In a message dated 4/23/01 8:03:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, VA-SOUTHSIDE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << With no offense intended to my cousin, this is not the proper forum for discussion of this. >> With all due respect, in my opinion this is exactly the proper forum for such discussion. When reduced to its simplest form, what is the Jefferson/Hemmings question but one of genealogy? The Hemmings family are people who want to know their roots and are finding more scholarly and scientific ways to research than may have been available in the past. Sally T. Baughn SallyBaughn@aol.com