and t address that power imbalance. >> brown: 70-yeaold diana redman is a direct descendent of sally hemings and thomas jefferson. andrew davenport, 28, is thet- great-great-great grandson of sally's brother, peter. >> knowing that i had enslaved relatives, who were heol, who were id in the carpentry, who were involved in the cooking, and the gardening. and so was born, this is where my ancestors lived and labored. it made it feel different for me. >> brown: can you describe the difference? what did you feel? >> i won't say it s a sense of ownership. it was a sense of being. >> brown: a sense of being? >> yes, being where my ancestors had been before me, gave me that sense of, okay, we're part of this countrye're part of this growth, we're part of a bigger picture, and i can lay hands on things that they did, the places >> it's my identity.su ly i'm white, as well, but this is part of our story. and i would be denying a significant part of my history, and our history, if i didn't own up to the fact that, yes, i may pass as a white man, or whatever you see in me, that's up to you, but i have