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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (12888)	11/4/1998 6:36:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

DNA Tests Offer Evidence That Jefferson Fathered a Child With His Slave bp, you can believe it or not, as you choose, but it's true. DNA testing on Jefferson and Hemings descendents has been done, and it was in the news recently. Really. It shows the long standing speculation to be true. DNA Tests Offer Evidence That Jefferson Fathered a Child With His Slave By DINITIA SMITH and NICHOLAS WADE DNA tests performed on the descendants of Thomas Jefferson's family and of Jefferson's young slave, Sally Hemings, offer compelling new evidence that the third president of the United States fathered at least one of her children as has long been speculated, according to an article in the next issue of the scientific journal Nature. The report is based on blood samples collected by Eugene A. Foster, a retired pathologist who lives in Charlottesville, Va. The finding undercuts the position of historians who have long said that Jefferson did not have a liaison with the slave some 28 years his junior and confirms, but with a surprising twist, the oral tradition that has been handed down among Sally Hemings' descendants. (from search.nytimes.com , but I can't guarantee that link. Dateline Nov. 1, 1998.) I must apologize as usual for poluting the usual substantial discussion here with my normal drivel. Might be a while before Drudge gets to this one. Cheers, Dan.