The Melungeon Mystery
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Origin Story of the Malungons
Malungons began to purposely assimilate on a deeper level. They were attempting to marry and interbreed outside of their own communities with existing european american populations. And it used to be just, you know, the people that they met. You met someone fon love think too much about what social class or hierarchy meant. But this, this change, means that they were attempting to escape or hide their origin or identity.
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