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Jefferson's Hair Links to Hemings Children
Smithsonian uses Jefferson's hair DNA to confirm he fathered Sally Hemings' children.
Seattletimes · 3m
The Lost Descendants of Thomas Jefferson
A Smithsonian scientist used DNA from Jefferson's hair to confirm what historians long debated: he fathered children with Sally Hemings, his enslaved chambermaid.
The New Yorker · 3m