Revealing DNA evidence just ended a massive two-century Thomas Jefferson debate

Historian Leigh Fought told Fox News Digital that new genetic evidence comparing Thomas Jefferson’s DNA with that of living descendants reinforces historians’ longstanding conclusion that he fathered children with Sally Hemings.

Historian Leigh Fought told Fox News Digital about new research comparing DNA recovered from Thomas Jefferson’s preserved hair with DNA from living Jefferson and Hemings descendants, evidence she says should “close the case with a lock.”