{
  "id": 9121251,
  "title": "New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/new-dna-analysis-adds-evidence-jefferson-fathered-children-with-sally",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-22T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
    "slug": "npr",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/09/22/nx-s1-5791513/thomas-jefferson-sally-hemings-dna-hair-smithsonian"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair , Smithsonian Institution scholar Richard Kurin follows the DNA trail back to Thomas Jefferson.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}