New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings
NPR · 22 Sep 2026

New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings

A lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair, Smithsonian Institution scholar Richard Kurin follows the DNA trail back to Thomas Jefferson.


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