Isn't this always how it is?
"The family of the late Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina acknowledged on Monday that Essie Mae Washington-Williams, a retired teacher living in Los Angeles is the daughter of Mr. Thurmond and a black woman who worked for his family as a maid nearly 80 years ago."
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/16/national/16STRO.html
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