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Perhaps the most telling evidence that even the Hemings descendants are aware that Thomas Jefferson was not the father of Sally Hemings' child is the refusal to participate in DNA testing.
1. Certainly any of us would like to be able to claim a President of the United States in our family tree. The Hemings family would. So, it makes sense that they would not participate in any endeavor which would cast doubt on the claim.
"After several months of research I was able to locate and identify a second Hemings DNA source, William Hemings, a son of Madison Hemings [Sally's eldest son], in a Veteran's, Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas. I notified the Hemings family, gave them forms and urged them to permit a gathering of thate valuable DNA. At the same time I advised Monticello President Dan Jordan, and suggested he urge the Hemings to pemit the gathering of a second Hemings DNA. He [Jordan] refused to contact them, suggesdted that I contact them, but cautioned me against undue pressure. All eight Hemings family members refused to permit the test, and their spokesperson, Shay Banks-Young, informed me that they are happy with their oral family history and will never give permission."
"A Year at Monticello -- 1795," by Donald Jackson, p. 91-92
1. Certainly any of us would like to be able to claim a President of the United States in our family tree. The Hemings family would. So, it makes sense that they would not participate in any endeavor which would cast doubt on the claim.
"After several months of research I was able to locate and identify a second Hemings DNA source, William Hemings, a son of Madison Hemings [Sally's eldest son], in a Veteran's, Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas. I notified the Hemings family, gave them forms and urged them to permit a gathering of thate valuable DNA. At the same time I advised Monticello President Dan Jordan, and suggested he urge the Hemings to pemit the gathering of a second Hemings DNA. He [Jordan] refused to contact them, suggesdted that I contact them, but cautioned me against undue pressure. All eight Hemings family members refused to permit the test, and their spokesperson, Shay Banks-Young, informed me that they are happy with their oral family history and will never give permission."
"A Year at Monticello -- 1795," by Donald Jackson, p. 91-92