May I jump in for a brief comment.
The DNA test you all are refferring to occurred in 1998, correct? They are telling us who the mummy bleonged to in 2,000 BC with the technolgy that is availble today, 2009, eleven years later. Would someone redo the test or analysis of the existing data and see how clsoe we can get to a 37/37 match.
I for one hope Sally and TJ had a loving and kind relationship, it only seems fitting that the father of the Declaration should have experinced some happiness. I don't believe Sally was "FORCED" into this realtionship, no matter what the relationship was then. BTW, her emancipation papers were dated way before TJ died, and she presented them after his demise, correct? If this is true, why did she stay, coluld she have cared for TJ?
JPAdams
Texas
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Pemberton
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Subject: Re: Falsely charging TJ with "bedding a slave" DNA Study
Don,
Thank you for a very explicit description of what pitfalls exist in the use
of DNA to prove a match in lineage. It makes me wonder now, how close the
DNA finding in detective and forensic works are on which paternity and
identity are established in matters of law.
For myself, I am more convinced that the paternity is proven more by the
circumstances that surround the issue, and, are fueled by the deliberate
attempt by TJ and close family members to keep the relationship out of the
public light for their own reasons. Even so, certain actions taken by TJ,
such as freeing the minor children presumed to be his sons by Hemings, that
clearly point to a greater likelihood that he was the father of these boys
rather than just "some member of the Jefferson family". Far greater
instances of historic accuracy have been attached with less evidence of
authenticity. Written reports by "observers" are far more suspicious.
Anne
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