The Legend of a Mountain Girl and Her Baby by Helen Campbell

I've listened to discussions, watched the History Channel on television and read books that claim the sixteenth president of the United States of America; Abraham Lincoln was of Melungeon ancestry. It is generally accepted by most Melungeons researchers that Lincoln's Melungeon ancestry comes through the linage of his mother, Nancy Hanks. He inherited a dark complexion, course, black hair, and grey eyes all of which is consistent with the physical features of the Melungeons. Judging from a picture of Nancy Hanks Lincoln (drawn by Lloyd Ostendorf), Lincoln does resemble his mother. Abraham Lincoln also inherited color blindness. One day he told his mother that he could not see things like other people.


Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln's Ancestry

Abraham Lincoln, 1809-65

Genealogy of the Hanks and allied families

President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declaring the end to slavery