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Now I am even more suspicious. As any descendant of Thomas Jefferson and a Virginian would know, there are no deleterious effects of Jack Daniels save mixing imbibing God's libation and the operation of a motorcar. In fact, I have found that several healthy drams of Jack Daniels tends to improve ones spelling, provides a singular grace to one's prose, and I suspect, improves one singing skills.

Be that as it may however, time to grip the old toro by the horns here. Do you agree that, on balance, that Thomas Jefferson is most likely to be the father of one or more of Sally Hemmings children?... though it is a diffcult task could you apply some subjective percentage likelyhood that Thomas Jefferson was the father of one of Hemming's children?...I'll be bold here....I would say it is 80-90% likely that Jefferson was the father of at least one of Hemming's children.

Jack Daniels, in my personal experience, has a decidedly positive effect on my singing abilities; and, has likewise improved my lucidity of thought on any selected topic. It has, however, failed most miserably to improve my spelling or my choice of words, synatax, and grammar. Go figure.

I will not concede the point. On balance, I believe that the evidence points towards Randolph Jefferson, or one of his sons. Thomas Jefferson would, therefore, rank somewhere under 50% in probability. Given the number of candidates, this might reasonably rank him in first place, with a plurality, but certainly well short of the high probability that you would wish to assign. This assessment stands in stark contrast to those who wish us to believe that there should be no debate, the issue having been decisively and finally concluded, in their opinions. I do not trust these people. I believe them to have sinister motives, and to have distorted the available evidence to suit their preconceived notions. This behavior is, unfortunately, not limited to this issue, but has become widespread.

Of course frauds and syncophants have practiced their craft throughout the course of historical accounting. But it does seem to me to have taken on a strident tone of late.