Alleged Jefferson-Hemings Affair Divides Descendants

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - Descendants of Thomas Jefferson and those of his slave Sally Hemings prayed together at his graveside on Sunday but remained divided by a centuries-old controversy over whether the third U.S. president was their common ancestor.

Link: http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnews&StoryID=919892

This debate has been going on for ages, but the funny thing is that I never heard anything about it until today.
 
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