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2023-08-06 21:29:30 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

West Virginia, and Appalachia as a whole, is populated with the Melungeon people who are of mixed race descent. These people are identified as white for census reasons as shown by the Melungeon dna project https://www.Appalachian history.net/2017/05/guineas-of-west-virginia.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_Ridge_people http://melungeon.org/frequently-asked-questions-about-melungeons/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melungeon_DNA_Project#:~:text=In%20the%20mid%2Dto%2Dlate,neighbors%20and%20by%20the%20law.

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• West Virginia, and Appalachia as a whole, is populated with the Melungeon people who are of mixed race descent. These people are identified as white for census reasons as shown by the Melungeon dna project https://www.Appalachian history.net/2017/05/guineas-of-west-virginia.html https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_Ridge_people http://melungeon.org/frequently-asked-questions-about-melungeons/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melungeon_DNA_Project#:~:text=In%20the%20mid%2Dto%2Dlate,neighbors%20and%20by%20the%20law.