native American, especially if the mix includes some Mediterranean input. All these groups fit this discription.
Studies indicate they are a Black-Dutch mixture from the Dutch settlements in the Hudson valley.