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Julia Jefferson

Julia Jefferson

Descendant of President Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings, his slave

Genetic testing strongly suggests that Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson,

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Genetic testing strongly suggests that Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson, one of our nations most respected Presidents, bore children with Sally Hemings, one of his slaves.

This was shocking news for many historians, who for years had denied the possibility that Jefferson was capable of such “immoral” behavior. It was not, however, shocking to Julia Jefferson and Shay Banks-Young and their families, who have always been confident that their great-great-grandfathers, Eston and Madison, were, in fact, the sons of Jefferson and Hemings. The proof of this relationship, which seems to have lasted 38 years, leaves us with a great number of questions about race relations in the United States.

Jefferson is a former educator turned businesswoman and her “new” cousin, Banks-Young, is a preventive health trainer and a poet who has hosted her own public affairs talk show. Jefferson is white and Banks-Young is black. Now, they are looking forward to their role as a focal point for what they hope will be an honest new dialogue on these very important issues we face as a society.

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