I don’t rule out the possibility that Thomas Jefferson fathered some of the Hemings children, but don’t trust the persons whose interest it is to make that claim. It hasn’t been proven to my satisfaction yet.
I followed the story closely in the early years, but haven’t been following it closely lately. Here’s a critical analysis, though, of the Research Report on the Jefferson-Hemings Controversy — https://jeffersondnastudy.com/rebuttal-to-tjmf-report/ . If you have very specific facts that can refute those objections, which can be confirmed in an objective way, I’d be interested in seeing them.
Until then, my position is that it’s possible that Thomas Jefferson was the father, but absent a finding from Maury Povich, I still remain skeptical. :-) There have been far too many attempts to demagogue this question for me to take such claims at face value.
It's interesting to me because history is interesting in general.
I look forward to reading that. Thank you.