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Sikeliot
02-11-2014, 04:04 AM
http://soe.lmu.edu/media/lmuschoolofeducation/departments/eddineducationalleadershipforsocialjustice/contentassets/images/Picture%20-%20Donaldo%20-%20Picture%20(3)-169x180.jpg
DanielJ1eH
02-11-2014, 04:12 AM
This one doesn't look SSA-admixed at all.
Sikeliot
02-11-2014, 04:14 AM
This one doesn't look SSA-admixed at all.

Yes he does.
DanielJ1eH
02-11-2014, 04:15 AM
How? Where's the big nose, nappy hair, big lips, etc?
Sikeliot
02-11-2014, 04:16 AM
How? Where's the big nose, nappy hair, big lips, etc?

He's "offwhite"
KidMulat
02-11-2014, 04:18 AM
He's "offwhite"

It seems like most folks here can't see multi-generational mixture :-/
DanielJ1eH
02-11-2014, 04:18 AM
The photos pretty crap to be fair.
Sikeliot
02-11-2014, 04:19 AM
It seems like most folks here can't see multi-generational mixture :-/

I want to know if you see it in my family, but you didn't answer when I sent the link. I can resend photos if you want.
KidMulat
02-11-2014, 04:30 AM
I want to know if you see it in my family, but you didn't answer when I sent the link. I can resend photos if you want.

She looked Melungeon, I thought I said that on the post a while ago
Sikeliot
02-11-2014, 04:32 AM
She looked Melungeon, I thought I said that on the post a while ago

Oh :lol: So many people said so that I lost track of who said what. How SSA are Melungeons?

I have another photo I wanted your opinion on that I just found.
Midori
02-11-2014, 04:35 AM
Berid with Sudanid influence
KidMulat
02-11-2014, 04:39 AM
Oh :lol: So many people said so that I lost track of who said what. How SSA are Melungeons?

I have another photo I wanted your opinion on that I just found.

By the time pictures of Melungeons were first taken? 3/8ths to 1/8th
Sikeliot
02-11-2014, 04:42 AM
By the time pictures of Melungeons were first taken? 3/8ths to 1/8th

Ok, so the same range as Cape Verdeans from Brava and Fogo.

At one point Melungeons were rumored to be Portuguese or Cape Verdean as well, but they're not.
KidMulat
02-11-2014, 04:45 AM
Ok, so the same range as Cape Verdeans from Brava and Fogo.

At one point Melungeons were rumored to be Portuguese or Cape Verdean as well, but they're not.

They are; they descend from Atlantic Creoles, some of whom most likely had not only Lusophone names but also Portuguese blood.
SardiniaAtlantis
02-11-2014, 04:45 AM
Berid with Sudanid influence

That is the pseudo berid or alpine thing I was talking about with mixed people.
Sikeliot
02-11-2014, 04:50 AM
They are; they descend from Atlantic Creoles, some of whom most likely had not only Lusophone names but also Portuguese blood.

Melungeons are part Cape Verdean?!