[centurion316]

I plead guilty to the misuse of words, as others have already pointed out. Laziness, ignorance, public school education, and the deliterious effects of Jack Daniels are my only excuses. I may be considered unlikely to make that mistake, but make it I did and did so my falling victim to the MS Word Spellchecker trap. Oh, what will my English teachers say?

Thomas Jefferson is no doubt among those who comprise the set of individuals were genetically capable of fathering Eston Hemings. The evidence is clear in that regard. But, that is not the contention of the media and much of the academic community. They have declared that Jefferson was, without doubt, the father, case closed. This is not science, nor is it history. Of course, there's no story, and no agenda if it turns out to be Randolph or another lesser known Jefferson. That's my point, and I'm sticking to it, my limited proficiency with the English language notwithstanding.

[tcuoohjohn]

Now I am even more suspicious. As any descendant of Thomas Jefferson and a Virginian would know, there are no deleterious effects of Jack Daniels save mixing imbibing God's libation and the operation of a motorcar. In fact, I have found that several healthy drams of Jack Daniels tends to improve ones spelling, provides a singular grace to one's prose, and I suspect, improves one singing skills.

Be that as it may however, time to grip the old toro by the horns here. Do you agree that, on balance, that Thomas Jefferson is most likely to be the father of one or more of Sally Hemmings children?... though it is a diffcult task could you apply some subjective percentage likelyhood that Thomas Jefferson was the father of one of Hemming's children?...I'll be bold here....I would say it is 80-90% likely that Jefferson was the father of at least one of Hemming's children.