African-American heritage of presidents of the United States
Calvin Coolidge's mother Victoria Moor was claimed to be of a mixed-race family in Vermont. Vaughn noted that her surname was derived from "Moor", a European term for people of North Africa. He did not note that another meaning of her surname is the landscape feature of moor or bog. People's surnames were often based on such landscape features when surnames became generally adopted in 14th century England. Moor/Moore is a common name in England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Morè (clan)
The Morey / More () is a Maratha clan found largely in the Indian state of Maharashtra that claims to have descended from the Somavanshi kings, the Morès of the Kashmir Region. Some from the Morey clan claim descent from the Mauryan Dynasty of Patna (Bihar), which ruled over the Maurya Empire, located in present-day India. The Maurya Empire and many Morè, claim rulers such as Chandragupt Maurya and Ashoka.