[Captainpaintball]

I studied under a prominent anthropologist in a PA. state university, and it was established in that community that although Jefferson DNA in Sally Hemming’s children was present, it was impossible to say Thomas Jefferson was the father. He posted the findings, taken from a per reviewed paper on the department’s bulletin board, which I saw with my own eyes.

[Captainpaintball]

Forgive the mistakes in my posts. I damaged my keyboard trying to dry it off. (the aluminum keyboard hit the ground at high speeds and has not been right since)

[higgmeister]

I will certainly agree with that but David Barton's claim that Jefferson did not father Sally Hemmings' children is not reasonable. Sally Hemmings was Martha Jefferson's half sister. Shortly before her death, Martha made Jefferson promise never to marry again, telling him she could not bear to have another mother raise her children. I can even imagine Martha telling Sally to take care of Thomas along with the girls.

As a side note, Thomas Jefferson described in a letter to his eleven year old granddaughter, Cornelia J. Randolph, that his other granddaughters got a gift of new dolls from my widowed ancestor seven or eight generations ago. Another note in Jefferson's journal stated that my widowed ancestor had given him a good pound cake recipe. Since my family were neighbors and friends with the Jefferson family, the thought that the same sort of relationships had occurred in my family were not hard to perceive.

[John S Mosby]

Exactly. Thank You, from the descendants of Thomas— through his daughter as he never had a son. Deo Vindice.