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Toward a Genetic Profile of Melungeons in Southern Appalachia
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- UPDATED: 6.17.2025
- Genetics, Melungeons, Mixed Ancestry Peoples, Populations, Race+Ethnicity, Identity
- DNA testing, genetics
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Donald N. Yates, Elizabeth C. Hirschman
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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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Yates and Hirschman 2010
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