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Did you think Finding Lola would lead you to ponder Elvis ancestry? No, never heard that he is Melungeon. Yes, I knew about the hair but rarely share the information because it made me sad too for some reason. And yes, I was aware his mom claimed Cherokee. But I don't remember anything about being Jewish.
@@carolynvagher5296 It's a group from the Appalachian Mountains. They seem to have a mixture of European and either African or Native American roots. Basically, a biracial group, but they're a different look than those we see that are biracial today. It's just an odd thing, if that's what you want to call it, because of the time period and location. It's pretty interesting though, look it up.
I remember watching a documentary years ago where there were Black men who were in their eighties who said that they knew Elvis when he was a child, apparently, he used to go to Black churches, and one of these men said that he was very polite and would help the old Black churchgoers down the steps of the church.
I had heard he went to black churches sometimes when growing up. It's been pretty widely reported that black gospel was a big influence on him. (Btw...writing from Memphis. Been here 39 yrs, and we pretty much all know Elvis's history by heart, lol)
Due to an ambiguous border between the white and black sides of the neighborhood, the Presleys (and one other white family) ended up sharing a backyard with several black families. That's what exposed young Elvis to the blues and black radio. Then, when he was a teenager, the Presleys moved to Memphis. That's where Elvis started attending a black Baptist church and singing in the choir.
@@user-kr4rz5hn4n we weren’t all like that, I loved Elvis, but I only ever bought a couple of albums, no posters or statuses. I did cry when I heard he’d died, even though my common sense told me he’d looked ill for a long time.
I’ve always suspected Elvis’s Mother has some Melungeon ancestry. There are still living Grandchildren.Maybe one day there will be an answer to the question?
What is uncommon is the amount of secrecy and even shame that used to haunt melungeon ethnicity. It has only been in the past few decades that this heritage could be discussed openly@@avondalemama470
Elvis had an identical twin brother that died at birth. Can you imagine two of them. I am a fan of Elvis. I hope someday we will have more singers like him. His voice was beautiful.
Whatever Elvis was he was the king of rock and roll my mother said when Elvis died we all learned we could die too that's how dear he was and just think he a twin the only thing is is Elvis has been investigated many times over some investigations can only be done at the current time that means being there in the relevant because some things you have to be there for or authenticity it's because they take the information and the facts from different directions as far as DNA goes they got that covered they know what was his gene pool for instance I have a sister she has two brothers her brothers are not my Brothers my sister and I share the same father so how is it that her brothers are not related to me at all and their children not related but they're related to my sister It gets complicated especially the more kids that are born and the in-laws your children are related to your in-laws by blood for that but you will never be related to to your in-laws by blood your blood except for your child and every child after that is now blood related and you of course by bloodliñe so thereafter share the same great-grandmother Take the McCoy Hatfield days for the generations of their family possessed both Hatfield and McCoy blood running through one body One more thing I know this is long enough already but I don't know if it's true but it was on current affair or something a while back where a child was actually born and had no genetic traits to mother first I didn't believe it but then I looked into it more and I'm still skeptical yet I have seen two brothers one with blonde hair and blue eyes and one with dark brown hair and eyes and they have the same mother the same father so I'm just wondering maybe and I've seensisters that look exactly alike but they're a year apart so is it possible for a child to get all their genes from one parent and nothing from another parent or just maybe one child's got more of this side of the family Why some children look dead on their parents and some resemble both parents We all loved Elvis most of us did anyhow child hood is the most valuable precious time you can spend with someone and most adults used to get that the world was a different place so people didn't see what was coming because everyone thought they were on the same page basically on the same page and now now what's going on in the world and what I always end up commenting because it's completely terrifying to me is the gender reassignment surgery it has to come to stop and that means making sure they count your vote I always do my voting in person president Trump he will sign an executive order of the minute he gets into office the minute he gets into office the first thing he's going to do is sign an EXECUTIVE ORDER and put a STOP to gender reassignment surgery on children He's going to STOMP ON IT It's a very painful process for A CHILD and for the most part it is not their parents doing it to them these children have been unlawfully removed and sent FAR away and out in the middle of nowhere with twisted and sick adults because anyone that does a gender assignment surgery ON A CHILD needs to be hauled in There's no excuses the ones that are doing this have union jobs that are even presenting this to a child teachers doctors they can go on strike for god sakes surgeries contain more than one surgery it's rhinoplasty it's bottom surgery skin graphing PAINFUL BLOOD TRANSFUSION silicone in the body silicone top surgery CARBURETORS THE BOYS ARE PEEING OUT OF A HOLE the girls are growing hair on their FACE THE VOICE BOX IT'S EXPERIMENTING ON CHILDREN WHILE THEY'RE STILL GROWING BEFORE THEY EVEN HIT PUBERTY TRYING TO MAKE THE BOYS HAVE A PERIOD AND TAKING THE PERIOD AWAY FROM THE GIRLS AND THEIR STERILIZING THESE IT'S NOT LEGAL AND IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE IT HAS CASTING NET ON OUR FUTURE AND DESTROYED IT IS DESTROYING THE BLOODLINES BECAUSE THEY'RE MIXING UP ALL THE DNAS ON PURPOSE AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING THEY'RE TAKING THE PROPERTY THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE THAT'S WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO Their bodies their bone structure changes this is all before they even hit puberty they're doing this to children 40 thousand American CHILDREN BORN WITH INALIENABLE RIGHTS THE AGENCY OF CHILD SERVICES IS BEHIND ALMOST ALL OF THIS DISASTER IN THE WORLD THE DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE PULLED THE PLUG TO SOCIETY AND THEY'VE TAKEN PROTECTION OUT OF THE MIDDLE NAME THEY ARE CHILD SERVICES NOW THEY'RE NOT CPS AND THAT WAS A RED FLAG LONG AT ONE POINT IN TIME CS WAS EVEN INVOLVED IN List Marie Presley's LIFE Scientology has been after Elvis's estate before Elvis even married Priscilla Only Elvis estate goes to Lisa Marie's Children It's not Priscilla's to give away but with the paperwork and the way things are done who's to know 100 years from now who's really going to take over the estate Riley needs to be on her toes Priscilla has a son Lisa half brother but he will never be Elvis's son he's not related to Elvis at all yeah he's the brother of Lisa Marie They're planning and state takeover and with the money that they have the Scientology and the documents that they already have access to Call Ron Hubbard may have his wish He will never be related to Elvis though as far as by blood his So he's not the heir to the rightful heir he has a completely different set of It's called spiking the Punch
Yes to sum it up he is one of a kind but there's danger to the Elvis Fortune because of Priscilla and Priscilla's son and she has promised something that was not hers to promise to Scientology there's a lot of money there and they have access to all the documents and who's to say what's going to happen to Elvis's Fortune 100 years she wants to be buried next Elvis I never knew she had a son and I know almost what there is to know about Elvis whatever they've written my mother was a huge Elvis fan and he is relative the thing is they've been trying to take over his estate since before he even died and they have no intention I'm not doing it you're not supposed to mess with somebody's DNA And they've already started documents are one thing but DNA that's the untouchable that is the untouchable not anymore they can take the DNA but they're never going to take Elvis out of his DNA
I'm (distantly) related! 12th cousin, twice removed. Gladys's side. I never heard of Melungeon. Whatever roots he had, he was beautiful and gorgeous! ❤
Absolutely. My dad was a Pentecostal preacher in Mississippi and Memphis. He became friends with Elvis during his HS days w working on jobs down along Thomas Street. Elvis visited our home in 56, 57, and 58, driving up in his Cadalilacs. I attended Humes High School after Elvis had graduated from there. Elvis saw my dad as a guru type preacher who was also associated with gospel singers. Dad said Elvis talked freely about his ancestry, not only verifying what it was, but encouraging dad to begin his own research and studies which went on into the 1980s. The mixed breed (German, Indian and black) was not rare for the area at the time; his background was a thing of pride and not shame for Elvis.
Also, Elvis and his mother lived in a black community during Jim Crow, THE most segregated time in American history. And they wouldn't have been able to do that if we didn't see them as part of our people. All POC know their "white passing" people. Historically, we've always protected them from exposure with our silence. Thank you so much for sharing this story. peace. 😌🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Elvis was very cool. Man, he could dance and sing. The most important thing though is that he was a good person. He was genuinely liked by the people that were around him. I have never heard of anybody talking bad about him. If he had one fault it was that he was too trusting and that comes from being an honest, good person, I believe. RIP Elvis
Yes, I have always known Elvis dyed his hair black, he didn’t have dark eyes like you said, his eyes were blue. When my oldest son was 18, he was in the Steve Martin written play, at our Community Theatre, he played Young Elvis, and he dyed his light brown, dark blonde hair black, he has the blue eyes and his facial features are very similar to Elvis’s. We watched a bunch of old Elvis movies to teach my son his facial expressions, which he nailed. My son has a cleft chin, fair skin, large blue eyes rimmed with long black eye lashes like his dad, and a semi wide nose with flared nostrils, like my dad. He looks so much like Elvis, naturally, he nailed that role. Maybe Elvis had some African DNA, who knows? Seems like a bunch of people are claiming Cherokee bloodlines. I am 1/4 Black German & my SIL is half Black Dutch, I learned that the “Black” is because they had Slavic ancestry, or so I have been told, never knew it also indicates ROM heritage.
Do I understand correctly that you use the word "black" referring" to black hair? My mothers family on the fathers side from southern Germany shows a lot of people with 'dark' traits (thick black hair and mostly brown eyes). This has been interpreted as coming from Spanish influence. But in eastern Germany I always noted a lot more people with black hair (though white skin), which may be more of the slavic influence.
No the “Black” title in Europe means Black African Moorish ancestry do your research and don’t be afraid of what you discover…….why do you think these groups are Olive skinned with dark features I wonder where they got those traits from 🤔
I'm hearing about Elvis' hair and eye color used to rule our that hee may have been of African ancestry. Actually neither of these traits rule out African ancestry. I am an American of West African descent. My daughter's father is Western and Northern European and our daughter has auburn hair. Our daughter's husband is Vietnamese. They have (3) boys; all with Auburn colored hair. Their 3 year old appears to be of African and European descent. Their 9 month old appears to be Western and Northern European. Their 9 year old son, is extremely racially/ethnically ambiguous but identifies himself as black, white and Asian. Our 7 year old granddaughter has black hair and appears to be Asian. All of that said, even as a child, I always thought Elvis was of African ancestry. His facial features appears more African than mine.
I'm fascinated with the Melungeons and I love Elvis, so I was so excited to see this video. The only problem with assuming Elvis was a Melungeon based on having "dark hair and dark eyes" is that Elvis's hair was naturally reddish blonde, and his eyes were blue. It's well known that he dyed his hair black like his mom's.
Yep, he had blue eyes and darkened his hair, (possibly at times skin) not sure he wanted to look like his Mom though. Also, from what I recall “Elvis” the name is based off Scandinavian myth or specific word. Jewish though… WOW… Why would. I be surprised… lol Let me reread what I wrote and consider his career Oh. Yeah. Jewish
People have been trying to throw dirt on Elvis since he died almost 50 yrs now. He was a kind hearted & generous man & gave away millions to more people than all today's "stars" combined. That's why his music has sold over a Billion copies now.
@@kevinbarry4325 In my opinion people can't throw dirt at Elvis because it only makes them dirty. Elvis was the greatest and we will never see anyone come close to him. I've been a fan since 12 yrs old. I'm now 80 years old and still a great Elvis fan. Long live his memory.
I don't believe that exploring someone's family history is "throwing dirt" on them. Several people have written "tell all" books since his passing for their own personal gain. That's pretty typical following the death of a huge celebrity and in his day there no one Bigger. The good ole USA is indeed a melting pot of many, many cultures. Unless a person is 100% verifiably descended from indigenous north American ancestry, we are All descended from a blend of varying backgrounds and I find it rather fascinating. At the end of the day we're all made up of minor variations of the same stuff.
It's True ELVIS was a very GENEROUS MAN..I could have a story to tell..its Private it happened to a family member, if it was me I would tell it..its not me..from Australia😮
@@miltonlevant3203 Chuck Berry --- The father (founder) of rock and roll! It all started with him! Rock-and-Roll sprang from Chuck Berry! Both Elvis and Barry have been called the King of Rock and Roll -- Depending on who you ask. But Elvis sold many more records Both Elvis and Michael Jackson have been called the "King of Pop" (music) Depending on who you ask. However, Elvis's traditions were much deeper than pop music. He had deep roots in country, gospel and blues (being from a very poor working class family in the delta of Memphis, TN) Michael Jackson from the start was involved in pure pop (light, popular) music.
He had a native American great-great grandmother, Mourning Dove White. He has Cherokee on his mother and father's. He also has some African American on his mother's side. The Cherokee was native to Mississippi, where he was and much of his family is from.
Elvis and Abe Lincoln were my cousins on my father's side which is mainly German. My grandfather looked similar to Lincoln. Evlis was also cousin to singer Mylon Lefevre, who was of Native American decent. "Robert Lee Smith was the maternal grandfather of Elvis Presley.Bob was the second son of Silas Smith and Anna Mansell. `Bob` married his first cousin, `Doll` Mansell." (per an ancestry website) Elvis's face resembled Bob.
