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4, 9. Nearly straight or perfectly straight hair; much tanned, 



brunet skin ; a little darker than her mother. 



5, 9 . Dark brown, slightly curly hair; very dark brunet skin, say 



N io; could hardly pass for white. 



Pedigree 51. J. Family. 



I Gen. J., a fair-colored man with straight black hair, and skin say 



N 5, the son of a Scotchman and a colored woman, married 

 a light-colored woman, daughter of a white man and a 

 black woman. She has dark brown eyes; very curly dark 

 brown hair, skin 20, 41, 20, 19. Six children. 

 II Gen. 1, o 71 . D. J., who has black, very curly hair, and skin say N 20 per 

 cent, married an Fi mulatto, with nearly typical black hair, 

 and skin 23, 45, 18, 14, by whom he had two daughters (III 

 1, 2). 



2, c? . Probably like II 6. 



3,9. Eyes green-brown ; hair black, practically straight and 

 coarse; skin 27, 35, 20, 18, though badly tanned. Her 

 husband, W. (born of a brown father and a very dark 

 mother with black, straight hair), has black, kinky hair; 

 skin 18, 37, 23, 22. They have six children living (III 

 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). 



4, 9 . About like II 3. 



5,9. About like II 6. Hair practically straight and black. 



6, o 71 . E. J. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown and straight; if 



not tanned might pass for white; skin 5, 30, 23, 42. His 

 wife, who is of a large fraternity, is the daughter of a man 

 who is "white by law," son of an Englishman and a Scotch 

 X colored mother (Pedigree 53, I Generation), and a 

 colored woman with wavy black hair, and skin say N 20 

 per cent. They had five children, of whom two are living 

 (III 9, 10). Mrs. J. has dark brown eyes; hair dark brown 

 and practically straight; skin 20, 42, 20, 18. 



E. J.'s wife has eight brothers and sisters. The first 

 brother has skin say N 17 per cent. A sister, C. F., has 

 dark brown eyes, very wavy dark brown hair; skin 17, 38, 

 24, 21. Another sister, R. F., is fairer than N 12 per cent. 

 A second brother has skin say N 20 per cent. A sister, 

 who has dark brown eyes; medium brown, straight hair, 

 a little wavy about her face; and skin 12, 41, 20, 27, mar- 

 ried F., who has dark brown eyes, black straight hair; 

 skin 17, 44, 20, 19. They have eight children (III n, 12, 

 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18). 



A fourth sister, I. F., who has very dark brown hair, 

 practically straight, and skin 19, 41, 21, 19, had, by a man 

 darker than herself, one child, R. F. ; hair dark brown, very 

 curly; skin 18, 45, 20, 17. 



Another sister is about as dark as N 26 per cent. 



A brother, C. F., who has dark brown eyes, black wavy 

 hair, and skin 26, 44, 17, 13, though his face is much 

 darker, has a wife with medium brown eyes, black straight 

 hair, and skin 5, 30, 25, 40. They have six children (III 

 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24). 



