DNA evidence from Thomas Jefferson’s hair reveals the truth about his relationship with Sally Hemings
DNA evidence from Thomas Jefferson has given researchers their clearest genetic picture yet of his relationship with Sally Hemings, an…
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DNA evidence from Thomas Jefferson’s hair reveals the truth about his relationship with Sally Hemings
Sandego.net – DNA evidence from Thomas Jefferson has given researchers their clearest genetic picture yet of his relationship with Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman in his household. A new analysis of historic hair samples and DNA from living descendants estimates a 99.96% likelihood that Jefferson fathered at least one of Hemings’ children.
The research combines more than a decade of work to recover damaged DNA from historic material and compare it with several branches of the Jefferson and Hemings family trees. The findings are discussed in History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery, by Smithsonian distinguished scholar and ambassador-at-large Richard Kurin.…
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