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- 1New DNA evidence revisits Jefferson and Sally Hemings link●[DANISH] New DNA evidence on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings Danish science site Videnskab.dk reports on a new study:
A new study reported by Danish science site Videnskab.dk uses DNA taken from a strand of hair believed to belong to Thomas Jefferson, reportedly found between the pages of an old Bible in a museum, and compares it with genetic material from descendants of Sally Hemings's family. The findings feed into the long-running debate over Jefferson's relationship with Hemings and his alleged fathering of her children.