New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings

NPR | By Michel Martin

Published September 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM EDT

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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Richard Kurin, a distinguished scholar at the Smithsonian, about his new book "History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings and Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery."