FAMILY RECORD. 23 



location in ulnar direction of this rudimentary bone (cf. figs. 39, 40, 

 and 41). This individual belongs clearly to the B! -type of our brachy- 

 phalangy. 



The II generation comprises, as already stated, 10 individuals born 

 alive (1.1-1.10) and 7 who were still-born (1.11-1.17). 



1.1 9 G. H. 0. (May 17, 1784-Nov. 21, 1849) brought the mal- 

 formation into the line of the family which forms the main subject 

 of this publication. No photographs of her hands have been obtain- 

 able, but information from different sources agrees in the statement 

 that she had very short index fingers. This is also in accord with the 

 quoted statement from the family book, which in addition indicates 

 that she showed the B!-type of the brachyphalangy. Genetically she 

 must have been heterozygous for the factor in question. 



She married in 1811 district judge and " kancelliraad " P. F. M. H. 

 (May 3, 1780-Aug. 19, 1838) from Kongsberg, Norway. His hands 

 w T ere normal. They had 5 children (11.1-11.5) who will be spoken of 

 in detail later. 



1.2 9 T. K. S. 0. (May 25, 1788-Mar. 19, 1867). She married in 

 1806 J. H. (Aug. 20, 1780-Aug 19, 1838) and had numerous descend- 

 ants. No information of brachyphalangy has been found concerning 

 either herself or her descendants. 



1.3 9 M. K. 0. (Aug. 3, 1791-May 15, 1867). According to the 

 statement of the family book, her index fingers must have been bra- 

 chyphalangous of the B!-type. She married, in 1812, proprietor 

 Aa. Aa. (1790-Oct. 23, 1854), from the Trondhjem district in Norway. 

 They had 9 children, most of whom married. One of her sons married 

 twice, both tunes with unrelated women. By his second marriage he 

 had a son, born in 1859, concerning whom the author of the family 

 book adds the following note: "with crooked fingers." 



The term " crooked fingers" is very often used by the family mem- 

 bers to mark the brachyphalangous condition of the indices. Clearly 

 the author, who was brachyphalangous himself to a very pronounced 

 degree, intends by the note to state that the individual had brachy- 

 phalangous index fingers. This information of the occurrence of a 

 brachyphalangous individual among the descendants of 1.3 9 M. K. ). 

 strongly supports the statement formerly quoted and causes us to 

 regard it as certain that she was brachyphalangous. 



1.4 9 A. K. 0. (Dec. 24, 1794-Sept. 28, 1853). She married, in 1818, 

 merchant J. H. (1791-Oct. 23, 1860) from Christiania, Norway, and had 

 3 children. They all married and had several children. No data about 

 brachyphalangy have been obtained concerning either herself or her 

 descendants. 



1.5 cf H. T. 0. (born Dec. 13, 1795). To judge from the above 

 statement in the family book, his indices must have been brachy- 

 phalangous and of the B !-type. Like the other affected individuals of 



