>Here is an excerpt from today's St. Paul Pioneer Press newspaper: >"After nearly two centuries of controversy, DNA evidence has confirmed that >Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, fathered at >least one child by his slave-mistress, Sally Hemings. Genetic tests of 14 >male descendants of the Jefferson and Hemings families "seem to seal the >case" that Jefferson was the father of Hemings' youngest son, Eston, >according to a report to be published in next week's edition of the journal >Nature. > >Circumstantial evidence also points to Jefferson as the probable sire of >Hemings' four or five other children, who were born over a span of 18 >years, but positive genetic proof is lacking." This article was written by >Robert S. Boyd of the Washington Bureau. > >FINALLY, the descendants of Sally Hemings can rightfully claim what has >always been theirs! > >Anita >Researching: RICHARDS,THREADGILL,POWERS, and FULCHER >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >