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Pedigree ii. B. Family. 



I Gen. B., the son of a man said to be pure white and of a woman with 



probably a little colored blood, has blue eyes and a fair 

 skin, so that he would pass for white. He married a woman 

 with brown eyes; slightly wavy, brown hair; skin 27, 40, 

 17, 1 6, by whom he had three children. 

 II Gen. 1, 9 . E. B. Eyes dark blue; hair dark brown, wavy; fair freckled 

 skin 11, 38, 23, 28. She has a little girl with light blue 

 eyes, flaxen curls, very white skin. The mother and the 

 grandmother asserted that the child's father was like the 

 grandmother in color, i.e., N 27. 



2, 9 . M. B. Eyes brown; hair dark brown, wavy; shows more 



color than II 1; skin 15, 35, 20, 30. 



3, cf. B. Darker than his sisters. 



Pedigree 12. S. Family. 



White (English) X Negro. 



I Gen. A pure white Englishman had, by a negress, Mrs. S. (who has the 

 typical negro features and hair; skin 60, 29, 6, 5), three 

 children. 

 II Gen. 1, 9 . E. S., 24 years. Eyes brown; hair black, wavy; skin 28, 39, 

 15, 18. 



2, 9 F. S., 22 years. Eyes brown; hair black, curly; skin 25, 40, 



19, 16. 



3, 9 . M. S., 18 years. Eyes brown; hair black, curly; skin 25, 40, 



19, 16. 



Pedigree 13. M. Family. 



I Gen. 1. A. M. is the son of a pure-blooded Irishman, M., and of a 

 dark-colored woman with skin 52, 32, 8, 8. A. M., whose 

 skin is said to be N 12, married a very light-colored woman, 

 whose father was a Chinaman and whose mother was the 

 daughter of a Jew and a negress. She shows no marked 

 Chinese characteristics, although some of her children do. 

 She has an oval face ; straight nose ; light brown eyes, some- 

 what deeply set, but not almond-shaped; nearly black, 

 somewhat curly hair; skin 12, 41, 20, 27. They have seven 

 children (II 1-7). 



2. Her sister, who claims the same parentage, has dark 

 brown eyes; dark brown, curly hair; skin 31, 39, 17, 13. 

 Resembles her sister, but shows no Chinese characteristics. 

 A brown-skinned man is claimed as the father of her two 

 children (II 8, 9). 

 II Gen 1, d". T. M. No data. 



2, 9 . M. M., 20 years. Her round face and wide mouth show her 



Chinese blood, otherwise she is a typical brown-skinned 

 girl. Eyes dark brown; hair very curly; the darkest of the 

 children; skin 25, 38, 16, 21. 



3, 9. C. M., 17 years. A decidedly Chinese-looking girl, except 



for her very curly hair. Her face is round; mouth wide; 

 eyes gray-green and almost almond-shaped; hair light 

 brown; comparatively light skin 15, 43, 20, 22. 



