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John Adams claimed that Jefferson was the son of a half-breed Indian squaw and a Virginian mulatto father. To date, no evidence has been given to support this claim. Baseless claims of African heritage were often used up into the 20th century to destroy political careers. Jefferson's father is rumored to have been of Welsh descent, although little documentation exists; his mother, on the other hand, is of well documented descent from British gentry.

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