 After the DNA study was made public, Association member Lucian Truscott IV met some of his Hemings cousins on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and invited them as guests to the associations' 1999 annual meeting.The president of the association did not allow a vote on whether to include the descendants as honorary members, saying this status was reserved for persons at the University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.A majority of the association members voted to require additional studies before deciding on membership of Hemings descendants.