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Subject:	Biology and Sally Hemings
From:	Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Sat, 1 Nov 2008 21:46:13 -0400
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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

Anne Pemberton
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http://www.erols.com/apembert
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