A strand stuck in glue that Thomas Jefferson used to make a Bible is further confirmation for historians and descendants of the third president and the enslaved woman.

Thomas Jefferson’s DNA sheds new light on his relationship with Sally Hemings and supports the longstanding conclusion that he fathered her children.

For more than 200 years, one question about the nation's third president has lingered: Did Thomas Jefferson father children ...

DNA study confirms Thomas Jefferson fathered children with enslaved Sally Hemings - America’s third president and one of its founding fathers kept more than 600 slaves ...

Learn how DNA extracted from locks of Thomas Jefferson's hair have confirmed that the third president of the U.S. fathered ...

Scientists have new proof that Thomas Jefferson had children with his enslaved chambermaid Sally Hemings—and that their bloodline endures across the country.

For more than two centuries, a scandalous allegation has hung a dark cloud over the legacy of one of America’s Founding Fathers: whether Thomas Jefferson fathered children with a woman he enslaved.

The first—and perhaps the most important—political rivalry in U.S. history was between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas ...

Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings. To put it more bluntly: The primary author of the Declaration of ...

The Fralin Museum of Art follows Jefferson on a trip in 1787—in which he observed the region’s natural beauty and remarkable ...