Which Jefferson was the father?
Marshall, E.; Jefferson, T.; Hemings, S.
Science 283(5399): 153-154
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-8075 PMID: 9925468 Document Number: 507189
A report suggesting that Thomas Jefferson fathered at least one child by his slave Sally Hemings is inconclusive. The Nature November 1989 report sparked a flood of news reports declaring that the third U.S. president had fathered Hemings's fifth child. The report's lead author, Eugene Foster--a retired pathologist in Charlottesville, Virginia--and coauthors stress the DNA data establish only that Jefferson was one of several candidates for the paternity.