Anne may I insert a correction and clarification here. All of Sally's
children and their descendants were NOT white or light skinned. Eston's
family, who claimed descent from Randolph, passed as white because they
looked that way, however Madison who claimed TJ as his grandfather, could
not pass for white, remained in the black community in Ohio and his
descendants are black. May we not question this since some are claiming that
Sally had only one father for her children. The Madison descendants of today
REFUSE to DNA test Madison's son's DNA in a grave in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Herb Barger
Jefferson Family Historian
On Nov 1, 2008, at 9:46 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote:
> Lyle,
>
> Explain, if you will how Sally, who was 1/2 or 1/4 black could mate
> with a slave who was 1/4 black and produce all and only white/light-
> skinned children, and six of them at that. Seems to me that with six
> children, at least one of them would be considerably darker than the
> others. Are we discussing the difference between scientific
> possibilities and probabilities?
>
> Anne
>
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