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Ancestry/Genealogy

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1. Interesting. Here's some famous people who are thought to be melungeon...

Sat Feb 2, 2013, 11:35 AM

Feb 2013

Abraham Lincoln, Tom Hanks, Elvis Presley, Heather Locklear, Ava Gardner, Steve Martin, Rich Mullins. They've got the eyes I think.

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Mullins is one of the most common Melungeon surnames; Locklear is Lumbee... carolinayellowdog Feb 2013 #2