Bill and All,

  It from a story from the AP Wire.  I just found it.
  I think I will forgo any more comments about this sorry subject;
at least until ALL who claim to be Jefferson descendants have their
DNA checked.

Harold S. Forsythe
History & Black Studies
Fairfield University

Date sent:              Thu, 12 Apr 2001 16:10:01 -0400 (EDT)
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> I've been reading with some interest the renewed comment on the
> Jefferson/Hemmings DNA controversy. Without commenting either way - not
> having read the report - I will note that today, April 12, WTOP-AM in
> Washington is carrying a news item about the release of the report by the
> group assembled by the descendants which the news characterizes as naming
> Thomas' younger brother Randolph as the probable source of the DNA in one
> line. The news story did not cite the source as either a wire story or a
> radio network story, so that is all I can report on their report.
>
> Bill Russell
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