I knew that he dyed his hair. It's actually pretty well known, he was blonde. I think that I was aware of the Lincoln connection and the Jewish connection from a research on UA-cam. In high school I met a teen who's mother sang with Elvis as backup and she shared with him that he got his soulful sound from touring Black churches in the South. i didn't believe it until years later I saw a picture on a documentary with Elvis as a teen surrounded by a Black choir. It blew me away. I do not believe that he's Melungeon in the sense of having African roots, but i wouldn't chase him out of the family either.
@@PK-bh1ww You ain't nothing butt a hound dog was not written for him Big Mama Thornton - debuted her R&B anthem “Hound Dog” in 1953, three years before Elvis Presley released his version.
I don't know why you didn't believe Elvis stole music, style and dance moves from Blacks. When they stole country, Rock and Roll and other genres of music from Blacks. They stole from Blacks all the time. Whites called Black music, Rock and roll jungle music. Their kids was listening to it and the parents didn't like it. So, they found several White men who could do the same thing Black singers did. Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and other stole from Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Sister Rosetta and other Black artist
@mlynettepinky595 think you need to re educate yourself especially on Elvis, he was influenced absolutely he was but no one steals music everyone is influenced... ....
@@PK-bh1ww racist much. 👀 Why should people be "glad their music is presented to the world" if it's stolen?? Who has ever needed the platform of a thief??? And who are "black's"??
I am Melungeon and I am related to Elvis & Lincoln. I can prove it, I did not know but had multiple professional genealogist do the work. ( PS also have Jewish ancestry.) It all showed up on my DNA test, including 12% American Indian.
Was the relation to them through Melungeons? Please name the known Melungeon ancestor they are related through. I find this so interesting! The fact that Elvis' hair was blond certainly doesn't rule it out. My great-grandfather was apparently part African from the DNA of his decendants, and was even listed as Negro on his death certificate. But my Mom knew him as a child and says he had extremely white skin and blue eyes. He was grey-haired at that time, but his son, my grandfather had strawberry blond hair and blue eyes.
@@rroadmap I wish I knew how to screen shot it... anyways, here are a few of the family names I have in common w/ Elvis, Smith, Heard, Napier, Perrin. & I think White/Davis/Franklin on the Cherokee side...
NYTN:. A legendary country music icon you should do a deep dive on is Patsy Cline. If you look at some of her photos she looks kind of black in them. I would be totally surprised if she does not have any Melungeon roots.
It dies not matter whatever his Ancestry was, Elvis is gorgeous, inherited his parents looks....The Universal countries loves him ever so much. RIP. ❤🙏🏻👍👌☦️🛐😘😘😘💞💞❤️🔥❤️🔥
His ancestry was mostly Scots-Irish with distant German ancestry. Originally his last name was pronounced Pressler, a man who came to United States in late 1700's. Also he had Native American Cherokee blood in him from his maternal ancestral line according to Wikipedia.
From the first picture I ever saw of Elvis decades ago - I just assumed he had 'something' in him. His looks are incredibly interesting. His phenotype is completely different from his father. His mother was very unusual looking (somewhat Portuguese looking as a whole). Elvis' first cousin Billy on his mother's side, who is swarthy, said they have native ancestry and his granddaughter (Riley) recently said on twitter they are both Cherokee and Crow. Elvis earliest maternal ancestor was 'Mansell' a Frenchman meaning 'man from Le Mans'. Elvis' close friend Larry Geller claims Elvis told that his mother said to keep his Jewish ancestry quiet because 'they don't like people like us'. Elvis' nostrils used to flare when is spoke or sang. He had some sort of correction in '57 according to his cousin. But you can see this bull like flare happen on his earlier films in '56. This can be done by removing flesh or cartilage, not necessarily a nose job. Elvis was a rock n roll pioneer when his created the Rockabilly sound - a fusion of country and R&B. Growing up in Mississippi and Memphis he was influenced by multiple genres. He was the explosion waiting to happen.
@@TM-fu2we True - The Memphis Mafia a couple of them said Elvis walked and stood just like his Daddy - When Elvis was doing his movies you could really see the resemblance because Elvis gained weight in a few of them I have seen many talk about how much Elvis looked like his Daddy -- I have an Elvis Channel -- and people have commented that many times
I believe there are very few Southerners that don’t have some African or Native ancestry. I am the fairest skinned family member- as in I am the red-haired, freckled one who gets teased about it. My DNA results came back with a small % African. My “olive-skinned” brother busted out laughing at that result. He on the other hand has been mistaken as a Native American by the locals, and yes we have the exact same parents. ❤ We are all “mutts” if our ancestors have been here long -it’s one of the things that should connect us here in the USA - we are all similarly unique. 🇺🇸
lol, when I asked my father where we came from he said N. Carolina. I said, Daddy, I mean which country in Europe? He said he didn’t know and he didn’t care because it must have been bad wherever it was if they were willing to get on a little wooden ship to cross an ocean to get away from it…..then he said, “we’re just mutts, all Americans are mutts”! Then he laughed.
Yup, totally agree with you. Loved reading you referring to us as “mutts” as I say that all the time; all my years of ancestry research makes it pretty clear that I’m an American Mutt and that’s fine by me.
@@charrua59- Yea we did all come from the original two, so we are all related! All the genetic material was there. We are all actually different beautiful shades of brown also, due to the melanin in our skin.
The Melungeon ancestry itself is of uncertain makeup. The best research shows only that it _may_ have included any number of combinations of Black, Middle Eastern, Cherokee, Hispanic, along with European. No one has been able to say for sure. Melungeon may have been a generic term during the colonial era for anyone who had the appearance of non-white ethnicity. There may have been many unconnected groups who were called that. Though with so many being in Wise County, Va. and other nearby counties in Tennessee and Kentucky, it is likely Melungeon is basically an ethnicity that descended from a single settlement, perhaps escaped slaves living in isolation, perhaps survivors of a Turkish or North African shipwreck, perhaps either or both of these groups, and perhaps blended with Cherokee they lived with. There are lots of theories.
whatever his anscestory was, it made a very beautiful man inside and out!!! Flawed yes as we all are but a very beautiful man it oozed from him!!❤ Also lets not forget he came from nothing, a poor hillbilly who made it big and never forgot who he was and never let fame get in the way of being kind to his family he wasnt too good for his hilbilly family and never too good for his fans, he treated everyone the same no matter their color! That's what I love most about him he was so personal and down to earth, he sang like he was singing to you even though I was born in the eighties, when Ilisten to him it feels like he's singing to me! Elvis dressed to the nines but was still just a regular person from humble beginings who still liked greasy food, fun and loud family and friends!
You are much younger than me. The old history books stated that people used to think that the world was flat; because, many ships went to sea and some never came back. Those left back home thought the ships fell off the edge of the flat world. Some of those ships may have made it to this part of the world. Those people may have taken Native American wives or married into other shipwrecked peoples (and moved into areas away from the sea where their descendents are found today). At one time it was very dangerous for other people to know that you are of mixed blood. Many people living today do not know that they are Melungeons. Being of known mixed heritage still brings discrimination and hardships today. Children cannot repeat what they have never been taught to anyone. My mother always got mad, hateful, and slapped me any time I asked questions about her people. I have always wanted to know what she did not want us to know about her heritage. DNA testing may tell me everything I want and need to know.
I definitely encourage you to do the DNA testing. It helps with brickwalls if you are doing your family tree. Depending upon the testing company you may also get important genetic medical info. Knowledge is power!
I had just heard of Melungeon in a book recently read. With Elvis' mom's diverse ancestry added to his dad's (who was not really a Presley, except through his mother), it certainly is possible he was Melungeon. By now, I would think Riley would know.
I actually went to a Melungeon meeting in Kingsport TN. Some of them had gone to Turkey and decided they had Turkish ancestry. Many thought Portuguese and American Indian. I decided i wasnt one. I have brown hair and hazel eyes. It was interesting though and very nice prople.
You fit in just fine, you have a kind heart and a welcoming way. There has been a lot of speculation about Elvis's ancestry, I suppose it is very possible, especially considering the time frame and areas they migrated through to get to MS and TN. Elvis had a one of a kind talent, and may his memory be a blessing. Thanks for remembering it's Appa latch un! :)
I have to agree, with your point of view , I doubt there is evidence of Melungeon in his back ground although I’m sure he would have been very pleased and proud if he did . I knew about the Cherokee part of his ancestry , and also about the Jewish part of his ancestry , which he himself was very interested in and as an adult adopted the habit of wearing a Star of David and a Hebrew letter/ character pendant pronounced in English as CHI ,meaning Life or To Life There are many pictures of Elvis wearing these ,sometimes individually , later in life he became very interested in world religions and was very influenced by belief in general . He was seeker of truth , and the meaning of life May his memory be a blessing ❤
Her info is mush. Just bad speculation. Just like Senator Elizabeth Warren claiming to be an Indian, because she had high cheekbones and she could get a free college education as an Indian minority. Elvis's ancestry is much like my own, I believe. My family (brother had DNA test) in Mississippi, is 44% English and 34% Irish and 2% Iberian Peninsula (Small Country of Basque, located in valley amongst mountains between Spain and France.) The remaining 20% DNA is from other Northern European countries: Germany, Finland, Norway, The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Poland) Speaking of Poland, a good number of people in Mississippi have the handsome features of the people from Poland. But, recent archeological digs in Ireland prove that the Basque were in Ireland (and England) before the Celts. I believe that Elvis and some of my Mississippi relatives and I got a lot of our features from the Basque, a small country with its own language and beautiful people. 😮 I forgot to add that my mother's sister (pretty when young, black-hair) was tested and got similar results as my brother, but as a woman got Scot included in that remainder of 20% Northern European. 😮
Melungeon ancestry from WV here. My dad’s side is Irish and Cherokee and Sephardic (Spanish) Jew and black. I guess that was a common mix in the mountains. But, I guess we fall under “white” these days even though we’re technically “colored.” We ain’t WASPs though.
My mother-in-law was a Lithuanian Jew who married a first generation American soldier right after WWII. All her descendants have those gorgeous cheekbones.
People who have ancestors in America going back 300-500 years are usually a mixture of a variety of races. I am part Irish, American Indian, English, German, Jewish, and Black Dutch.
Was well known that Elvis’ mother was 98% American Cherokee Indian and 2% Jewish, as the Cherokee have a bit of Jewish in them. His dad was European Scottish decent. It’s all well documented. That bit of Jewish in his mom is why he wore the Star of David and a cross. He got his dreamy eyes and darker hair from his mom, tho his blue colorIng of eyes from his dad. His was not fully blond with reddish tones, it was a lighter brown than Burnett’s, with bronze not red tones, People mistake the bronze for red all the time but they are completely different. He did dye his hair jet black. My family had much Cherokee in them with some European English, ones with the Cherokee were born with blond hair that got darker as we grew up into early and even pre-teen just like a Elvis. Mine is brown with the same bronze tones. Highlights of more blond with a bronze tone appear if we are in the sun a lot.
OMG!!! 😅 My mother, who did a lot of genealogy, found that my family is distantly related to Elvis, like we’re 8th cousins. Through the Bresslers/Bresslars. I know some ancestor of mine came to the US from Germany, and settled in Pennsylvania in the 1700s, having been deeded land by William Penn. That’s about all I remember. My mother died in 2014, so I can’t ask her anything more about it. ETA: Elvis dyed his hair black, to emulate his idol, Tony Curtis. He was naturally blond, like his father, and his eyes were blue. Not dark.
My mom's cousin was the family genealogist and before internet, but he had a file on it. He was wrong on some though. He assumed their Greogory ancestry was Scottish and it was French Huguenot. thanks to the internet, records were found where their Gregory ancestor came to England from France before moving to Ontario. The name was something like Gregorie or something like that originally. Later ancestors left Canada and moved to New York. we knew my 2nd great grandmother was French Canadian, but we thought her husband was Scottish. Nope, he was French Candian too and took the spelling Greogry after they moved to New York.
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So happy you covered this. I am related to Elvis and am a distant cousin and have looked at his family tree. His roots (in the America's) goes back to colonial Virginia and the Carolina's in the 1600's which are the main roots for many families of the Southern USA genetic group. These distant ancestors would most likely be a mix indentured servants from the British Isles, Native Americans and African's who made up the free people of color tri racial isolate group that spawned off the Lumbees, Melungeons and other's some of whom became blended into the greater white population. You might have heard about the conclusion that all people of French Canadian ancestry have common ancestors from a small population in Quebec in the 1600's well it's the same for the Southern Genetic group in that a lot of them share the same ancestors from colonial Virginia in the 1600's many of whom were mixed producing a SE USA Creole population that spread out west, SW and NWard across the USA.,
I'm descended through the colonial Virginia and Carolinas group on both sides of my family, and my grandmother's side traveling & intermarrying with Melugeon families in North Carolina is what originally started my research to see if our family was descended from Melugeon families. When I was not as tenured a researcher, I'd found a census stating one of my ancestors was "m" for race, and at the time, I didn't know what that meant and thought it was a mistake, because the next census showed "w". Now, I know that was for "mulatto", and sure enough, DNA tests show that side of the family has African ancestry, and the number of generations estimated, would take it back to colonial Virginia. It was fairly common for mixed families for their race to change from census to census, depending on where they moved, who was taking the census, & if the family could pass. Supposedly, we're distantly related to Elvis, but I've yet to actually confirm that line.
