Through the years, some of their descendants continued to marry their cousins of mixed race; some chose Passing (racial identity), and others married within African-American identified families. There may also have been some marriages of Native Americans with descendants of these groups as they migrated to North Carolina, then into Kentucky and Ohio. One family name identified as Melungeon has been strongly associated with the Saponiof North Carolina .John S. Kessler and Donald B. Ball, "North from the Mountains: The Carmel Melungeons of Ohio", Paper presented at Melungeon Third Union, May 2002, University of Virginia's College at Wise, Virginia Price, Edward Thomas, Jr. 1950 "The Mixed-blood Strain of Carmel, Ohio, and Magoffin County, Kentucky", Ohio Journal of Science 50(6):281-290.John S. Kessler and Donald B. Ball, North from the Mountains: A Folk History of the Carmel Melungeon Settlement, Highland County, Ohio, 2001
Through the years, some of their descendants continued to marry their cousins of mixed race; some chose Passing (racial identity), and others married within African-American identified families. There is speculation that a connection may exist between this group and the Saponi .John S. Kessler and Donald B. Ball, "North from the Mountains: The Carmel Melungeons of Ohio", Paper presented at Melungeon Third Union, May 2002, University of Virginia's College at Wise, Virginia Price, Edward Thomas, Jr. 1950 "The Mixed-blood Strain of Carmel, Ohio, and Magoffin County, Kentucky", Ohio Journal of Science 50(6):281-290.John S. Kessler and Donald B. Ball, North from the Mountains: A Folk History of the Carmel Melungeon Settlement, Highland County, Ohio, 2001
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may also have been some marriages of Native Americans with descendants of these groups as they migrated to North Carolina, then into Kentucky and Ohio. One family name identified as Melungeon has been strongly associated with the Saponiof North Carolina
is speculation that a connection may exist between this group and the Saponi