New DNA analysis from Thomas Jefferson’s hair adds evidence to Sally Hemings lineage
Researchers say DNA recovered from Thomas Jefferson’s hair provides new evidence that he fathered children with Sally Hemings, a woman he enslaved. The findings add to a history preserved by his Black descendants and examined in debates over public monuments honoring him. A team led by Smithsonian scholar Richard Kurin compared DNA from preserved hair […]
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