The DNA "proof" of Jefferson's paternity finds only a 12.5% chance that Jefferson fathered Sally Heming's children, and it conclusively showed that a number of so- called "descendants" of Jefferson who have maintained his paternity for generations were not even remotely related to anyone in Jefferson's patrilineal line, let alone Jefferson himself. [This despite an early claim that the test was 100% definitive. Nope, it was not.]
Contemporaneous accounts by Jefferson's family do not support the theory that Jefferson fathered Heming's children; his daughter maintained on her deathbed that he was not present during a 15 month period when one of Heming's children was born, and to this day the Jefferson family denies the relationship.
Thank you for stating this.
Thank you for stating this.
Thank you for stating this.