Yes, that is correct. Monticello records show that Sally Hemings had four
children who lived to adulthood. Hemings's two oldest children, Harriet and
Beverly, left Monticello in 1822 and disappeared into the white world. Their
descendants, if they have any, have never come forward. Madison Hemings had
no living male-line descendants. Eston Hemings, the youngest, had one living
male-line descendant, whose DNA was tested. Madison Hemings had a son, whose
gravesite is known. It may be possible to get a DNA sample from the son's
remains, but the family opposes the idea.

Henry Wiencek


On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:14:53 -0400, marsha moses <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

But he explained that the problem with the DNA testing was
>that several of Sally and possibly Thomas's children passed for white
>and changed their names and are now impossible to track. Is this true?
>Marsha Moses
>

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