I am very interested in this research about the Sephardic Jews as I'm almost certian my ancestors were of Melungeon heritage.Would you mind answering some questions for me ,I'm a little confused! Several of the families you mentioned I am decended.I'm the 6th great grandaughter of Lewis Green/friend of Daniel Boone who married Elizabeth Sarah Lauderdale. How do the Scotch/Irish figure into this ...this was one group you did not mentian and most of the families in this area Kilgore,Porter,Walkers ,Lauderdales,Cowan and several others have been verified as being from Scotland /Ireland. My folks from the above mentioned families including Andrew Jackson whom you mentioned in your post I decend from. I've verified Scotch/Irish in all but Lewis Green whom prompted my Melungeon research several yrs ago.My Wells line(Richard Wells married Susannah Hutchinson d/o Nancy Green Hutchinson) is English... Hutchinson ,Scottish.They ALL lived along the Clinch and migrated to Tenn,Ky,NC from Va.Are you saying that the Green,Foley,Martin (all connecting to mine)families were possible Sephardic? From the Melungeon forum I see we both decend from Lewis Green so I guess we are cousins,huh? Please help clear up some of these questions if you can.I'm nearly certian of my Melungeon connection and this could be the closest I've come to solid evidence aside from the suspected ties based on the location and habits of my ancestors and the "indian" ancestor rumor :). My email address is BillieCounts@aol.com. Thanks