May 23, 2012 Jack Goins photo with 1898 portrait of his step-great-great grandfather &amp; great-great grandmother, at Hawkins Co. Archives Project, Rogersville, TN. Goins, of   Melungeon descent, has researched Melungeon  history for 40 yrs. A new DNA study from Journal of Genetic Genealogy found the Meleongeons to be offspring of sub-Saharan African men &amp; white European women theorized to have been   indentured servants in Virginia in the 1600&#x27;s.