ScienceThomas Jefferson’s genome reportedly sequenced in study criticized by a Sally Hemings descendant
Science reports that one of Hemings’s descendants criticized the Smithsonian researchers’ work and withdrew her participation in the study.
TLDR
Science reports that Smithsonian Institution researchers sequenced Thomas Jefferson’s genome to substantiate the widely accepted view that he fathered children with Sally Hemings, a Black woman he enslaved. The report also says one of Hemings’s descendants criticized the work and withdrew her participation in the study.
Thomas Jefferson’s genome reportedly sequenced in study criticized by a Sally Hemings descendant
Science reports that one of Hemings’s descendants criticized the Smithsonian researchers’ work and withdrew her participation in the study.
TLDR
Science reports that Smithsonian Institution researchers sequenced Thomas Jefferson’s genome to substantiate the widely accepted view that he fathered children with Sally Hemings, a Black woman he enslaved. The report also says one of Hemings’s descendants criticized the work and withdrew her participation in the study.
