| | Historian Renews Criticism of DNA in Jefferson-Hemings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | WASHINGTON (AP) January 6, 1999 -- Critics renewed attacks Wednesday on findings of a genetic study that indicated Thomas Jefferson was the father of his slave's child. |
 | | The Associated Press reported at the time that critics, led by an amateur historian whose wife is a Jefferson descendant, insisted Eston Hemings' father could instead have been Jefferson's brother, Randolph; his cousin, George Jefferson Jr.; or one of Randolph Jefferson's sons. |
 | | The historian, Herbert Barger, held a news conference Wednesday in Washington to renew those charges and highlight two letters published in this month's Nature by scientists who agree the DNA is not conclusive proof. |
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