I am sure we all look forward to the report from the "'Blue Ribbon Commission'" of "'volunteer...unbiased'"
experts.  But precisely what "fiasco" is referenced in this message?

Harold S. Forsythe
History & Black Studies
Fairfield University

Date sent:              Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:05:10 -0500
From:                   Herbert Barger <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:                Jefferson-Hemings-Woodson DNA Study
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> In reply to the many historians and researchers asking about the status of
> the DNA Study I offer the following for details:
> www.angelfire.com/va/TJTruth and www.tjheritage.org
>
> A new book, "The Jefferson-Hemings Myth, An American Travesty", sponsored
> by the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society, will be available in May 2001
> and you may now place your orders at Amazon, B&N, Borders, etc.
>
> The Scholars Commission (composed of over 16 well known professors) will
> be releasing their unbiased findings in a report around Thomas Jefferson's
> birthday, April 13, 2001. This Blue Ribbon Commission, all volunteers and
> NOT Monticello employees, are giving freely of their time to give the
> public the benefit of their unbiased research into this fiasco, known as
> the Jefferson-Hemings DNA Study.
>
> You may recall that the report of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
> (now known as the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, thus dropping "memorial"),
> released on Jan. 26, 2000, stated that the best evidence available
> suggests the strong likelihood that Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings had
> a relationship over time that led to the birth of one, and perhaps all, of
> the known children of Sally Hemings. As in medicine, it is ALWAYS
> appropriate to get a "second opinion."
>
> Herbert Barger
> Jefferson Family Historian
>
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