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Sally Hemings person

Named in 11 reports across 1 story - 22 Sept – 30 Sept
22 Sept 202630 Sept 2026

The record - coverage naming Sally Hemings that changed after publication

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  1. nbcconnecticut.comseen 27 Sept, 12:57headline rewrittenthe story

    Thomas Jefferson’s DNA links him to Sally Hemings’ childrenIn a DNA breakthrough After 200 years, Thomas Jefferson’s hair links him to Sally Hemings’ children

The web around Sally Hemings

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Sally Hemings. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Sally Hemings.

Richard Kurin and Thomas Jefferson share 8 reportsSmithsonian Institution and Thomas Jefferson share 7 reportsSally Heming and Virginia share 7 reportsCharlottesville and Virginia share 7 reportsCharlottesville and Thomas Jefferson share 7 reportsRichard Kurin and Washington share 7 reportsVirginia and Washington share 7 reportsSally Heming and Thomas Jefferson share 7 reportsRichard Kurin and Smithsonian Institution share 7 reportsSally Heming and Washington share 7 reportsMonticello and Sally Heming share 7 reportsRichard Kurin and Sally Heming share 7 reportsThomas Jefferson and Virginia share 7 reportsMonticello and Thomas Jefferson share 7 reportsRichard Kurin and Virginia share 7 reportsMonticello and Virginia share 7 reportsCharlottesville and Sally Heming share 7 reportsCharlottesville and Washington share 7 reportsMonticello and Washington share 7 reportsThomas Jefferson and Washington share 7 reportsMonticello and Richard Kurin share 7 reportsCharlottesville and Monticello share 7 reportsCharlottesville and Richard Kurin share 7 reportsBeth Shapiro and Monticello share 6 reportsBeth Shapiro and Washington share 6 reportsBeverly Hemings and Virginia share 6 reportsBeth Shapiro and Thomas Jefferson share 6 reportsCharlottesville and Smithsonian Institution share 6 reportsBeverly Hemings and Thomas Jefferson share 6 reportsSmithsonian Institution and Virginia share 6 reportsBeth Shapiro and Smithsonian Institution share 6 reportsSally Heming and Smithsonian Institution share 6 reportsBeth Shapiro and Virginia share 6 reportsBeverly Hemings and Smithsonian Institution share 6 reportsMonticello and Smithsonian Institution share 6 reportsBeth Shapiro and Sally Heming share 6 reportsBeth Shapiro and Charlottesville share 6 reportsBeverly Hemings and Washington share 6 reportsBeverly Hemings and Charlottesville share 6 reportsBeth Shapiro and Beverly Hemings share 6 reportsSally HemingsThomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson - 11 shared reports (person)Richard Kur…Richard Kurin - 8 shared reports (person)Charlottesv…Charlottesville - 7 shared reports (place)MonticelloMonticello - 7 shared reports (place)Sally HemingSally Heming - 7 shared reports (person)Smithsonian Insti…Smithsonian Institution - 7 shared reports (organization)VirginiaVirginia - 7 shared reports (place)WashingtonWashington - 7 shared reports (place)Beth ShapiroBeth Shapiro - 6 shared reports (person)Beverly Hem…Beverly Hemings - 6 shared reports (person)

The stories

New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings

6 outlets11 reports name Sally Hemings20 Sept – 30 Sept

People they appear with

Thomas Jefferson11Richard Kurin8Sally Heming7Beth Shapiro6Beverly Hemings6Eston Hemings6Eugene Foster6Harriet Hemings6Madison Hemings6Michel Martin6Clara-Lee Nutt1

Places in the same coverage

Charlottesville7Monticello7Virginia7Washington7California6America1Connecticut1

Organisations in the same coverage

Smithsonian Institution7University Of California6

Who keeps naming them

NPR News1kgou.org1ksfr.org1ksmu.org1wfsu.org1kpbs.org1wrvo.org1nbcconnecticut.com1PBS NewsHour1RMF24 (Poland)1Index.hr (Croatia)1

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