Must concur with Yojsouth. Scientific "proof" the DNA results are not.
Scholars I respect believe the evidence is compelling, based on other circumstances in the lives of the Hemings family. Only those who do not understand the science can believe that the DNA testing proves paternity.
Nancy Gray Schoonmaker
Independent Scholar
________________________________________
From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Jeff Southmayd [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 11:43 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Sally Hemings is back
The term "paternity disbelievers" is a less than objective description of those that apparently offer an evaluates the facts in that matter.
Yojsouth
SOUTHMAYD & MILLER
4 OCEAN RIDGE BOULEVARD SOUTH
PALM COAST, FLORIDA 32137
386.445.9156
888.557.3686 FAX
[log in to unmask]
**********************************************************
THIS TRANSMISSION IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE ADDRESSEE SHOWN ABOVE. IT MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL, OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED FROM DISCLOSURE. IF YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, PLEASE DO NOT READ, COPY, OR USE IT, AND DO NOT DISCLOSE IT TO OTHERS. PLEASE NOTIFY THE SENDER OF THE DELIVERY ERROR BY REPLYING TO THIS MESSAGE AND THEN DELETE IT FROM YOUR SYSTEM. THANK YOU.
********************************************************
> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2011 10:04:56 -0500
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Sally Hemings is back
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> It seems worth reporting that the Hemings-Jefferson paternity disbelievers are introducing their book today at the National Press Club: The Jefferson-Hemings Controversy -- Report of the Scholars Commission, edited by Robert F. Turner, $45.00, 432 pages, http://www.cap-press.com/books/isbn/9780890890851/The+Jefferson-Hemings+Controversy .
>
> I hope this report doesn't ignite a fiasco debate in this forum. More importantly, I also hope that we won't see too much toxicity in the international conversation that today's news has already started in the Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/30/new-book-disputes-claim-jefferson-fathered-childre/), in the Drudge Report's link to that article, and in the U.K.'s Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2032467/Study-doubts-claims-Thomas-Jefferson-fathered-slave-Sally-Hemings-son-Eston.html).
>
> (Note for Jurretta Heckscher: Despite my distraction by the decidedly non-irenic Irene, I still owe you that Fort-Monroe-snookered-historians answer, and I want to supply it.)
>
> Steven T. Corneliussen
> Poquoson, Virginia
>
> ______________________________________
> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at
> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html
______________________________________
To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at
http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html
______________________________________
To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at
http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html
|
