>At 08:42 AM 11/1/98 -0600, DParmerwoo@aol.com wrote: > >>Has anyone heard about the results of these tests. They were due out this >>Fall. A historian recently hinted (on the Slavery Listserv) that the tests >>were positive. Would anyone be surprised at that on this list? Let's watch >>the national debate unfold once the tests are publicly announced. Can't wait >>for folks to start exuming graves to lay a claim to all that wealth their >>ancestors generated! Just a bit of sarcastic humor! > >CNN carried a story very late last night (or very early this morning, >depending upon your bioclock) that the test results showed several positive >links between some of TJ's known descendants and one line of Sally Hemmings >descendants, but that the links were not strong enough to PROVE that they >shared a common ancestor. I believe the report stated that more tests >would be needed to prove that the two groups were related. > >Perhaps that report will be repeated throughout the day. > >Bryan Logan >**************************** >* bvlogan@bellatlantic.net * >**************************** >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >