Tri-racial

A person who's racial identity is made up of three different races.

Many people in the United States have a tri-racial identity that consists of European, African and Native American ancestry.

Redbone

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.