Over a long period of time and depending on where the family moved there are generations down the road that would make that shift like yours from "mulatto" to white due to intermarriage and the surrounding population of where the family moved. A lot of times descendants only have old old photos of ancestors that bear this out. @@Direness
If I had a dollar for everyone claiming to be distant cousin to Elvis Presley, I could retire rich. The woman who did this video doesn't even know why Elvis dyed his hair or when or if he got his nose done. All she had to do was look at his early photos and his later ones and it's very clear that he thinned his nose because he hated his nose.
Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie had his nose since childhood. I don't think she had a nose job as a child. Elvis' eyes were blue. If he had melungeon ancestry it would not be based upon these features. I'm a bit surprised that you have been researching this and didn't know that he had blue eyes.
Something interesting about Elvis is that his maternal grandparents were first cousins and they both were descendants of the Cherokee ancestor. That would mean Elvis had a higher percentage of native american blood. I always thought he had native ancestry.
Here’s an interesting fact, I was the first to find out that Priscilla Presley through her mother‘s line was a mayflower descendent, which actually got published in a journal, called the Mayflower descendent, which I co-wrote with another Genealogist. That means that Lisa, Marie, and Lisa, Marie‘s daughter, Riley Keough are mayflower descendants.
My husband and kids are Mayflower descendants through a man named Resolved White. They don't care. As a matter of fact, my husband was a little disappointed to find that out, because some Mayflower descendants act like that fact makes them more prestigious than others, as if they were the OG Americans and of course, they were not. We would be more interested to find out the name of one of my ancestors who didn't come here willingly.
On Elvis mother's side there is a female relative with the first name of Octavia. This is most definitely a Roman name and I have a female cousin in Italy today with this name. There is also a sur name of Bova (also Italian) in his story. Given the exceptional musical and voice ability, was his mother's side Italian or part Italian? One of his favorite rings was a Roman design and he did put English words to the Italian song, O Sole Mio (Its Now or Never). I have to wonder where he got that talent.
Fellow Italian-American here. There is an ancient bust of a champion Roman gladiator who looks JUST LIKE Elvis. It's truly amazing if you can find it online. Coincidentally, Elvis was making a film about martial arts and it was titled "The Gladiators".
Yes, this is interesting and the fact that Elvis' facial profile looks like the face of Michael Angelo's famous statue of Davide in Florence is also interesting.@@kn-qz7by
Well, I'm Australian and have never heard the term 'Melungeon' until now, so you taught me something there but yes, I did know Elvis dyed his hair black and that his natural colour was quite fair. I read that he just did it because he preferred dark hair, and the combination of dark hair and blue eyes (* his eyes weren't dark either, they were blue). His wife Priscilla also dyed her hair darker for that reason, to please him, and also styled her hair and clothes to suit his taste. He liked a kind of 'vampy' look on a woman. Yes, I can see him having something exotic in his heritage as his unique features aren't entirely Caucasian. He also had such natural rhythm and soul in his performances and loved gospel music. Whatever ever his background, he was a dam fine looking man that's for sure!
Nic Elvis jej nie kazał, sama farbowała sobie włosy i tak się czesala , a makijaż na Kleopatre też sama się malowała, przyznala się, że właśnie jak byla młoda miala etap Kleopatry, chaciala być idealna i w swoim mniemaniu taka byla, przyjmijcie raz na zawsze do wiadomości, że Elvis nic jej nie narzucal, robiła co chciala, a on jej pomagał, cale swoje życie ja wspieral finansowo, co rusz podnosiła swoje zadania pieniężne, a on się zgadzał, kłamie i kłamie, ta kobieta to chodzący KLAM !!!!!!!
I do remember watching a documentary about Elvis's life years ago, in which someone fairly close to him (can't remember exactly who) shared that Elvis used to tell people that he was a mix of many different genetic backgrounds including Jewish, African, European, and Native American to name just a few. Your research seems to corroborate the very things that he would sometimes share with others about himself. Interesting video, thanks for posting!
Elvis will always be loved by many of us no matter what you say. His kind heart and loving other people was teaching us to love one another. It does not matter who you are but loving others is a great teaching to us all.
I appreciate your research into Elvis' line. It would have been great to know his father's line as well. It is well known many Melungeons have blue eyes. It is a common trait. I did know Elvis had blonde hair but Melungeons existed from at least the 1600s, if not before. Most Melungeons married with causations which is why many white people today don't realize they have melungeon historty. My 3rd great grandfather was tall, dark, had black curly hair he straightened, blue eyes, lived in the melungeon area, and we have DNA matches to people with melungeon ancestry. My 2nd great grandfather had blonde hair. Most people tried to hide their melungeon ancestry back then. Johnny Cash also had African ancestry DNA as well as his wife. People went to great lengths to hide it. I don't know if Lincoln and Elvis have melungeon ancestry but it is definitely something I am interested in finding out. Thank you for your video.
The connection between Isaiah Harrison, Abe Lincoln, and Elvis has been known for some time. “Settlers by the long grey trail” is a key resource. I descend from Isaiah Harrison on my mom’s side.
😊🙏 Glad to know that , we are descendants from various ethnicities from thousands & thousands of years of intercontinental migrations & interracial marriages by our foreparents , sure is exciting to find out just how many ancestry we had from our DNA Test Kits ... Like a Wiseman used to say : " We only have Citizenships & practicing of the Universal Laws from Mother Nature , we actually have no pure ethnicities nor religions to call our own , we are all somehow related! " ... Spread World Peace without Hatre nor Discrimination to All! 😊🌎✌🌷🌿🕊
William Presley was an Irishman from Hacketstown Co.Carlow in Ireland and he left Ireland in 1776, Williams great grand daughter was Elvis's grandfathers mother.
Yes....he dyed his hair black. His hair was actually some kind of blond. Since there was no TV during his childhood he listened to the radio a lot. He listened to the different genres such as white gospel, black gospel, the blues and country. I've read that this is how he developed his unique singing style. I've also read that he would sneak off and sit outside hidden somewhere close to listen to black folks sing gospel at their church. Moreover, he would go where blacks were singing the blues and listen. They say this is where he got his style of dress from....from those guys singing the blues. Elvis was a great singer and I loved his music. As a little girl I had a crush on him.
I have heard this about Elvis and knew he dyed his hair. I also read that some think Lincoln was black. Its all fascinating to me. There's no telling what one will find in their own DNA. My daughter found out she is 8% Ashkenazi Jewish and 10% Finnish (among other things), which was a huge surprise!
Easy way to find out if Elvis is Melungeon....DNA Test. That will tell you everything. I did this and found out that I'm more than half Indigenous to Mexico. The rest is mostly European but also Sub-Saharan African, North African, and Eastern European Jew. Elvis's living descendants can easily take DNA tests and we can all find out what his ancestral make up is.
I have heard this before, about Elvis having Melungeon DNA, do not know if it has been proven, I can see the Native American in him for sure. The hight cheekbones, and high forehead. His skin tone was light, but not that ruddy pinkish kind of white. He had very pale olive toned skin. And, his hair was very blond when he was young, as he got older his hair darkened up to a light brown. There are many photos of Elvis with brown eyes, but also very blue eyes. I have heard he did not like contact lenses, so I can't imagine him wearing colored ones in his eyes. I do not understand what is going on with his eye color. I do know this, he was one good looking man, and very special.
Awesome video. Remember while back watching Roseanne Cash on finding your roots. They did DNA test she found out she had African ancestry from her Dad Jonny Cash and her mom his first wife. They also said she had more from her dad than her mom.
As I understand it, Elvis coloured his hair. There are a few pictures from his youth with blonde hair. His hair did become darker naturally in his teens, though, accrding to some sources.
Thank you for the video! Off topic but… I always wonder about those synthesizers behind you in your videos. Do you make music? And if so, where can I find it?
Steven Tyler!! Have you looked into his history. He did a DNA test and his great grandfather passed for white! Steven Tyler always felt he had african ancestry and was made fun of as a kid because of his features.
@carolmerlini9971 no no....he was on a who do you think you are and his great grandfather on his mother's side was passing and mixed race. The episode aired a few years ago. His daughter liv was in the episode too and both were shocked. And he still have Italian roots! Just like Danielle
But she is opening a whole new can of worms too ! If she's touching a very sensitive topic as race , she cannot complain of the backlash she gets dealing with other people's ancestry ! And falsely assuming the true color of his hair and eyes ! To say she was wrong with the hair only disqualifies her from talking about him ! All Elvis wanted was to change his hair color to look like Tony Curtis that made him feel even more good looking !
But she is opening a whole new can of worms too ! If she's touching a very sensitive topic as race , she cannot complain of the backlash she gets dealing with other people's ancestry ! And falsely assuming the true color of his hair and eyes ! To say she was wrong with the hair only disqualifies her from talking about him ! All Elvis wanted was to change his hair color to look like Tony Curtis that made him feel even more good looking !
My late husband was Elvis 2ed cousin. His grandmother was one of the midwives that delivered Elvis and Jessi. She also prepared the baby for his funeral. They have Indian, German, Irish and more. That’s why Elvis’ hair was naturally blonde/red. His eyes were blue. My husband and both our kids have those Ellie eyes. My grandbaby has his natural hair color. They Pteslry’d and Guess’ descended from sequoia.
I wouldn't surprise me at all. He had a look about him that wasn't quite "caucasian" (a term I don't like). Despite his hair colour he had a look about him that hinted at a more diverse background.
Seriously..most can tell the difference. Have you spent time around any black people ? Many people who have full lips and features similar are NOT black. You really need to do some research...or traveling.
I'm related to him through my daddy on his mama's side. I've been asked by some of my black friends through the years if I was mixed, which confused me when I was younger. I'm as pale as a fish's underbelly, lol! Now I realize that they were onto something. I have that big ol bump on my occipital bone, my nose is a bit large for my face, and since I discovered who the Melungeons were I'm more and more convinced that I may be. My daddy would get very dark in summer, had hazel eyes, damn I miss him! It seems like lots of the Appalachian folks married and moved, and a lot moved here to Mississippi. Oh, want to know what first made me suspect that Elvis might be a relative? The coroners said that his hair, under the black hair color, was almost pure white. That's my family's trait on my daddy's side. By the time he was 50 my daddy's hair was pure white. I'm about 75-80% pure white at 57 years old. I'm talking white, not gray. It looks white blond, lol! I wish my daddy could have known about the relation, he was a big Elvis fan and he was a musician too. He actually met Elvis, his band played the Louisiana Hayride, the same as Elvis. Said he was one of the nicest people he'd ever met.
It's fascinating that distant cousins met and didn't know they were related, but the fact that one of those cousins was known worldwide makes it incredible!
@@kimfleury I know, right? 🤣 I mean, he knows now, and I would bet daddy's playing his drums in the heavenly choir and singing with Elvis. Yes, daddy could sing, very well too. I inherited the voice and passed it onto my kids, they both can sing. But it would have been awesome if daddy could have found out about the relation in the living years. He was very handsome like Elvis too. When I listen to Elvis songs it reminds me of daddy.
Elvis was a beautiful man. ❤ Any changes he personally made to enhance or change his looks to suit him were perfect. Just perfect. Stop the insanity. 😮
I really could care less if Elvis’s lineage had black, Indian, Italian or whatever in it. Genetics do not give a man or woman rhythm! His influences and talents in music were determined by his life experience where he grew up.
My son discovered over a year ago that we are melungeon. I was always told we were malloto(sp). My grandma was 100% Cherokee and my grandfather Indian and black I grew up my whole life believing that. My son as he started really digging into my dad's family tree 🌳 he found out that was only part truth, but the reason they did not broadcast they were "melungeon" was because there was a doctor can't remember his name off hand and an agenda to irradicate the melungeon people they would sterilize them!!! I was dumbfounded I had no idea at all. My dad's last name was Nichols so I started digging and yup sure enough we are but somewhere in there is Jewish blood as well...my grandma walked the trail of tears from Kentucky to Oklahoma. We are related to Perkins, Gipson, Gibson, and others. Just find this fascinating but also kinda puts a person into an identity crisis for over 50 years I thought I was Cherokee and black on my dads and Caucasian on my mommas side...I do not even know anymore lol
Elvis could be Melungeon, looking closer at the close up of his face. I never knew he had indigenous ancestry until I asked my dad if he would do an mtdna test. My dad's mom's mtdna was B2( indigenous), and it said Elvis had an ancestor that was B2. I was like wow. I did read about his Jewish ancestry as well a couple months ago. So interesting❤
@2degucitas sorry, I tried asking but the company doesn't allow info about who took the test for privacy I remember now. But they just verified that the mtdna result is there.
I'm related through his Hargett and Wallace side. The Hargetts were originally from the German state of Hesse and came over as not so willing mercenaries. The Hargetts changed their names and settled along the pee dee river and the mountains. I have some Nigerian, North African, West Asian(Middle Eastern) and native Alaskan(though I believe it is really an nc tribe) on that side of my dna. I have always heard the Hessians found community in the native Americans and escaped slaves because they didn't want to fight in the Revolutionary War. I do absolutely believe Elvis had melungeon heritage.
