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New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemingstranslating…
September 22, 2026 • A lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair, Smithsonian Institution scholar Richard Kurin follows the DNA trail back to Thomas Jefferson.
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