Anyone know...Which people? White skin, black race?

[whowhatwhy]

I was watching a program the othernight on multiple births and how it is genectically possible to have a both a black child and white child with a monozygotic pregnancy.....interesting stuff....but it got me trying to remember some information about a secretive tribe / race of people I had read about, they had all the skeletal characteristics of Africans but had European skin tones and hair colour. I think that the National Geographic had attempted to do an article on them in the 60's but they were chased out of town! I can't remember the name of these self isolated people or any more info. Can anyone shed any more light on this for me? Cheers

[warpig1]

No sure, am wondering if you are think of the people who live in the Appalachian mountains in the USA, but cant think of their name, I know it begins with an M, sorry not much help really, am I.

[warpig1]

Think the ones I am talking about are the mennonites.

[warpig1]

Sorry whowhatwhy, not the mennonites, the people I was think of are the Melungeons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melungeon

[whowhatwhy]

Warpig1...thank you very much indeed...spot on, that has been bugging me for days :) I new it began with a M, but inspite of a massive google search I couldn't find anything. Thanks again.

[warpig1]

WWW, it was doing my head in too, I had read about them previously and just couldn't for the life of me remember their name, then when I did remember it I couldn't spell it, thank goodness google will throw up variations!