Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/07/03/sixth-great-grandson-of-thomas.html
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There’s been an infamous generations-long divide between Jefferson’s “legitimate” descendants and the descendants produced with Ms. Hemings. Big surprise: the former are still racist AF and don’t want any of Hemings’ descendants to join the family association or allow them to be buried in the “white” family’s cemetery.
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On tonight’s episode of Dueling BoingBoing:
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I … don’t think that’s correct.
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There can be only one!
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The NYT article you linked to is nearly 20 years old. Based on this more recent article, it seems like things might have changed a lot (for the better!):
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Ah, the old ‘is photography art?’ debate. Good to see BoingBoing airing that one again. 
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That stopped me for a sec too. Farther down in the snip it’s seems like its supposed to signify 6 greats:
‘great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather‘.
Maybe ‘Great‘ ‘to the sixth power‘ (can you do exponents on a phone?) would be visually clearer?
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I saw the video on CBS- I must have misunderstood something here but I sensed the opposite- it seemed wholely to me that the white and black descendants Lucian Truscott and Shannon Lanier liked and respected each other.
It seems though you may be referring to the legal estate of Jefferson, which must be other family members not in the vid?
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Which is why I also linked to the article from earlier this year, which indicates the two branches of the family haven’t entirely resolved this yet:
The Monticello Association — which is separate from the Monticello Estate — voted not to allow the Hemings family to be buried with other Jefferson descendants in the family graveyard. Truscott disagrees and believes that they should be allowed there.
It sounds like the “legitimate” heirs are still pushing for segregated cemeteries.
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In the linked Smithsonian video, LaNier certainly gives the impression that the family(s) has “come together” in mutual recognition.
In terms of inheritance and legal recognition, it may be more complicated, though. 
On the main story: I thought this was quite moving. Thanks, @Rusty_Blazenhoff .
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I think you can fix it with the hyphen. Sixth-great grandchild. Or just six-great, but I think that sounds a bit off.
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How about Latin? Adnepos adnepotis – “great-great-grandchild of a great-great-grandchild”.
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Now that’s elegant AF.
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That sounds like a medical condition one should see a specialist about.
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[‘great’ for n in range(6)] + ‘grandfather’
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f'{"great-" * 6}grandfather'
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I don’t recognise it.
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