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Did Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, father the children of Sally Hemings, one of the hundreds of African Americans he enslaved? It’s a question that’s been asked for more than 200 years. Now, Smithsonian scholar Richard Kurin, author of “History by a Hair,” and a team of researchers say they have ‘proof,’ thanks to a few strands of Jefferson’s hair. NBC’s Laura Jarrett reports for TODAY.