I can’t label this false because it would involve proving a negative, but there is no documented historical or DNA evidence for this whatsoever. To proclaim it as historical fact is completely irresponsible, yet completely unsurprising that the original tweet got over 200K likes.
▪️Madison never had any children with his wife Dolly, which made some historians suspect he was infertile (though this is also unproven). The slave child claim comes from Bettye Kearse, who’s story rest on an “oral history” passed down through the generations.
https://montpelierdescendants.org/2021/02/12/bettyekearse/
▪️While it’s certainly not out of the realm of possibility, her claims haven’t been corroborated by any historical documents or DNA evidence, unlike other famous examples like Jefferson’s children with Sally Hemings. There’s no evidence Madison ever met this woman or that she even existed.
▪️When Y-chromosones of Kearse’s male cousins were analyzed, markers of a typically West African gene cluster were found, meaning their patriarchal male ancestor was probably from Africa. It’s possible, but rare, that a European man (i.e. Madison) would have a West African haplogroup.
▪️Kearse also later compared her genealogy with another willing female Madison descendant, but their genetic family trees didn’t intersect at any point.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/dna-madison/
▪️Unfortunately, no willing white male Madison descendants have been found to compare results to, either in the US or England. This would be necessary to compare the Y chromosomes to Kearse’s black male cousins to see if they match.
▪️However, even if they did match it still wouldn’t prove the claim, it would only prove that she was a descendant of James Madison’s father (i.e. one of his brothers could also be the source) since there are no known descendants of President Madison. Still, it would vastly strengthen the credibility for Kearse’s claims.
▪️But as of now, there is no such evidence, and the available DNA evidence suggest it’s unlikely she’s related to Madison. Thus, to put forth this meme as fact is ahistorical nonsense, and why it’s not found in any reputable history books.
As with the leftist freak out over “banned books” this is not banning books, it’s still easy to get Harry Potter and bookstores should be able to limit whatever books they want for whatever reason. But not only does it show a double standard, the rationale is far less justifiable than removing certain content from school libraries. At least there the justification was the content of certain books are inappropriate for children, clearly not every book should be available in a school library. Here, there’s no argument about the content they just don’t like the author’s politics!
Because news came out about his letter to the FBI, revealing he was a nutcase. The letter was rambling and incoherent, claiming he was trained by the US military off the books, and that Walz had instructed him to kill Amy Klobuchar so he could run for Senate. None of it made any sense (Walz is not running for Senate) and none of the assassinations made any sense, even in a diabolical way.
Nearly all of his hit list was Democrats (including Walz) and abortion clinics, but he was supposedly working for Walz?! Plus, one of the guys he killed wasn’t even on his list, and others were no longer in office or deceased. None of it makes sense from any coherent angle.
Basically, it appears the guy was mentally ill and neither the left or right can use the incident to push their agendas anymore, so the story was dropped.
This is so dumb. First, this means LA began as Spanish land founded to support Spanish missions (i.e. colonialism). Which contradicts their entire premise. But the reality is that Los Angeles is a quintessential American city.
▪️When the US acquired California in the 1840s, LA was a small town of less than 2,000 people. It was basically nothing. It became large only after the gold rush and the railroads completed in the 1870-80s, which brought thousands of new settlers and a booming commercial center.
▪️But LA had a major issue limiting its growth, no water. It wasn’t until Mulholland found a water source and built an aqueduct down from Northern California that LA had the infrastructure to grow into a major city.
▪️Then, a combination of oil, real estate and the film industry caused it to boom in the early 1900s. Post WWII, industries like aerospace continued its spectacular growth. Calling this “Mexican land” is a brain dead take. Neither the Mexicans, Spanish nor ...
