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  "id": 8335958,
  "title": "Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson’s Hair to Hemings’s Children",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/two-centuries-on-smithsonian-connects-jeffersons-hair-to-hemingss",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T23:45:27.000Z",
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  "summary": "A new book describes how cutting-edge genomics techniques yielded “extraordinary proof” that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings.",
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        "title": "Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson’s Hair to Hemings’s Children",
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