@epicsseven7686 My family is Hargett and Hartis, both from the Hessian Hergetts. Most people on that side of my family either have curly red hair and fair or tan and dark straight hair.
@@mariebussinger6565nope Siberian Mongolian aka Native Americans migrated here from Asia. Black people aka indigenous Americans been here since the beginning of time…..Olmecs, Warshitaw Muurs, and Mayans all “Black” aka Copper colored we are Brown……we never literally been Black lol look up the Bonampak murals and Pocahontas father and tell me they don’t look like Negros. Truth hurts!!!! Im a proud Cherokee, Seminole, Blackfoot Aboriginal 💪🏾✊🏾🪶🏹🗿
Please keep up the good work. I watched the finding Lola vlog and that is when i subscribed to your channel. Your vlogs are very informative and fair. We are part of the same human race regardless of our genetics. Gods Blessings to you and your family.
Visit Sneedville, Tennessee where there is a town of Melungeon. Don't be taken back because the people will not speak to you or look you in the eye. They made good moonshine.
I found out Elvis is my 10th cousin. That's pretty far off but to me it's kind of cool. I'm also related to Abraham Lincoln. I also have Cherokee or Choctaw ancestry, and Jewish.
As an Elvis fan when I was young, I believe Elvis had blue eyes. It seemed a bit unusual when he played a mixed race Indian in "Flaming Star." I have a couple of women in my ancestry named Mourning or Morning. I've heard for many years that Elvis was a Melungeon, but this is the first time I've heard about his mother being Jewish. There were Pressleys in N. Carolina in the 1870s. Presley was also the given name of Presley Anderson, Sr., who was born in VA about 1752. His son, Presley Anderson II, fought in the war of 1812 in KY.
Elvis Aaron Presley was born blonde had blue eyes his hair then turned a Sandy Blonde ( He said in an audio Interview in 1956 which there are many His eyes were Bluish Green though ) Elvis dyed his hair black simply because he liked it and though it brought out his Eyes - ( Elvis with Black American Culture was due to being in poverty and growing up in a mixed neighborhood with mostly Black African American's In Tupelo, Mississippi til He was 14 then moved to Memphis - Gladys Love Presley was Jewish - When She passed away Elvis had the Star Of David on her Original Headstone also Elvis wore The Star Of David He had a Necklace that had one - It's Well known in the Elvis Community That He was Cherokee on his Mom's Side I've found also Scottish & Irish Vernon Presley Has German & Irish
We share DNA from his father's side on my mother’s father's side. Family Search indicates he is my 11th cousin once removed. From my mother’s mother’s side I share DNA with Harriet Tubman and Pocahantas.
*The genealogy of the one human race is truly fascinating! Every person who has ever lived* *has a common origin and are thus related in that way. How wondrous a thing that is!*
@@lmlm_ Yes, although humans are not breeds but are species. All breeds, often a product of selective breeding, do not have common origin as the one human race does.
@@lmlm_Both. To biologists and anthropologists, a race is often defined simply as “a subdivision of a species which inherits physical characteristics distinguishing it from other populations of the species.”
You should really look into the Appalachian studies program at East Tennessee state university in Johnson city. There’s a lot of crossover in your content and the content they teach at the program. As for Elvis, is no one going to mention his hip movement? 😂 Another interesting path for you to explore is Jefferson Davis’ wife, there is speculation she was African American. Also worth looking into Davis’ slaves(he had them all educated at a college level, left them to self govern and even gave his plantation to one of them at the end of the war/this later went on to become the first all black town Mound Bayou, with lawyers/doctors/book keepers etc. all educated on Davis’s plantation) There’s a great audio interview with one of Davis’ former slaves where he details it all. I’ve done a few deep dive videos on it and only scratched the surface.
I’m enjoying this exploration so much. You’re looking at the progenitor of that family in Pennsylvania who was among the original “Black Dutch” from Germany, from the Rhine Palatinate region. They were largely Romani, 30,000 of whom came here in the 1600s and 1700s as indentures from Germany and some Scandinavian countries after being exiled under penalty of death from their countries. They pretended to be Catholic, then my ancestor assassinated William of Orange, the leader of the Dutch Reform Movement. His family then pretended to be Huguenots and came to the now-US in the 1600. I’ll reply to myself because the video is about to be over, and I don’t want to lose my comment. 😂 Many of my Melungeon ancestors came from
I wish I could send you pictures of my family. They value black hair so much. My 95-year-old grandmother, before she asks ANYTHING about health of the mom or baby or even gender, wants to know if a newborn has black hair. All my ancestors for many generations are Melungeon. I’m related to Elvis and Abe Lincoln, but not with direct ancestry. You should look into William Herndon, the biographer of Abe Lincoln, to see how Melungeon people have been pulling the strings of society for many generations. Abe almost never talked, and most everything we know about him is from William Herndon (my ancestor). The Herndons really are a great cross-section of Melungeons. There was Alonzo, the first Black millionaire. You can clearly see he’s very mixed. Commander William Lewis Herndon who died to save 152 women and children on a sinking ship. Green Herndon who was whitewashed in history but who burned down the slave-holding 3rd richest city in America, Rusk, Texas. Angelo Herndon was a Black labor organizer. All those Herndons are from the same ancestors. There were reputable Herndons from the same direct ancestors, some in history as Black, others as white. My Herndon grandfather was a labor organizer in the coal camps. I haven’t looked much into Elvis, but he looks just like my family. I have pictures of my great grandfather where he sometimes had black hair and other times his hair looked blondish-brown- like Elvis. Another famous (indirect) Melungeon ancestor from the Hatfield/Vance (yes, those Hatfields) clan was Jack Dempsey, one of the greatest boxers of all time. Sorry for the infodump. I love seeing you learn about my people in real time, as you’re discovering these may also be your people. I wish you were on Facebook. That’s where my Melungeon platform is.
@@marthamurphy7940 yes, both the Black Dutch and Black Irish were largely Sinti Romani but there were other ethnic groups in there like Sephardic Jewish folk. The Black Irish were in large part the same people who were exiled from Germany, Finland, Norway, etc. beginning in the late 1500s and the Romanichal being pushed out of England. Again, not all of the Black Dutch and Black Irish were Romani. But many of the people who ended up in Appalachia were Romani. You see a lot of Romani cultural traditions and values in Melungeon culture and also the survival mechanisms gained after 1000+ years of evading genocide, like having a government name that is borrowing the common names in the area (like mentioned in this video). Notice the White last name? Elvis is probably of the same lineage as Jesco White, the dancing outlaw.
I am just seeing these now! I am so sorry. I am on facebook (not a lot, if that makes sense). Just set up something I check every now and then and post videos! I think it is facebook.com/findinglolafilm. ETA: Please lets connect!
I knew about Elvis dying his hair, it was in the tv movie LOL. Also, there's a country song tribute to Elvis, I don't remember if it was Hank Williams or someone else, I lost that record years ago but it was the story of how Elvis was spanked by his farther for hanging out at those black R&B clubs where he learned what Sunshine records called "That Negro Sound." So he was known to love southern black rhythm and blues, so much so even a butt whoopen couldn't dissuade nor keep him away.
He is supposed to be descendant of Edward Green Mansel and "Morning Flowers"- a native. But hard to prove. Melungeon means melange-a mixture; a medley. About 6 years ago we did come up with the term "complex identities" in a Bass genealogy group.
I remember one of my art history professors telling us: "The past changes more rapidly than the present." I had heard a long time ago both that Elvis was a Cherokee Indian and that he dyed his hair black, but this is the first I've heard of Melungeons, so I'll have to do some research. My brother recently had to research his genealogy in preparation for emigrating to the Czech republic and found we have strong Roma [gypsy] heritage; I had long suspected this.
I live in Hamilton, AL of Marion County. Morning Dove White is buried in the Palmer Cemetery in Hamilton, AL Also he is in our family tree thru his grandmother Minne M Hood who traces back to Isaiah Harrison, Abe Lincoln's ancestey
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It could be easily cleared up. Elvis grand kids can get tested
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@Theinfamouskiki411 Good point. Too bad Lisa Marie wasn't tested while she was still alive. That would have been awesome for her to be on Finding Your Roots with Dr. Henry Gates.😊
Yump its official i have a crush...lol Im lovin your natural hair. You have my attention. So i would like to share my 2 cents
Did you think Finding Lola would lead you to ponder Elvis ancestry?
No, never heard that he is Melungeon.
Yes, I knew about the hair but rarely share the information because it made me sad too for some reason.
And yes, I was aware his mom claimed Cherokee. But I don't remember anything about being Jewish.
I’m 60 + years old and I’ve never even heard the word Melungeon much less knew what it meant.
Haha I had never heard of it either until I started doing my genealogy 😊
Reading is fundamental. Public schools in the US don't teach real facts or history. Make the libraries your friend. Educate yourself.
Still.....what is it?
@@carolynvagher5296 It's a group from the Appalachian Mountains. They seem to have a mixture of European and either African or Native American roots. Basically, a biracial group, but they're a different look than those we see that are biracial today. It's just an odd thing, if that's what you want to call it, because of the time period and location. It's pretty interesting though, look it up.
I’m 58 and I heard of it back in the 1980’s through a newspaper article that mentioned not only Elvis and President Lincoln but also Ava Gardener.
I remember watching a documentary years ago where there were Black men who were in their eighties who said that they knew Elvis when he was a child, apparently, he used to go to Black churches, and one of these men said that he was very polite and would help the old Black churchgoers down the steps of the church.
I had heard he went to black churches sometimes when growing up. It's been pretty widely reported that black gospel was a big influence on him. (Btw...writing from Memphis. Been here 39 yrs, and we pretty much all know Elvis's history by heart, lol)
Due to an ambiguous border between the white and black sides of the neighborhood, the Presleys (and one other white family) ended up sharing a backyard with several black families. That's what exposed young Elvis to the blues and black radio. Then, when he was a teenager, the Presleys moved to Memphis. That's where Elvis started attending a black Baptist church and singing in the choir.
I have heard that it's where he learned to sing gospel.
We used to watch American Bandstand and then watch Soul Train. Music brings people together!
@@deb7518 tell me about the famous hay ride incident when the condom broke Elvis was using.
My wife didn't care what he was. She just knew that he was one fine man
That’s the best comment I’ve seen, & I agree with your wife 👍🏻
I agree with your wife
He was so fine ❤
@@user-kr4rz5hn4n we weren’t all like that, I loved Elvis, but I only ever bought a couple of albums, no posters or statuses. I did cry when I heard he’d died, even though my common sense told me he’d looked ill for a long time.
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To each his own.
Elvis had blonde hair & blue eyes, from his father's side. He dyed it black to look like Tony Curtis & because it was the fashion.
The features, though.
I’ve always suspected Elvis’s Mother has some Melungeon ancestry. There are still living Grandchildren.Maybe one day there will be an answer to the question?
Yes, he had blondish hair.
Most people across the world are of mixed ancestry. It is very interesting, but not uncommon. 😊
What is uncommon is the amount of secrecy and even shame that used to haunt melungeon ethnicity. It has only been in the past few decades that this heritage could be discussed openly@@avondalemama470
Elvis had an identical twin brother that died at birth. Can you imagine two of them. I am a fan of Elvis. I hope someday we will have more singers like him. His voice was beautiful.
So was his looks. He was the most handsome man..
Given how families usually work, one of them would have wound up a dentist or an accountant.
Elvis represented a wonderful genetic combo of several cultures. He broke the mold and was one of a kind!
