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Toward a Genetic Profile of Melungeons in Southern Appalachia
Resource ID: 2846
Type: journal article, article
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Fall 2010
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pp. 92-111
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Donald N. Yates and Elizabeth C. Hirschman. “Toward a Genetic Profile of Melungeons in Southern Appalachia.” Appalachian Journal 38, no. 1 (2010): 92–111. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41320252.
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