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Synchronicity

“I just love this story!” Elizabeth Hunter told me back in December. She proceeded to read probably half of it to me over the phone, taking me with her to Gray, Tennessee and the fossil site there...

Reader Favorites: Melungeon Mystery Solved? Or Opened to Further Exploration?

Twenty years ago, this magazine introduced the work of Brent Kennedy on his heritage as a Melungeon. The specifics of that research and a recent DNA study do several things, not the least of which is renewing and deepening interest in who we are...

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Synchronicity

“I just love this story!” Elizabeth Hunter told me back in December. She proceeded to read probably half of it to me over the phone, taking me with her to Gray, Tennessee and the fossil site there...
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Reader Favorites: Melungeon Mystery Solved? Or Opened to Further Exploration?

Twenty years ago, this magazine introduced the work of Brent Kennedy on his heritage as a Melungeon. The specifics of that research and a recent DNA study do several things, not the least of which is renewing and deepening interest in who we are...
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A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

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