I would be interested in seeing clear, checkable evidence that people like
Mr. Barger were suggesting that Randolph was the likely father of Sally
Hemings' children BEFORE the publication of the DNA results. From my perspective,
this appears to be a case of people who "know" Thomas Jefferson could not have
been the father frantically looking for another possibility once it became
irrefutable that a male member of the Jefferson family was the father of
Eston. It is also interesting to wonder why all of Sally's children were conce
ived nine months after Jefferson was at Monticello, despite the fact that he was
often gone for significant periods of time. Purely a coincidence?
Peter Henriques
Professor of History, Emeritus
George Mason University
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