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[dmax]

EMAIL: to initiatesblue "you are blessed..."

[MageSteff]

Blue and Red responses to Tree of Myths solve:

[LazarusLong]

In UF #ctw chat this evening, phensley noted that both emails say:

[dashcat]

Reply from Guides

[LazarusLong]

I asked "Where do we go from here?"

And got "down the path of fate, where knowledge and service lead"

Damn guides are being cryptic as usual.

So I tried fate.html, pathoffate.html, thepathoffate.html, downthepathoffate.html, and variations thereof. No luck!

Then I tried /knowledge/service/fate.html, etc., etc. and got nowhere.

So, I'll keep trying variations on that theme until I give up or find something.

[LazarusLong]

From enaxor over on CD:

[phensley]

Believe it or not where I live they have a Melungeon reunion here every year. I'll see what all I can scrape up for everyone as far as information.

[phensley]

There are some physiological characteristics, called ethnic markers, that seem to be passed on through the lines of some Melungeon descendants. There is a bump on the back of the head of some descendants, that is located at mid-line, just above the juncture with the neck. It is about the size and shape of half a golf ball or smaller. If you cannot find the bump, check to see if you, like some descendants, including myself, have a ridge, located at the base of the head where it joins the neck, rather than the Anatolian bump. This ridge is an enlargement of the base of the skull, which is called a Central Asian Cranial Ridge. My ridge is quite noticeable. It is larger than anyone else's that I have felt, except my father's. I can lay one finger under it and the ridge is as deep as my finger is thick. Other ridges are smaller. To find a ridge, place your and at the base of your neck where it joins your shoulders, and on the center line of your spine. Run your fingers straight up your neck toward your head. If you have a ridge, it will stop your fingers from going on up and across your head. Only people who live/d in the Anatolian region of Turkey or Central Asia also have this "bump/ridge."

There is also a ridge on the back of the first four teeth-two front teeth and the ones on either side (upper and lower) of some descendants. If you place your fingernail at the gum line and gently draw (up or down) you can feel it and it makes a slight clicking sound. The back of the teeth also curve outward rather than straight as the descendants of anglo-saxon parentage do. Teeth like these are called Asian Shovel Teeth. Many Indian descendants also have this type of teeth. The back of the first four teeth of Northern European descendants are straight and flat. An example of northern European teeth would be similar to this diagram: \l Shovel teeth look like this diagram. Back of teeth )/ front of teeth, straight.

Some Melungeon descendants have what is called an Asian eyefold. This is rather difficult to describe. At the inner corner of the eye, the upper lid attaches slightly lower than the lower lid. That is to say that it overlaps the bottom lid. If you place your finger just under the inner corner of the eye and gently pull down, a wrinkle will form which makes the fold more visible. Some people call these eyes, "sleepy eyes, dreamy eyes, bedroom eyes." Many Indian descendants also have these kinds of eyes.

Some families may have members with fairly dark skin who suffer with vitiligo, a loss of pigmentation, leaving the skin blotched with white patches. Some descendants have had six fingers or toes. There is a family of people in Turkey whose surname translated into English is "Six Fingered Ones."

http://www.iigs.org/newsletter/9810news/melungeo.htm

Also listed are some common surnames found with the melungeon history. Green(e) is amoung that list. How do I come to know most of this? Thompson is also one which happens to be my maiden name. But don't think what you are thinking. I am just a player in this game.

[konamouse]

[Myssfitz]

Re: Reply from Guides

[MageSteff]

Serving both Red and Blue, and a response concerning the num

[Geist]

Here is what I got back from the initiatesred

Why must someone have this knowledge?

to understand the consequences of sharing their knowledge

[KyraB]

My response from the guides

[dmax]

sheesh

[Myssfitz]