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DNA evidence from Thomas Jefferson’s hair reveals the truth about his relationship with Sally Hemings

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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Opening a Bible that once belonged to Thomas Jefferson, staff at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in 2011 discovered a reddish-blond hair pressed between the pages. That hair, suspected to have belonged to Jefferson himself, launched a DNA investigation spanning more than a decade that’s now providing

First report: They framed Thomas Jefferson — then their DNA ‘proof’ collapsed — washingtonexaminer.com, 2d