24 A NEW TYPE OF BRACHYPHALANGY IN MAN. 



this generation, he must have been heterozygous for the factor in ques- 

 tion. He married twice: (1) C. E. who died May 15, 1823, after hav- 

 ing had 3 children. (2) in 1828 M. C., born in 1802, by whom he had 

 2 children. One of his married daughters had 2 children. We have, 

 as stated above, not yet been able to carry out the examination of this 

 line of the family and do not know if brachyphalangy has occurred 

 among the rather few descendants. 



1.6 9 A. C. 0. (June 18, 1800-Jan. 4, 1882). She married in 1822 

 bank treasurer P. 0., from 0sterdalen, Norway, who died Oct. 21, 1841. 

 They had no children. There are no data indicating that her indices 

 were brachyphalangous. 



1.7 cf L. 0. (Aug. 6, 1801-Mar. 6, 1870), bailiff, Nesodden, near 

 Christiania, Norway. This man is the author of the family book so 

 far as the three earlier generations are concerned. He was the most 

 prominent member of the family and had an extensive acquaintance. 

 Three different persons still living, who knew him personally, agree in 

 the statement that his index fingers were "very short," "with one 

 joint," that is of the B !-type. Genetically he must have been hetero- 

 zygous for the factor for brachyphalangy. Though we have seen 

 several photographs of him, none of them shows his indices. Where 

 he is taken full length, he always conceals his hands in a very obvious 

 manner. He married in 1828 E. K. (Nov. 28, 1807-Mar. 19, 1858), 

 from Bserum near Christiania, Norway. She and her husband were 

 unrelated. Her hands were normal. They had only one child, a 

 daughter F. G. H. 0., 17.1 9 (p. 28). 



1.8 9 S. C. 0. (Nov. 5, 1802-Mar. 17, 1857). She married, in 1825, 

 proprietor J. S. F. (May 31, 1788-Apr. 18, 1863), Voss pr. Bergen, Nor- 

 way. They had 5 children with many descendants. No information 

 yet obtained indicates whether she or any of her descendants had 

 brachyphalangous hands. 



1.9 <? F. J. 0. (May 10, 1804-Sept. 28, 1872) was a tanner. Accord- 

 ing to the statement in the family book he must have been brachy- 

 phalangous and of the B !-type, being heterozygous for the factor. 

 One of his granddaughters (194.1 9 C. F. A.) told of her own accord 

 that his index fingers had "only one joint." He married, in 1834, 

 C. R., from Asker, Norway, and had 9 children, most of them married 

 and with numerous descendants. Among his children, as well as among 

 the members of the two following generations, we have been able to 

 find brachyphalangous individuals. From members of the fourth, 

 fifth, and sixth generation we have taken photographs and radiographs 

 to be described below. 



l.lOc? S. A. L. 0. (born Oct. 14, 1807), bank treasurer. He married 

 P. M. I. (Nov. 6, 1794- July 17, 1873) and had one daughter who 

 married and had two children. No information has been obtained 

 indicating that he or his descendants had brachyphalangy. 