HE WAS 2 of a kind; regretfully his twin brother Jesse Garon Presley did not live at birth. RIP
Whatever Elvis was he was the king of rock and roll my mother said when Elvis died we all learned we could die too that's how dear he was and just think he a twin the only thing is is Elvis has been investigated many times over
some investigations can only be done at the current time that means being there in the relevant because some things you have to be there for or authenticity it's because they take the information and the facts from different directions as far as DNA goes they got that covered they know what was his gene pool for instance I have a sister she has two brothers her brothers are not my Brothers my sister and I share the same father so how is it that her brothers are not related to me at all and their children not related
but they're related to my sister
It gets complicated especially the more kids that are born and the in-laws your children are related to your in-laws by blood for that but you will never be related to to your in-laws by blood your blood except for your child and every child after that is now blood related and you of course by bloodliñe so thereafter share the same great-grandmother
Take the McCoy Hatfield days for the generations of their family possessed both Hatfield and McCoy blood running through one body
One more thing I know this is long enough already but I don't know if it's true but it was on current affair or something a while back where a child was actually born and had no genetic traits to mother first I didn't believe it but then I looked into it more and I'm still skeptical yet I have seen two brothers one with blonde hair and blue eyes and one with dark brown hair and eyes and they have the same mother the same father so I'm just wondering maybe and I've seensisters that look exactly alike but they're a year apart so is it possible for a child to get all their genes from one parent and nothing from another parent or just maybe one child's got more of this side of the family
Why some children look dead on their parents and some resemble both parents
We all loved Elvis most of us did anyhow
child hood is the most valuable precious time you can spend with someone and most adults used to get that the world was a different place so people didn't see what was coming because everyone thought they were on the same page basically on the same page and now now what's going on in the world and what I always end up commenting because it's completely terrifying to me is the gender reassignment surgery it has to come to stop and that means making sure they count your vote I always do my voting in person president Trump he will sign an executive order of the minute he gets into office the minute he gets into office the first thing he's going to do is sign an EXECUTIVE ORDER and put a STOP to gender reassignment surgery on children
He's going to STOMP ON IT
It's a very painful process for A CHILD and for the most part it is not their parents doing it to them these children have been unlawfully removed and sent FAR away and out in the middle of nowhere with twisted and sick adults because anyone that does a gender assignment surgery ON A CHILD needs to be hauled in
There's no excuses the ones that are doing this have union jobs that are even presenting this to a child teachers doctors they can go on strike for god sakes
surgeries contain more than one surgery it's rhinoplasty it's bottom surgery skin graphing PAINFUL BLOOD TRANSFUSION silicone in the body silicone top surgery CARBURETORS THE BOYS ARE PEEING OUT OF A HOLE the girls are growing hair on their FACE
THE VOICE BOX
IT'S EXPERIMENTING ON CHILDREN WHILE THEY'RE STILL GROWING BEFORE THEY EVEN HIT PUBERTY TRYING TO MAKE THE BOYS HAVE A PERIOD AND TAKING THE PERIOD AWAY FROM THE GIRLS AND THEIR STERILIZING THESE IT'S NOT LEGAL AND IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE IT HAS CASTING NET ON OUR FUTURE AND DESTROYED IT IS DESTROYING THE BLOODLINES BECAUSE THEY'RE MIXING UP ALL THE DNAS ON PURPOSE AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING THEY'RE TAKING THE PROPERTY THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE THAT'S WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO
Their bodies their bone structure changes this is all before they even hit puberty they're doing this to children 40 thousand American CHILDREN BORN WITH INALIENABLE RIGHTS
THE AGENCY OF CHILD SERVICES IS BEHIND ALMOST ALL OF THIS DISASTER IN THE WORLD THE DEFUNDING OF THE POLICE EVERYTHING THEY HAVE PULLED THE PLUG TO SOCIETY AND THEY'VE TAKEN PROTECTION OUT OF THE MIDDLE NAME THEY ARE CHILD SERVICES NOW THEY'RE NOT CPS AND THAT WAS A RED FLAG LONG
AT ONE POINT IN TIME CS WAS EVEN INVOLVED IN
List Marie Presley's LIFE
Scientology has been after Elvis's estate before Elvis even married Priscilla
Only Elvis estate goes to Lisa Marie's
Children
It's not Priscilla's to give away but with the paperwork and the way things are done who's to know 100 years from now who's really going to take over the estate Riley needs to be on her toes Priscilla has a son Lisa half brother but he will never be Elvis's son he's not related to Elvis at all yeah he's the brother of Lisa Marie
They're planning and state takeover and with the money that they have the Scientology and the documents that they already have access to
Call Ron Hubbard may have his wish
He will never be related to Elvis though as far as by blood his
So he's not the heir to the rightful heir he has a completely different set of
It's called spiking the
Punch
Yes to sum it up he is one of a kind but there's danger to the Elvis Fortune because of Priscilla and Priscilla's son and she has promised something that was not hers to promise to Scientology there's a lot of money there and they have access to all the documents and who's to say what's going to happen to Elvis's Fortune 100 years she wants to be buried next Elvis I never knew she had a son and I know almost what there is to know about Elvis whatever they've written my mother was a huge Elvis fan and he is relative the thing is they've been trying to take over his estate since before he even died and they have no intention I'm not doing it you're not supposed to mess with somebody's DNA
And they've already started documents are one thing but DNA that's the untouchable that is the untouchable not anymore they can take the DNA but they're never going to take Elvis out of his DNA
@@michellesnow1920 Priscilla is Lisa's mother, good, bad, or indifferent.
@@finnfo4 Indifference to say the least she is indifferent
I'm (distantly) related! 12th cousin, twice removed. Gladys's side. I never heard of Melungeon. Whatever roots he had, he was beautiful and gorgeous! ❤
Most of us in the South are pretty much related that close or closer. lol ;)
@mmhthree I just started looking into it all recently. It's amazing how we're all related. Even if generations apart and in the smallest way.
I don’t think he was Melungeon…
Elvis was a distant cousin of mine as well.☺️
Absolutely. My dad was a Pentecostal preacher in Mississippi and Memphis. He became friends with Elvis during his HS days w working on jobs down along Thomas Street. Elvis visited our home in 56, 57, and 58, driving up in his Cadalilacs. I attended Humes High School after Elvis had graduated from there. Elvis saw my dad as a guru type preacher who was also associated with gospel singers. Dad said Elvis talked freely about his ancestry, not only verifying what it was, but encouraging dad to begin his own research and studies which went on into the 1980s. The mixed breed (German, Indian and black) was not rare for the area at the time; his background was a thing of pride and not shame for Elvis.
Exactly
so which of his ancestors was black?
Wow! That is amazing. You’ve given me perspective on many of my questions about Elvis and the subject at hand
MyDave Was Class Of1954 At Humes
Also, Elvis and his mother lived in a black community during Jim Crow, THE most segregated time in American history. And they wouldn't have been able to do that if we didn't see them as part of our people. All POC know their "white passing" people. Historically, we've always protected them from exposure with our silence. Thank you so much for sharing this story. peace. 😌🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Elvis was a mix of everything good. Came out beautiful in every way❤❤❤❤
Mixed with angal from heaven.
I have never heard of Melungeon until tonight!
I thought his mother was Jewish. She has the star of David on her grave.1
Elvis was very cool. Man, he could dance and sing. The most important thing though is that he was a good person. He was genuinely liked by the people that were around him. I have never heard of anybody talking bad about him. If he had one fault it was that he was too trusting and that comes from being an honest, good person, I believe. RIP Elvis
Please stop! Many around him saw him for exactly what he was -- a thief.
He certainly liked them young.
Cool
Are you serious?🙄
He stole from Black artist and he said the only thing a black perosn could do for him was shine his shoes
@@mlynettepinky595 he never said that, good grief.
I like his music.... but he was a cheater and a make wh**e.. And treated Pricilla like property. She was smart to get out of that marriage.
Yes, I have always known Elvis dyed his hair black, he didn’t have dark eyes like you said, his eyes were blue. When my oldest son was 18, he was in the Steve Martin written play, at our Community Theatre, he played Young Elvis, and he dyed his light brown, dark blonde hair black, he has the blue eyes and his facial features are very similar to Elvis’s. We watched a bunch of old Elvis movies to teach my son his facial expressions, which he nailed. My son has a cleft chin, fair skin, large blue eyes rimmed with long black eye lashes like his dad, and a semi wide nose with flared nostrils, like my dad. He looks so much like Elvis, naturally, he nailed that role. Maybe Elvis had some African DNA, who knows? Seems like a bunch of people are claiming Cherokee bloodlines. I am 1/4 Black German & my SIL is half Black Dutch, I learned that the “Black” is because they had Slavic ancestry, or so I have been told, never knew it also indicates ROM heritage.
Do I understand correctly that you use the word "black" referring" to black hair?
My mothers family on the fathers side from southern Germany shows a lot of people with 'dark' traits (thick black hair and mostly brown eyes). This has been interpreted as coming from Spanish influence. But in eastern Germany I always noted a lot more people with black hair (though white skin), which may be more of the slavic influence.
No the “Black” title in Europe means Black African Moorish ancestry do your research and don’t be afraid of what you discover…….why do you think these groups are Olive skinned with dark features I wonder where they got those traits from 🤔
Elvis has dark skin because he spent a long time under the sun lamp.
I'm hearing about Elvis' hair and eye color used to rule our that hee may have been of African ancestry.
Actually neither of these traits rule out African ancestry.
I am an American of West African descent.
My daughter's father is Western and Northern European and our daughter has auburn hair.
Our daughter's husband is Vietnamese. They have (3) boys; all with Auburn colored hair.
Their 3 year old appears to be of African and European descent. Their 9 month old appears to be Western and Northern European. Their 9 year old son, is extremely racially/ethnically ambiguous but identifies himself as black, white and Asian.
Our 7 year old granddaughter has black hair and appears to be Asian.
All of that said, even as a child, I always thought Elvis was of African ancestry. His facial features appears more African than mine.
@@godlygirls62 bonkers
I'm fascinated with the Melungeons and I love Elvis, so I was so excited to see this video. The only problem with assuming Elvis was a Melungeon based on having "dark hair and dark eyes" is that Elvis's hair was naturally reddish blonde, and his eyes were blue. It's well known that he dyed his hair black like his mom's.
Yep, he had blue eyes and darkened his hair, (possibly at times skin) not sure he wanted to look like his Mom though.
Also, from what I recall “Elvis” the name is based off Scandinavian myth or specific word.
Jewish though… WOW… Why would. I be surprised… lol
Let me reread what I wrote and consider his career
Oh. Yeah. Jewish
He had blond hair
There are Melungeons with blond hair and blue eyes.
@@kcafaro59 tbh this the first time ive come across that term, didnt mean to suggest he wasn’t only sharing what I learned from very limited research.
Cherokee ancestors on both sides
People have been trying to throw dirt on Elvis since he died almost 50 yrs now. He was a kind hearted & generous man & gave away millions to more people than all today's "stars" combined. That's why his music has sold over a Billion copies now.
@@kevinbarry4325 In my opinion people can't throw dirt at Elvis because it only makes them dirty. Elvis was the greatest and we will never see anyone come close to him. I've been a fan since 12 yrs old. I'm now 80 years old and still a great Elvis fan. Long live his memory.
I don't believe that exploring someone's family history is "throwing dirt" on them. Several people have written "tell all" books since his passing for their own personal gain. That's pretty typical following the death of a huge celebrity and in his day there no one Bigger. The good ole USA is indeed a melting pot of many, many cultures. Unless a person is 100% verifiably descended from indigenous north American ancestry, we are All descended from a blend of varying backgrounds and I find it rather fascinating. At the end of the day we're all made up of minor variations of the same stuff.
Elvis Mather was Jew. She has the star of David on her tombstone.
It's True ELVIS was a very GENEROUS MAN..I could have a story to tell..its Private it happened to a family member, if it was me I would tell it..its not me..from Australia😮
What part of this is “throwing dirt” on him?The black part? Hmmmm. Speaks volumes.
Well .... Whatever his background .... Elvis is still the king of rock-and-roll!
Chuck berry is
@Psalms83-fb7jy
Who do you believe is/was the "king of
rock and roll?
@@miltonlevant3203
Chuck Berry --- The father (founder)
of rock and roll! It all started with him!
Rock-and-Roll sprang from Chuck Berry!
Both Elvis and Barry have been called the
King of Rock and Roll -- Depending on
who you ask. But Elvis sold many more
records
Both Elvis and Michael Jackson have
been called the "King of Pop" (music)
Depending on who you ask. However,
Elvis's traditions were much deeper than pop music. He had deep roots in country,
gospel and blues (being from a very poor working class family in the delta of Memphis, TN)
Michael Jackson from the start was involved in pure pop (light, popular)
music.
My Pineville Grandmother loved him, she a velvet picture of him on the wall, it was so tacky 🤣
@@hollynonya6991
Those velvet pictures are sooo 1970's!
Just like water beds.
He had a native American great-great grandmother, Mourning Dove White. He has Cherokee on his mother and father's. He also has some African American on his mother's side. The Cherokee was native to Mississippi, where he was and much of his family is from.
A Ancestry was done on Elvis family tree, they found Scottish Irish and some Cherokee on his mother's side.
He was beautiful, had charisma and magnetism, and even in his recordings it sends like he is singing to every women personally. He was ELVIS.
Elvis and Abe Lincoln were my cousins on my father's side which is mainly German. My grandfather looked similar to Lincoln. Evlis was also cousin to singer Mylon Lefevre, who was of Native American decent. "Robert Lee Smith was the maternal grandfather of Elvis Presley.Bob was the second son of Silas Smith and Anna Mansell. `Bob` married his first cousin, `Doll` Mansell." (per an ancestry website) Elvis's face resembled Bob.
They were my cousins as well 😊.
You are correct. Thanks Danielle for this video!
I knew that he dyed his hair. It's actually pretty well known, he was blonde. I think that I was aware of the Lincoln connection and the Jewish connection from a research on UA-cam. In high school I met a teen who's mother sang with Elvis as backup and she shared with him that he got his soulful sound from touring Black churches in the South. i didn't believe it until years later I saw a picture on a documentary with Elvis as a teen surrounded by a Black choir. It blew me away. I do not believe that he's Melungeon in the sense of having African roots, but i wouldn't chase him out of the family either.
@@PK-bh1ww
You ain't nothing butt a hound dog was not written for him
Big Mama Thornton - debuted her R&B anthem “Hound Dog” in 1953, three years before Elvis Presley released his version.
I don't know why you didn't believe Elvis stole music, style and dance moves from Blacks.
When they stole country, Rock and Roll and other genres of music from Blacks.
They stole from Blacks all the time.
Whites called Black music, Rock and roll jungle music.
