Researchers say the findings further support long-standing accounts from Hemings’ descendants about Jefferson’s children.

For more than two centuries, countless insiders and academics have claimed that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally ...

Third US president wrote in 1787 about importance of peace, paying off debt and supporting agriculture ...

The co-author of a new book says there is a “99.9% chance” that the former president fathered children with a woman he ...

DNA study confirms Thomas Jefferson fathered children with enslaved Sally Hemings - America’s third president and one of its founding fathers kept more than 600 slaves ...

New DNA evidence from Richard Kurin's book "History by a Hair" reportedly confirms Thomas Jefferson fathered children with ...

Kurin's journey began in 2011 when he learned that a single strand of hair was discovered in one of Jefferson's Bibles at his ...

Researchers say they have the most conclusive proof of Thomas Jefferson's paternity of Sally Hemings’ children. A strand of hair found in Jefferson’s Bible launched an investigation involving DNA ...

The burial came as the Smithsonian released DNA research it said provides “extraordinary proof” that Thomas Jefferson had children with Sally Hemings.

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.

It’s a 15-year detective story that involves archaeologists, genealogists, molecular geneticists, and historians, stretching ...

A team of researchers at the Smithsonian Institution claim to have resolved the centuries-old historical and scientific ...