> > Hi Sam, > > I created the Hemings/Jefferson atDNA Project and took over both surname > projects at FTDNA after discovering that my brother-in-law is a direct > descendant. (Shannon Christmas is my co-admin.) I asked a descendant to > test and I now have the Jefferson Y-DNA haplotype out to 111 markers. This > is the only one of which I am aware. We are continuing work on the subject > using atDNA, but it is slow going, mostly because of my busy schedule. > Marleen, multiple different lines of descent from Thomas Woodman were > tested and none matched the Jefferson Y-DNA haplotype, so he cannot be > the son of Thomas Jefferson. > CeCe > > > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:59:51 -0700 > From: Marleen Van Horne <msvnhrn@jps.net> > Subject: Re: [DNA] Have new DNA tests been one on the Thomas Jefferson > > > ...snip > > The fact that the descendant of Thomas Woodson did not match the > Jefferson yDNA does not mean Woodson was not Jefferson's son, it just > means the line of descent was contaminated by stranger yDNA between the > life of Woodson and the testing of the Woodson descendant. > > ...snip > > Marleen Van Horne > > > >