Their kids was listening to it and the parents didn't like it.
So, they found several White men who could do the same thing Black singers did.
Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and other stole from Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Sister Rosetta and other Black artist
@mlynettepinky595 think you need to re educate yourself especially on Elvis, he was influenced absolutely he was but no one steals music everyone is influenced... ....
@@PK-bh1ww racist much. 👀
Why should people be "glad their music is presented to the world" if it's stolen??
Who has ever needed the platform of a thief???
And who are "black's"??
He didn't tour black churches, he attended black churches bc his family suffered extreme poverty
I am Melungeon and I am related to Elvis & Lincoln. I can prove it, I did not know but had multiple professional genealogist do the work. ( PS also have Jewish ancestry.) It all showed up on my DNA test, including 12% American Indian.
Was the relation to them through Melungeons? Please name the known Melungeon ancestor they are related through. I find this so interesting! The fact that Elvis' hair was blond certainly doesn't rule it out. My great-grandfather was apparently part African from the DNA of his decendants, and was even listed as Negro on his death certificate. But my Mom knew him as a child and says he had extremely white skin and blue eyes. He was grey-haired at that time, but his son, my grandfather had strawberry blond hair and blue eyes.
Please let me know which company (type of test) you used so I can start out with a good one-i can't afford to test numerous times.
Kudos for doing the digging I hope you find all the crazy who done what's stories
@noelday2588 same
@@rroadmap I wish I knew how to screen shot it... anyways, here are a few of the family names I have in common w/ Elvis, Smith, Heard, Napier, Perrin. & I think White/Davis/Franklin on the Cherokee side...
NYTN:. A legendary country music icon you should do a deep dive on is Patsy Cline. If you look at some of her photos she looks kind of black in them. I would be totally surprised if she does not have any Melungeon roots.
It dies not matter whatever his Ancestry was, Elvis is gorgeous, inherited his parents looks....The Universal countries loves him ever so much. RIP. ❤🙏🏻👍👌☦️🛐😘😘😘💞💞❤️🔥❤️🔥
Anyone who really loves Elvis knows about his background and he has Native American ancestry❤
❤😉
His ancestry was mostly Scots-Irish with distant German ancestry. Originally his last name was pronounced Pressler, a man who came to United States in late 1700's. Also he had Native American Cherokee blood in him from his maternal ancestral line according to Wikipedia.
And he could’ve been 75% black and history would wipe that information out 😢
So he may be related to the Trump’s due to Scottish ties?
@@aileenbie291 Why are bringing politics into an Elvis video, much less involving Trump.
Really really hope he's not related to disgusting narcissistic criminal Trump,! Please God,!
His ancestor Andrew Presley left lonmay aberdeenshire scotland in 1745 for america ,
From the first picture I ever saw of Elvis decades ago - I just assumed he had 'something' in him. His looks are incredibly interesting. His phenotype is completely different from his father. His mother was very unusual looking (somewhat Portuguese looking as a whole). Elvis' first cousin Billy on his mother's side, who is swarthy, said they have native ancestry and his granddaughter (Riley) recently said on twitter they are both Cherokee and Crow. Elvis earliest maternal ancestor was 'Mansell' a Frenchman meaning 'man from Le Mans'. Elvis' close friend Larry Geller claims Elvis told that his mother said to keep his Jewish ancestry quiet because 'they don't like people like us'. Elvis' nostrils used to flare when is spoke or sang. He had some sort of correction in '57 according to his cousin. But you can see this bull like flare happen on his earlier films in '56. This can be done by removing flesh or cartilage, not necessarily a nose job. Elvis was a rock n roll pioneer when his created the Rockabilly sound - a fusion of country and R&B. Growing up in Mississippi and Memphis he was influenced by multiple genres. He was the explosion waiting to happen.
Elvis' Facial structure is just like his Daddy's IF You look at photos of him you will see it..
@@HeavenlyPresley-Tonyatrue
It's real evident to me. The first time I saw him, I smiled cuz I knew.
Defined facial bone structure but not his head shape.@@HeavenlyPresley-Tonya
@@TM-fu2we True - The Memphis Mafia a couple of them said Elvis walked and stood just like his Daddy - When Elvis was doing his movies you could really see the resemblance because Elvis gained weight in a few of them I have seen many talk about how much Elvis looked like his Daddy -- I have an Elvis Channel -- and people have commented that many times
I believe there are very few Southerners that don’t have some African or Native ancestry. I am the fairest skinned family member- as in I am the red-haired, freckled one who gets teased about it. My DNA results came back with a small % African. My “olive-skinned” brother busted out laughing at that result. He on the other hand has been mistaken as a Native American by the locals, and yes we have the exact same parents. ❤ We are all “mutts” if our ancestors have been here long -it’s one of the things that should connect us here in the USA - we are all similarly unique. 🇺🇸
lol, when I asked my father where we came from he said N. Carolina. I said, Daddy, I mean which country in Europe? He said he didn’t know and he didn’t care because it must have been bad wherever it was if they were willing to get on a little wooden ship to cross an ocean to get away from it…..then he said, “we’re just mutts, all Americans are mutts”! Then he laughed.
A lot of Scots and Irish in the South…
Yup, totally agree with you. Loved reading you referring to us as “mutts” as I say that all the time; all my years of ancestry research makes it pretty clear that I’m an American Mutt and that’s fine by me.
We all have African blood in us. Read story about Adam and Eve. We supposed all relatives 😁
@@charrua59- Yea we did all come from the original two, so we are all related! All the genetic material was there. We are all actually different beautiful shades of brown also, due to the melanin in our skin.
The Melungeon ancestry itself is of uncertain makeup. The best research shows only that it _may_ have included any number of combinations of Black, Middle Eastern, Cherokee, Hispanic, along with European. No one has been able to say for sure. Melungeon may have been a generic term during the colonial era for anyone who had the appearance of non-white ethnicity. There may have been many unconnected groups who were called that. Though with so many being in Wise County, Va. and other nearby counties in Tennessee and Kentucky, it is likely Melungeon is basically an ethnicity that descended from a single settlement, perhaps escaped slaves living in isolation, perhaps survivors of a Turkish or North African shipwreck, perhaps either or both of these groups, and perhaps blended with Cherokee they lived with. There are lots of theories.
I have pictures of my first ancestor melungeuon and Elvis has many of our features
whatever his anscestory was, it made a very beautiful man inside and out!!! Flawed yes as we all are but a very beautiful man it oozed from him!!❤ Also lets not forget he came from nothing, a poor hillbilly who made it big and never forgot who he was and never let fame get in the way of being kind to his family he wasnt too good for his hilbilly family and never too good for his fans, he treated everyone the same no matter their color!
That's what I love most about him he was so personal and down to earth, he sang like he was singing to you even though I was born in the eighties, when Ilisten to him it feels like he's singing to me!
Elvis dressed to the nines but was still just a regular person from humble beginings who still liked greasy food, fun and loud family and friends!
You saw what you wanted to see.
made it big after selling his soul to the devil
Thank you. ❤️ that was beautiful. ❤
That sounds like a good title for a book. America's Hidden Identity.
You are much younger than me. The old history books stated that people used to think that the world was flat; because, many ships went to sea and some never came back. Those left back home thought the ships fell off the edge of the flat world. Some of those ships may have made it to this part of the world. Those people may have taken Native American wives or married into other shipwrecked peoples (and moved into areas away from the sea where their descendents are found today).
At one time it was very dangerous for other people to know that you are of mixed blood. Many people living today do not know that they are Melungeons. Being of known mixed heritage still brings discrimination and hardships today. Children cannot repeat what they have never been taught to anyone. My mother always got mad, hateful, and slapped me any time I asked questions about her people. I have always wanted to know what she did not want us to know about her heritage. DNA testing may tell me everything I want and need to know.
I definitely encourage you to do the DNA testing. It helps with brickwalls if you are doing your family tree. Depending upon the testing company you may also get important genetic medical info. Knowledge is power!
I had just heard of Melungeon in a book recently read. With Elvis' mom's diverse ancestry added to his dad's (who was not really a Presley, except through his mother), it certainly is possible he was Melungeon. By now, I would think Riley would know.
I actually went to a Melungeon meeting in Kingsport TN. Some of them had gone to Turkey and decided they
had Turkish ancestry. Many thought Portuguese and American Indian. I decided i wasnt one. I have brown hair and hazel eyes. It was interesting though and very nice prople.
You fit in just fine, you have a kind heart and a welcoming way. There has been a lot of speculation about Elvis's ancestry, I suppose it is very possible, especially considering the time frame and areas they migrated through to get to MS and TN. Elvis had a one of a kind talent, and may his memory be a blessing. Thanks for remembering it's Appa latch un! :)
I have to agree, with your point of view , I doubt there is evidence of Melungeon in his back ground although I’m sure he would have been very pleased and proud if he did . I knew about the Cherokee part of his ancestry , and also about the Jewish part of his ancestry , which he himself was very interested in and as an adult adopted the habit of wearing a Star of David and a Hebrew letter/ character pendant pronounced in English as CHI ,meaning Life or To Life There are many pictures of Elvis wearing these ,sometimes individually , later in life he became very interested in world religions and was very influenced by belief in general . He was seeker of truth , and the meaning of life May his memory be a blessing ❤
Thanks for the information, but that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.❤
Very interesting! I knew Elvis died his hair black but I didn't know about his ancestry. Thank you for exploring it.
Her info is mush. Just bad speculation. Just like Senator Elizabeth Warren claiming to be an Indian, because she had high cheekbones and she could get a free college education as an Indian minority.
Elvis's ancestry is much like my own, I believe. My family (brother had DNA test) in Mississippi, is 44% English and 34% Irish and 2% Iberian Peninsula (Small Country of Basque, located in valley amongst mountains between Spain and France.) The remaining 20% DNA is from other Northern European countries: Germany, Finland, Norway, The Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Poland) Speaking of Poland, a good number of people in Mississippi have the handsome features of the people from Poland.
But, recent archeological digs in Ireland prove that the Basque were in Ireland (and England) before the Celts. I believe that Elvis and some of my Mississippi relatives and I got a lot of our features from the Basque, a small country with its own language and beautiful people. 😮
I forgot to add that my mother's sister (pretty when young, black-hair) was tested and got similar results as my brother, but as a woman got Scot included in that remainder of 20% Northern European. 😮
Elvis has an unusual look for sure.
Elvis was born in the U.S.A. which makes him an AMERICAN like the millions of the rest of us. I ❤ Elvis!
The indigenous people who were here ages before the Europeans *are* American!
No, Americans are the settlers and immigrants of the US. Your ethnicity comes first, nationality after. American is not an ethnicity 😂
Amazing, I am Nanticoke Lenni Lenape and my ancestry came back that he and my Dad, Chief Mark Gould are 5th cousins.
Elvis is a cousin of mine as well.
Melungeon ancestry from WV here. My dad’s side is Irish and Cherokee and Sephardic (Spanish) Jew and black. I guess that was a common mix in the mountains. But, I guess we fall under “white” these days even though we’re technically “colored.” We ain’t WASPs though.
Most people in the south now days are transplants.
My mother-in-law was a Lithuanian Jew who married a first generation American soldier right after WWII.
All her descendants have those gorgeous cheekbones.
People who have ancestors in America going back 300-500 years are usually a mixture of a variety of races. I am part Irish, American Indian, English, German, Jewish, and Black Dutch.
Was well known that Elvis’ mother was 98% American Cherokee Indian and 2% Jewish, as the Cherokee have a bit of Jewish in them. His dad was European Scottish decent. It’s all well documented. That bit of Jewish in his mom is why he wore the Star of David and a cross. He got his dreamy eyes and darker hair from his mom, tho his blue colorIng of eyes from his dad. His was not fully blond with reddish tones, it was a lighter brown than Burnett’s, with bronze not red tones, People mistake the bronze for red all the time but they are completely different. He did dye his hair jet black. My family had much Cherokee in them with some European English, ones with the Cherokee were born with blond hair that got darker as we grew up into early and even pre-teen just like a Elvis. Mine is brown with the same bronze tones. Highlights of more blond with a bronze tone appear if we are in the sun a lot.
You ever done ancestry DNA ? If not you might be surprised what your DNA is
Elvis was so beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
To each his own.
@@matildagreene1744 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
OMG!!! 😅 My mother, who did a lot of genealogy, found that my family is distantly related to Elvis, like we’re 8th cousins. Through the Bresslers/Bresslars. I know some ancestor of mine came to the US from Germany, and settled in Pennsylvania in the 1700s, having been deeded land by William Penn. That’s about all I remember. My mother died in 2014, so I can’t ask her anything more about it. ETA: Elvis dyed his hair black, to emulate his idol, Tony Curtis. He was naturally blond, like his father, and his eyes were blue. Not dark.
she did not have a file on her research?
@@peachygal4153yes, she did, but I don’t know where it is. I may have it. 🤷♀️
this is amazing!
My mom's cousin was the family genealogist and before internet, but he had a file on it. He was wrong on some though. He assumed their Greogory ancestry was Scottish and it was French Huguenot. thanks to the internet, records were found where their Gregory ancestor came to England from France before moving to Ontario. The name was something like Gregorie or something like that originally. Later ancestors left Canada and moved to New York. we knew my 2nd great grandmother was French Canadian, but we thought her husband was Scottish. Nope, he was French Candian too and took the spelling Greogry after they moved to New York.
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So happy you covered this. I am related to Elvis and am a distant cousin and have looked at his family tree. His roots (in the America's) goes back to colonial Virginia and the Carolina's in the 1600's which are the main roots for many families of the Southern USA genetic group. These distant ancestors would most likely be a mix indentured servants from the British Isles, Native Americans and African's who made up the free people of color tri racial isolate group that spawned off the Lumbees, Melungeons and other's some of whom became blended into the greater white population. You might have heard about the conclusion that all people of French Canadian ancestry have common ancestors from a small population in Quebec in the 1600's well it's the same for the Southern Genetic group in that a lot of them share the same ancestors from colonial Virginia in the 1600's many of whom were mixed producing a SE USA Creole population that spread out west, SW and NWard across the USA.,
I'm descended through the colonial Virginia and Carolinas group on both sides of my family, and my grandmother's side traveling & intermarrying with Melugeon families in North Carolina is what originally started my research to see if our family was descended from Melugeon families. When I was not as tenured a researcher, I'd found a census stating one of my ancestors was "m" for race, and at the time, I didn't know what that meant and thought it was a mistake, because the next census showed "w". Now, I know that was for "mulatto", and sure enough, DNA tests show that side of the family has African ancestry, and the number of generations estimated, would take it back to colonial Virginia. It was fairly common for mixed families for their race to change from census to census, depending on where they moved, who was taking the census, & if the family could pass. Supposedly, we're distantly related to Elvis, but I've yet to actually confirm that line.
Over a long period of time and depending on where the family moved there are generations down the road that would make that shift like yours from "mulatto" to white due to intermarriage and the surrounding population of where the family moved. A lot of times descendants only have old old photos of ancestors that bear this out. @@Direness
If I had a dollar for everyone claiming to be distant cousin to Elvis Presley, I could retire rich. The woman who did this video doesn't even know why Elvis dyed his hair or when or if he got his nose done. All she had to do was look at his early photos and his later ones and it's very clear that he thinned his nose because he hated his nose.
Elvis is my 12th cousin twice removed! Gladys's line.
@@pamm8608 So which of Gladys' sisters or brothers does your lineage start with? Just curious.
Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie had his nose since childhood. I don't think she had a nose job as a child. Elvis' eyes were blue. If he had melungeon ancestry it would not be based upon these features. I'm a bit surprised that you have been researching this and didn't know that he had blue eyes.
Something interesting about Elvis is that his maternal grandparents were first cousins and they both were descendants of the Cherokee ancestor. That would mean Elvis had a higher percentage of native american blood. I always thought he had native ancestry.
Here’s an interesting fact, I was the first to find out that Priscilla Presley through her mother‘s line was a mayflower descendent, which actually got published in a journal, called the Mayflower descendent, which I co-wrote with another Genealogist. That means that Lisa, Marie, and Lisa, Marie‘s daughter, Riley Keough are mayflower descendants.
Through whom?
My husband and kids are Mayflower descendants through a man named Resolved White. They don't care. As a matter of fact, my husband was a little disappointed to find that out, because some Mayflower descendants act like that fact makes them more prestigious than others, as if they were the OG Americans and of course, they were not. We would be more interested to find out the name of one of my ancestors who didn't come here willingly.
They are related thru the William Brewster family Priscilla is also my cousin as well as Elvis thru his mother..I am also related to Abraham Lincoln…
@ccrum1127 thanks. My Mayflower person is Mary Chilton.
@@luvlyval587Resolved White is a pretty dope name.
On Elvis mother's side there is a female relative with the first name of Octavia. This is most definitely a Roman name and I have a female cousin in Italy today with this name. There is also a sur name of Bova (also Italian) in his story. Given the exceptional musical and voice ability, was his mother's side Italian or part Italian? One of his favorite rings was a Roman design and he did put English words to the Italian song, O Sole Mio (Its Now or Never). I have to wonder where he got that talent.
Joyce Bova was a girlfriend.
Octavia (Doll) Smith was his grandmother
Fellow Italian-American here.
There is an ancient bust of a champion Roman gladiator who looks JUST LIKE Elvis. It's truly amazing if you can find it online.
Coincidentally, Elvis was making a film about martial arts and it was titled "The Gladiators".
Yes, this is interesting and the fact that Elvis' facial profile looks like the face of Michael Angelo's famous statue of Davide in Florence is also interesting.@@kn-qz7by
Octavia was a popular American name during the Classical Greek and Roman Fad I mean Revival Period of the late 1800s.
Well, I'm Australian and have never heard the term 'Melungeon' until now, so you taught me something there but yes, I did know Elvis dyed his hair black and that his natural colour was quite fair. I read that he just did it because he preferred dark hair, and the combination of dark hair and blue eyes (* his eyes weren't dark either, they were blue). His wife Priscilla also dyed her hair darker for that reason, to please him, and also styled her hair and clothes to suit his taste. He liked a kind of 'vampy' look on a woman. Yes, I can see him having something exotic in his heritage as his unique features aren't entirely Caucasian. He also had such natural rhythm and soul in his performances and loved gospel music. Whatever ever his background, he was a dam fine looking man that's for sure!
Nic Elvis jej nie kazał, sama farbowała sobie włosy i tak się czesala , a makijaż na Kleopatre też sama się malowała, przyznala się, że właśnie jak byla młoda miala etap Kleopatry, chaciala być idealna i w swoim mniemaniu taka byla, przyjmijcie raz na zawsze do wiadomości, że Elvis nic jej nie narzucal, robiła co chciala, a on jej pomagał, cale swoje życie ja wspieral finansowo, co rusz podnosiła swoje zadania pieniężne, a on się zgadzał, kłamie i kłamie, ta kobieta to chodzący KLAM !!!!!!!
If you are interested in Elvis-Priscilla, read Child Bride by Suzanne Finstad. It will open your eyes to that relationship.
@@H8L920 I read Priscilla's auto-biography 'Elvis and Me', which told me a lot. But that could be an interesting read too, thanks.
I do remember watching a documentary about Elvis's life years ago, in which someone fairly close to him (can't remember exactly who) shared that Elvis used to tell people that he was a mix of many different genetic backgrounds including Jewish, African, European, and Native American to name just a few. Your research seems to corroborate the very things that he would sometimes share with others about himself. Interesting video, thanks for posting!
Elvis will always be loved by many of us no matter what you say. His kind heart and loving other people was teaching us to love one another. It does not matter who you are but loving others is a great teaching to us all.
I appreciate your research into Elvis' line. It would have been great to know his father's line as well. It is well known many Melungeons have blue eyes. It is a common trait. I did know Elvis had blonde hair but Melungeons existed from at least the 1600s, if not before. Most Melungeons married with causations which is why many white people today don't realize they have melungeon historty. My 3rd great grandfather was tall, dark, had black curly hair he straightened, blue eyes, lived in the melungeon area, and we have DNA matches to people with melungeon ancestry. My 2nd great grandfather had blonde hair. Most people tried to hide their melungeon ancestry back then. Johnny Cash also had African ancestry DNA as well as his wife. People went to great lengths to hide it. I don't know if Lincoln and Elvis have melungeon ancestry but it is definitely something I am interested in finding out. Thank you for your video.
I remember some genealogist saying that the people in the US with the most black and white DNA are southern people. Makes sense.
and many black people have some white dna.
@cooldaddy2877 American blacks average 20% white. The Africans and the Irish liked to play music together, dance together, and, well...😮😂❤
Why single out the Irish....all whites.@@rubynibs
what year was Vernon and Elvis mom married in?
The connection between Isaiah Harrison, Abe Lincoln, and Elvis has been known for some time. “Settlers by the long grey trail” is a key resource. I descend from Isaiah Harrison on my mom’s side.
I’m 64 and first time hearing that word😮
😊🙏 Glad to know that , we are descendants from various ethnicities from thousands & thousands of years of intercontinental migrations & interracial marriages by our foreparents , sure is exciting to find out just how many ancestry we had from our DNA Test Kits ... Like a Wiseman used to say : " We only have Citizenships & practicing of the Universal Laws from Mother Nature , we actually have no pure ethnicities nor religions to call our own , we are all somehow related! " ... Spread World Peace without Hatre nor Discrimination to All! 😊🌎✌🌷🌿🕊
William Presley was an Irishman from Hacketstown Co.Carlow in Ireland and he left Ireland in 1776, Williams great grand daughter was Elvis's grandfathers mother.
Yes....he dyed his hair black. His hair was actually some kind of blond. Since there was no TV during his childhood he listened to the radio a lot. He listened to the different genres such as white gospel, black gospel, the blues and country. I've read that this is how he developed his unique singing style. I've also read that he would sneak off and sit outside hidden somewhere close to listen to black folks sing gospel at their church. Moreover, he would go where blacks were singing the blues and listen. They say this is where he got his style of dress from....from those guys singing the blues. Elvis was a great singer and I loved his music. As a little girl I had a crush on him.
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I have heard this about Elvis and knew he dyed his hair. I also read that some think Lincoln was black. Its all fascinating to me. There's no telling what one will find in their own DNA. My daughter found out she is 8% Ashkenazi Jewish and 10% Finnish (among other things), which was a huge surprise!
Easy way to find out if Elvis is Melungeon....DNA Test. That will tell you everything. I did this and found out that I'm more than half Indigenous to Mexico. The rest is mostly European but also Sub-Saharan African, North African, and Eastern European Jew. Elvis's living descendants can easily take DNA tests and we can all find out what his ancestral make up is.
Elvis was well-blended like so many from the SE US.
I have heard this before, about Elvis having Melungeon DNA, do not know if it has been proven, I can see the Native American in him for sure. The hight cheekbones, and high forehead. His skin tone was light, but not that ruddy pinkish kind of white. He had very pale olive toned skin. And, his hair was very blond when he was young, as he got older his hair darkened up to a light brown. There are many photos of Elvis with brown eyes, but also very blue eyes. I have heard he did not like contact lenses, so I can't imagine him wearing colored ones in his eyes. I do not understand what is going on with his eye color. I do know this, he was one good looking man, and very special.
Photos can be touched up to show any color eyes or hair!
His fathers family lived in scotland until 1745 , his mothers ancestors were also scottish .
Awesome video. Remember while back watching Roseanne Cash on finding your roots. They did DNA test she found out she had African ancestry from her Dad Jonny Cash and her mom his first wife.
They also said she had more from her dad than her mom.
The documentary about how his wife pretended she was Italian all her life only to be cruelly exposed by the press was very said. Different times:(
Many of those country singers look part Black.
As I understand it, Elvis coloured his hair. There are a few pictures from his youth with blonde hair. His hair did become darker naturally in his teens, though, accrding to some sources.
As an ancestry fan I've been enjoying your channel a lot and this tag line made me laugh. Great coverage! Love the concepts.
Thank you for the video! Off topic but… I always wonder about those synthesizers behind you in your videos. Do you make music? And if so, where can I find it?
Steven Tyler!! Have you looked into his history. He did a DNA test and his great grandfather passed for white! Steven Tyler always felt he had african ancestry and was made fun of as a kid because of his features.
Steven Tyler is an Italian-American.
@carolmerlini9971 no no....he was on a who do you think you are and his great grandfather on his mother's side was passing and mixed race. The episode aired a few years ago. His daughter liv was in the episode too and both were shocked. And he still have Italian roots! Just like Danielle
Well, I have never heard of this Mulungeon, so you're opening a whole new field of study for me! Very interesting.
Check out the Beholerals too.
But she is opening a whole new can of worms too ! If she's touching a very sensitive topic as race , she cannot complain of the backlash she gets dealing with other people's ancestry ! And falsely assuming the true color of his hair and eyes ! To say she was wrong with the hair only disqualifies her from talking about him ! All Elvis wanted was to change his hair color to look like Tony Curtis that made him feel even more good looking !
But she is opening a whole new can of worms too ! If she's touching a very sensitive topic as race , she cannot complain of the backlash she gets dealing with other people's ancestry ! And falsely assuming the true color of his hair and eyes ! To say she was wrong with the hair only disqualifies her from talking about him ! All Elvis wanted was to change his hair color to look like Tony Curtis that made him feel even more good looking !
I had to Google what a Melungeon was (meant). I'd never heard of it before. Elvis also had an identical twin brother who died at birth.
Love your videos. Thanks for being so well versed and well spoken. Awesome.
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My late husband was Elvis 2ed cousin. His grandmother was one of the midwives that delivered Elvis and Jessi. She also prepared the baby for his funeral. They have Indian, German, Irish and more. That’s why Elvis’ hair was naturally blonde/red. His eyes were blue. My husband and both our kids have those Ellie eyes. My grandbaby has his natural hair color. They Pteslry’d and Guess’ descended from sequoia.
Elvis was a distant cousin of mine.
I wouldn't surprise me at all. He had a look about him that wasn't quite "caucasian" (a term I don't like). Despite his hair colour he had a look about him that hinted at a more diverse background.
Seriously..most can tell the difference. Have you spent time around any black people ? Many people who have full lips and features similar are NOT black. You really need to do some research...or traveling.
