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Thomas Jefferson's Legacy Revisited
New DNA analysis supports the theory that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings. Historian Richard Kurin details this controversial chapter in American history.
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A lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair, Smithsonian Institution scholar Richard Kurin follows the DNA trail back to Thomas Jefferson.
2026-09-22 10:00 UTC