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  "id": 9196335,
  "title": "DNA analysis strengthens evidence that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/dna-analysis-strengthens-evidence-that-thomas-jefferson-fathered",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-22T03:35:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Science Magazine",
    "slug": "science-magazine",
    "url": "https://www.science.org/content/article/dna-analysis-strengthens-evidence-thomas-jefferson-fathered-children-sally-hemings"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers sequenced president’s genome from a lock of hair taken shortly after his death, then compared his DNA with that of Hemings’s living descendants",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Smithsonian",
        "title": "Did Thomas Jefferson Father Sally Hemings' Children? After More Than a Decade of Research, the Answer Is Finally Firmly in Hand",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/did-thomas-jefferson-father-sally-hemings-children-after-more-than-a",
        "published": "2026-09-22T04:01:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}