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.
“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.”
No. The primary accusation, the one almost all accepted as most likely to be true, was that Woodson was Thomas Jefferson’s.
“James Callender’s charges against Jefferson were true, as even Jefferson’s family and friends knew at the time.”
Not according to Jefferson’s friends and family.
” However, whether it was Thomas Jefferson or another of his family is not key.”
It certainly is to his detractors!