The Louisiana Purchase was the biggest territorial expansion in American history. A new book, "Jefferson's Landmark Deal," ...

Scientists have new proof that Thomas Jefferson had children with his enslaved chambermaid Sally Hemings—and that their ...

Thomas Jefferson’s DNA sheds new light on his relationship with Sally Hemings and supports the longstanding conclusion that he fathered her children.

DNA study confirms Thomas Jefferson fathered children with enslaved Sally Hemings - America’s third president and one of its founding fathers kept more than 600 slaves ...

New DNA evidence from Richard Kurin's book "History by a Hair" reportedly confirms Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings at Monticello. A historian shared insights.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always be linked, as Founding Fathers and presidents. They even died on the same day — ...

Every family has its secrets and family lore, and often the inheritors of those stories can't separate fact from fiction. Yet that wasn't good enough for Gayle Jessup White. Growing up, she had heard ...

The Virginia estate where a 2-year-old Thomas Jefferson first learned to read is up for grabs — and it will cost a buyer $17 million to own a slice of the third president’s earliest memories. Historic ...