Anne,

Getting funding for obtaining the DNA of William Hemings, son of Madison
Hemings is NOT the question and a problem. As mentioned earlier, the
Hemings cousins, WILL NOT participate in such a study and neither will
Dan Jordan even suggest to them to participate. He even suggests to me
to "put no pressure on them"........as if I cared to do that. There is
no DNA proof that Madison and Eston were fathered by the same father,
whoever he may be. What are they afraid of.......that there will be NO
match between Madison and Eston??

NOTHING proves Thomas Jefferson to be guilty, see The Scholars
Commission Study (13 top drawer senior professors)(www.tjheritage.org). 

I ask all readers to put NO FAITH in the Pike Co. newspaper article with
claims of Madison Hemings. Either he or the author, Samuel Wetmore,
tried to "pull the wool, over the public's eyes." It is a farce that
Madison claims Dolley Madison was involved in naming HIM on his
birthdate at Monticello. As I have said earlier this is NOT TRUE. If
not, do we believe ANYTHING he writes.........I say NO, NO!    

Herb Barger
Jefferson Family Historian
10 Years with this study


-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Pemberton
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] DNA TEST and genealogy

Mr. Adams,

I find it almost laughable that you want to spend someone else's money
for 
them.

If this is such a crucial need for history, let history pay for the
tests to 
be done. There are any number of historical foundations around,
including 
the Jefferson foundations, who should be footing the bill since they are
the 
ones with the most at stake.

It is interesting that I brought up this subject on a forum for American

History and had not a single person interested in this "controversy". I 
think in the minds of most people the DNA showing that there was
Jefferson 
DNA in the descendents, was enough to convince them that the Madison
Hemings 
story was as likely to be true as the Eston Hemings story.

Anne



Anne Pemberton
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