“What are you talking about?”
Well...”In fact, the original Nature article had reported that Thomas Woodson–the child that oral traditions claim was born of Sally when she was fifteen or so–the child born shortly after her return from France–was not sired by Jefferson. This finding was significant, for it repudiated the strongest of the oral traditions against Jefferson that many long had accepted as fact. A few–but only a very few–even bothered to report this non-paternity aspect of the DNA findings.”
It is correct that the DNA testing shows that the Woodsons are not descended from Jefferson. That is a far cry from your assertion that “DNA has proven the main charge against Jefferson, one many believed for 200 years, the one his opponents circulated during his life, was false.” In fact, the DNA tests prove that the Hemmings family is descended from the male Jefferson line. James Callender’s charges against Jefferson were true, as even Jefferson’s family and friends knew at the time.
The circumstantial evidence makes it very likely that Thomas Jefferson was the father of Sally’s children. However, whether it was Thomas Jefferson or another of his family is not key. It is an undeniable fact that Jefferson tolerated sexual abuse of his slaves and kept slaves who were close members of his own family.