Herbert,

It is possible that the Hemings have a greater respect for the deceased than 
you do, and need a more important reason to dig up the guy than to merely 
put the squash on your diatribes. They may assume, perhaps correctly, that 
even in the face of the DNA evidence, you will continue with your 
mischaracterizations of their family.

I suspect that Dan Jordan, who probably knows you better than most on this 
forum, is sensative to the values and desires of the Hemings folks and for 
that reason told you not to bug them. I am surprised that you even bother to 
adhere to his admonitions. Undoubtedly, the Hemings may be unwilling to talk 
to you personally since you take such a dim view of their traditions, and 
maybe you could not approach them successfully without the help of Dan 
Jordan.

To put it bluntly, the Hemings have the world on their side, and you are 
nothing but a noisy interloper! Maybe if you clean up your attitude, you 
could achieve your goals, but your pechant for labeling this or that a LIE 
and thereby closing your ears to any further evidence from that souce, will 
continue to keep you on the outside looking in.

From what I have read of Jefferson's virtues and good behavior, I have to 
seriously question is you are a bone-fide descendent of that great man. Has 
your own descendency from Jefferson been scientifically proven by DNA, or 
are you just whistling us all up?

Anne

Anne Pemberton
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