1. A person of mixed European, African and sometimes Native
American ancestry who appears
white and is culturally and legally considered white.
2. The
child of a White person and an Octoroon (a person who is 1/8 Black) as well as their descendants.
Many Redbones are descendants of the Melungeons – an extinct mixed
race ethnic group of European, African, and Native
American ancestry – who were assimilated into White American
society.