>I just learned that the long-awaited results are in: President Thomas >Jefferson did father children by his slave Sally Hemings. This is in the >New York Times today. The first part is pasted below. You can see the >whole article at the NY Times website (free access, but you have to >register http://www.nytimes.com/.) Or I can email a copy of the whole >article to anyone interested. > >The scientific results will be published in Nature, which is one of the >very best scientific journals in the world, so that says how important >this is. Nature does not have its articles on the web, but I will have >access to the journal when it is available. Can't wait. > >Sue >suemusette@geocities.com >----------------- >New York Times On The Web November 1, 1998 > >DNA Tests Offer Evidence That Jefferson Fathered a Child With His Slave > >By DINITIA SMITH and NICHOLAS WADE > >DNA tests performed on the descendants of Thomas Jefferson's family and >of Jefferson's young slave, Sally Hemings, offer compelling new evidence >that the third president of the United States fathered at least one of >her children as has long been speculated, according to an article in the >next issue of the scientific journal Nature. > >The report is based on blood samples collected by Eugene A. Foster, a >retired pathologist who lives in Charlottesville, Va. The finding >undercuts the position of historians who have long said that Jefferson >did not have a liaison with the slave some 28 years his junior and >confirms, but with a surprising twist, the oral tradition that has been >handed down among Sally Hemings' descendants. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >