Thomas Jefferson - An Innocent Man: DNA Part 2 of 2

[Lightandliberty]

TJ went to Monticello approximately 20 times during Sally's child bearing years. She conceived 5-6 times during that time. When he was there, it makes sense that his family would visit. His younger brother Randolph and his sons lived only 20 miles away. Randolph was known to fraternize with the slaves. Randolph was 52, while TJ was 64 when Eston Hemings was conceived. DNA tests proved that TJ did not father Tom Woodson, the child in Callender's charges and purportedly conceived in Paris.

[bryansipho]

Pretty much every slave-owning man in those times took a slave as a mistress. Why wouldn't TJ do the same? Especially since his wife died young and he never remarried. Moreover, TJ was the only Jefferson who was at Monticello every time that Sally Hemings conceived a child. It will never be proven whether TJ did in fact father her children but the evidence, oral and scientific, seems too overwhelming to overlook.