BERMUDIAN FAMILIES. 63 



A relative on the maternal side, S. M., son of a medium- 

 colored man and a woman who would pass for white (her 

 father having been white and her mother one-fourth white) 

 has skin say N 2 5 per cent. Married a woman, the daughter 

 of a nearly white man and white woman; hair dark brown 

 and straight; skin 18, 43, 18, 21. They have three children 

 (II 14, 15, 16). 

 II Gen. 1, 9- C. M., 13 years. Eyes slightly brown, like father's; hair 

 golden in babyhood, now light brown and curls about her 

 face; skin, which freckles a little, 16, 44, 20, 20. 



2, 9 E. M., 9 years. Eyes yellow-green; hair bright red and 



perfectly straight; freckles badly; skin 6, 21, 20, 53. 



3 , 9 J . M . , 5 years. Eyes medium brown ; hair medium brown and 



wavy; skin 15, 44, 21, 20. 



4, 9- P. C, 14 years. Eyes dark brown; hair black and wavy; 



would pass for white; clear skin 5, 31, 23, 41. 



5, 9 . K. C, 10 years. Eyes dark brown; hair medium brown and 



perfectly straight; skin 15, 39, 20, 26. 



6, cf. A. C, 7 years. Eyes medium brown; hair "ginger-colored," 



approaching reddish, wavy; skin 19, 39, 19, 23. 



7, cf. 3 years. Eyes dark brown; hair formerly darker, now light 



brown with golden curled ends; skin 16, 41, 20, 23. 



8, 9 . G. B., 6 years. Eyes dark brown; hair fairly light brown, 



very curly; skin 20, 45, 15, 20. 



9, 9. F. B., 4 years. Resembles sister (II 8) in eyes, hair, and skin. 

 10, 9 . I. B., 9 months. Hair when born black and straight, but 



in its place came bright red, straight hair like II 2; skin 

 10, 45, 16, 29. 



11, 9 . D. B., 10 years. Hair black when born, but now dark brown 



and very wavy; skin 34, 42, 13, 11. 



12, 9 . H. B., 7 years. Hair dark brown, curly; skin 28, 45, 12, 15. 



13, 9. V. B., 5 years. Hair dark brown, curly; skin 22, 44, 15, 19. 



14, cf . E. M. , 5 years. Eyes dark brown ; hair medium brown, curly ; 



skin 29, 50, 10, 11. 



15, 9 . L. M. , 4 years. Eyes light brown ; hair medium brown, wavy ; 



skin 30, 45, 15, 10. 



16, 9 . M. M., 2 years. Eyes brown; hair medium brown, light on 



the ends; skin 27, 45, 15, 13. 



Pedigree 26. P. Family. 



I Gen. J. P., a light-colored man (son of a brown-skinned man and his 

 wife who was three-fourths white), has dark brown, com- 

 paratively straight hair; skin say N 20 per cent. Married 

 a light-colored woman with gray eyes and medium brown, 

 slightly wavy hair, the daughter of a white soldier and a 

 mulatto . Skin 16,33,22,29 (fig. 9) . They were the parents 

 of five children. (See fig. 10.) 