Meanness is so unnecessary.
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I'm related to him through my daddy on his mama's side. I've been asked by some of my black friends through the years if I was mixed, which confused me when I was younger. I'm as pale as a fish's underbelly, lol! Now I realize that they were onto something. I have that big ol bump on my occipital bone, my nose is a bit large for my face, and since I discovered who the Melungeons were I'm more and more convinced that I may be. My daddy would get very dark in summer, had hazel eyes, damn I miss him! It seems like lots of the Appalachian folks married and moved, and a lot moved here to Mississippi. Oh, want to know what first made me suspect that Elvis might be a relative? The coroners said that his hair, under the black hair color, was almost pure white. That's my family's trait on my daddy's side. By the time he was 50 my daddy's hair was pure white. I'm about 75-80% pure white at 57 years old. I'm talking white, not gray. It looks white blond, lol! I wish my daddy could have known about the relation, he was a big Elvis fan and he was a musician too. He actually met Elvis, his band played the Louisiana Hayride, the same as Elvis. Said he was one of the nicest people he'd ever met.
It's fascinating that distant cousins met and didn't know they were related, but the fact that one of those cousins was known worldwide makes it incredible!
@@kimfleury I know, right? 🤣 I mean, he knows now, and I would bet daddy's playing his drums in the heavenly choir and singing with Elvis. Yes, daddy could sing, very well too. I inherited the voice and passed it onto my kids, they both can sing. But it would have been awesome if daddy could have found out about the relation in the living years. He was very handsome like Elvis too. When I listen to Elvis songs it reminds me of daddy.
I am related as well.
Elvis was a beautiful man. ❤
Any changes he personally made to enhance or change his looks to suit him were perfect. Just perfect.
Stop the insanity. 😮
🤮 To each his own.
I really could care less if Elvis’s lineage had black, Indian, Italian or whatever in it.
Genetics do not give a man or woman rhythm!
His influences and talents in music were determined by his life experience where he grew up.
My son discovered over a year ago that we are melungeon. I was always told we were malloto(sp). My grandma was 100% Cherokee and my grandfather Indian and black I grew up my whole life believing that.
My son as he started really digging into my dad's family tree 🌳 he found out that was only part truth, but the reason they did not broadcast they were "melungeon" was because there was a doctor can't remember his name off hand and an agenda to irradicate the melungeon people they would sterilize them!!! I was dumbfounded I had no idea at all. My dad's last name was Nichols so I started digging and yup sure enough we are but somewhere in there is Jewish blood as well...my grandma walked the trail of tears from Kentucky to Oklahoma. We are related to Perkins, Gipson, Gibson, and others. Just find this fascinating but also kinda puts a person into an identity crisis for over 50 years I thought I was Cherokee and black on my dads and Caucasian on my mommas side...I do not even know anymore lol
You are a human.
This is great. Thank yo for posting. Im Romani and ppl in my commuity claim his Mother was Romani.
Elvis could be Melungeon, looking closer at the close up of his face. I never knew he had indigenous ancestry until I asked my dad if he would do an mtdna test. My dad's mom's mtdna was B2( indigenous), and it said Elvis had an ancestor that was B2. I was like wow. I did read about his Jewish ancestry as well a couple months ago. So interesting❤
What is a mtdna test? Thx...
@cindyleastorch194 Its a dna test that looks at what your maternal dna is from your mother's line thru history.
Who in Elvis' family got their dna done to prove this?
@@2degucitas who knows, it's private.
@2degucitas sorry, I tried asking but the company doesn't allow info about who took the test for privacy I remember now. But they just verified that the mtdna result is there.
I knew these things about Elvis. My family talked about it lots but never in a way that said it was bad.
I’m 82 years old and I’ve never even heard the word Melungeon much less knew what it meant!
Elvis Presley had blue eyes.
I'm related through his Hargett and Wallace side. The Hargetts were originally from the German state of Hesse and came over as not so willing mercenaries. The Hargetts changed their names and settled along the pee dee river and the mountains. I have some Nigerian, North African, West Asian(Middle Eastern) and native Alaskan(though I believe it is really an nc tribe) on that side of my dna. I have always heard the Hessians found community in the native Americans and escaped slaves because they didn't want to fight in the Revolutionary War. I do absolutely believe Elvis had melungeon heritage.
I'd went to school with some Hargett in the Detroit are. They were whites with red hair.
@epicsseven7686 My family is Hargett and Hartis, both from the Hessian Hergetts. Most people on that side of my family either have curly red hair and fair or tan and dark straight hair.
@@mariebussinger6565nope Siberian Mongolian aka Native Americans migrated here from Asia. Black people aka indigenous Americans been here since the beginning of time…..Olmecs, Warshitaw Muurs, and Mayans all “Black” aka Copper colored we are Brown……we never literally been Black lol look up the Bonampak murals and Pocahontas father and tell me they don’t look like Negros. Truth hurts!!!! Im a proud Cherokee, Seminole, Blackfoot Aboriginal 💪🏾✊🏾🪶🏹🗿
I lived in Hesse when I was in the Army…loved it there! Did my ancestry and my Germany ancestry is from nearby as well. It really felt like home! 🙂
Elvis is a distant cousin of mine. I believe I have relatives way back or cousins that were Wallace’s.
Please keep up the good work. I watched the finding Lola vlog and that is when i subscribed to your channel. Your vlogs are very informative and fair. We are part of the same human race regardless of our genetics. Gods Blessings to you and your family.
So grateful to have you with me all this time
Elvis dyed his hair black.
He was a twin and a natural blond
Visit Sneedville, Tennessee where there is a town of Melungeon. Don't be taken back because the people will not speak to you or look you in the eye. They made good moonshine.
I found out Elvis is my 10th cousin. That's pretty far off but to me it's kind of cool. I'm also related to Abraham Lincoln. I also have Cherokee or Choctaw ancestry, and Jewish.
Am related as well.
As an Elvis fan when I was young, I believe Elvis had blue eyes. It seemed a bit unusual when he played a mixed race Indian in "Flaming Star." I have a couple of women in my ancestry named Mourning or Morning. I've heard for many years that Elvis was a Melungeon, but this is the first time I've heard about his mother being Jewish. There were Pressleys in N. Carolina in the 1870s. Presley was also the given name of Presley Anderson, Sr., who was born in VA about 1752. His son, Presley Anderson II, fought in the war of 1812 in KY.
Elvis Aaron Presley was born blonde had blue eyes his hair then turned a Sandy Blonde ( He said in an audio Interview in 1956 which there are many His eyes were Bluish Green though ) Elvis dyed his hair black simply because he liked it and though it brought out his Eyes - ( Elvis with Black American Culture was due to being in poverty and growing up in a mixed neighborhood with mostly Black African American's In Tupelo, Mississippi til He was 14 then moved to Memphis - Gladys Love Presley was Jewish - When She passed away Elvis had the Star Of David on her Original Headstone also Elvis wore The Star Of David He had a Necklace that had one - It's Well known in the Elvis Community That He was Cherokee on his Mom's Side I've found also Scottish & Irish Vernon Presley Has German & Irish
We share DNA from his father's side on my mother’s father's side. Family Search indicates he is my 11th cousin once removed. From my mother’s mother’s side I share DNA with Harriet Tubman and Pocahantas.
I believe he is welsh
I was actually going to bring this up to you. I’ve heard this before.
*The genealogy of the one human race is truly fascinating! Every person who has ever lived* *has a common origin and are thus related in that way. How wondrous a thing that is!*
Just like the one dog breed. All have a common origin and are thus related.
@@lmlm_ Yes, although humans are not breeds but are species. All breeds, often a product of selective breeding, do not have common origin as the one human race does.
@@dantzmusic So is it “the one human species” or “the one human race?”
@@lmlm_Both. To biologists and anthropologists, a race is often defined simply as “a subdivision of a species which inherits physical characteristics distinguishing it from other populations of the species.”
@@dantzmusic Ok, so races are subdivisions within a species, got it.
Thank you for that lovely video. I really enjoyed it. So interesting. Sending love from New Zealand xxxx
You should really look into the Appalachian studies program at East Tennessee state university in Johnson city. There’s a lot of crossover in your content and the content they teach at the program. As for Elvis, is no one going to mention his hip movement? 😂 Another interesting path for you to explore is Jefferson Davis’ wife, there is speculation she was African American. Also worth looking into Davis’ slaves(he had them all educated at a college level, left them to self govern and even gave his plantation to one of them at the end of the war/this later went on to become the first all black town Mound Bayou, with lawyers/doctors/book keepers etc. all educated on Davis’s plantation) There’s a great audio interview with one of Davis’ former slaves where he details it all. I’ve done a few deep dive videos on it and only scratched the surface.
I’m enjoying this exploration so much.
You’re looking at the progenitor of that family in Pennsylvania who was among the original “Black Dutch” from Germany, from the Rhine Palatinate region.
They were largely Romani, 30,000 of whom came here in the 1600s and 1700s as indentures from Germany and some Scandinavian countries after being exiled under penalty of death from their countries.
They pretended to be Catholic, then my ancestor assassinated William of Orange, the leader of the Dutch Reform Movement. His family then pretended to be Huguenots and came to the now-US in the 1600.
I’ll reply to myself because the video is about to be over, and I don’t want to lose my comment. 😂
Many of my Melungeon ancestors came from
I wish I could send you pictures of my family. They value black hair so much. My 95-year-old grandmother, before she asks ANYTHING about health of the mom or baby or even gender, wants to know if a newborn has black hair.
All my ancestors for many generations are Melungeon. I’m related to Elvis and Abe Lincoln, but not with direct ancestry. You should look into William Herndon, the biographer of Abe Lincoln, to see how Melungeon people have been pulling the strings of society for many generations. Abe almost never talked, and most everything we know about him is from William Herndon (my ancestor).
The Herndons really are a great cross-section of Melungeons. There was Alonzo, the first Black millionaire. You can clearly see he’s very mixed.
Commander William Lewis Herndon who died to save 152 women and children on a sinking ship.
Green Herndon who was whitewashed in history but who burned down the slave-holding 3rd richest city in America, Rusk, Texas.
Angelo Herndon was a Black labor organizer.
All those Herndons are from the same ancestors. There were reputable Herndons from the same direct ancestors, some in history as Black, others as white.
My Herndon grandfather was a labor organizer in the coal camps.
I haven’t looked much into Elvis, but he looks just like my family. I have pictures of my great grandfather where he sometimes had black hair and other times his hair looked blondish-brown- like Elvis.
Another famous (indirect) Melungeon ancestor from the Hatfield/Vance (yes, those Hatfields) clan was Jack Dempsey, one of the greatest boxers of all time.
Sorry for the infodump. I love seeing you learn about my people in real time, as you’re discovering these may also be your people. I wish you were on Facebook. That’s where my Melungeon platform is.
So interesting! Thanks for sharing. So much to investigate!
Thank you. I didn't know "Black Dutch" were Romani. Were the "Black Irish" also Romani?
@@marthamurphy7940 yes, both the Black Dutch and Black Irish were largely Sinti Romani but there were other ethnic groups in there like Sephardic Jewish folk. The Black Irish were in large part the same people who were exiled from Germany, Finland, Norway, etc. beginning in the late 1500s and the Romanichal being pushed out of England.
Again, not all of the Black Dutch and Black Irish were Romani. But many of the people who ended up in Appalachia were Romani. You see a lot of Romani cultural traditions and values in Melungeon culture and also the survival mechanisms gained after 1000+ years of evading genocide, like having a government name that is borrowing the common names in the area (like mentioned in this video).
Notice the White last name? Elvis is probably of the same lineage as Jesco White, the dancing outlaw.
I am just seeing these now! I am so sorry. I am on facebook (not a lot, if that makes sense). Just set up something I check every now and then and post videos! I think it is facebook.com/findinglolafilm. ETA: Please lets connect!
I knew about Elvis dying his hair, it was in the tv movie LOL. Also, there's a country song tribute to Elvis, I don't remember if it was Hank Williams or someone else, I lost that record years ago but it was the story of how Elvis was spanked by his farther for hanging out at those black R&B clubs where he learned what Sunshine records called "That Negro Sound." So he was known to love southern black rhythm and blues, so much so even a butt whoopen couldn't dissuade nor keep him away.
This is true.
He is supposed to be descendant of Edward Green Mansel and "Morning Flowers"- a native. But hard to prove. Melungeon means melange-a mixture; a medley. About 6 years ago we did come up with the term "complex identities" in a Bass genealogy group.
Whatever his ancestry was, he was a beautiful human being. That fact is what is important. 🌿🎶👑🎶🌿
I remember one of my art history professors telling us: "The past changes more rapidly than the present."
I had heard a long time ago both that Elvis was a Cherokee Indian and that he dyed his hair black, but this is the first I've heard of Melungeons, so I'll have to do some research.
My brother recently had to research his genealogy in preparation for emigrating to the Czech republic and found we have strong Roma [gypsy] heritage; I had long suspected this.
I live in Hamilton, AL of Marion County. Morning Dove White is buried in the Palmer Cemetery in Hamilton, AL Also he is in our family tree thru his grandmother Minne M Hood who traces back to Isaiah Harrison, Abe Lincoln's ancestey
Very good and important fact!