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Subject:	Re: DNA Tests
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Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:08:23 -0400
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Herb--

Thank you for the clarification.  Despite the no doubt seeming impatience in the tenor of my posts, I really am grateful for your reply below.

As I understand Callandar's attack on Jefferson, he offered several layers of allegations.  Most broadly, he claimed that Jefferson was having sex with Sally Hemings.  While any narrow allegations he made suggesting Woodson may be disproved by the DNA, Callandar's larger claim that Jefferson kept Hemings as his concubine remains open.  So I don't think we can say conclusively just yet that he was a liar.

In your view, is it fair to say that the DNA test shows that at least one of Heming's children was fathered by someone descended from Thomas Jefferson's paternal grandfather?

All best,
Kevin 
Kevin R. Hardwick, Ph.D.
Department of History
James Madison University

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