CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — At the call for pictures, members of Thomas Jefferson's family and descendants of his slaves once again crowded between columns of the president's hilltop estate of ...

Paul Thompson's parents had told him that he was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, but it has taken a weekend of hearing stories from the descendants of those who were at Monticello ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Hundreds of people count themselves as descendants of Thomas Jefferson. And their numbers grew substantially after a DNA test in 1998 bolstered the case for Jefferson’s ...

Thomas Jefferson's nephew is buried in Nashville, and his DNA may shed light on whether Jefferson had children with the ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Gayle Jessup White about her book, Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her... Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson explores her ...

He expanded the educational mission of Thomas Jefferson’s plantation. He also embraced research that showed Jefferson had fathered the children of one of his slaves. By Richard Sandomir Six ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- A descendant of Thomas Jefferson who has sought to heal old racial differences was among those wounded over the weekend in shootings in Colorado that apparently targeted Christians.

MIDLAND, MI — For Tawny Ryan Nelb, the story began with a photograph. The professional archivist was researching the records of Midland-based St. John’s Episcopal Church in 2018 when she discovered a ...