HEREDITY 



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Fifth: Remember that these "forecasts" are based on averages in large num- 

 bers of matings. With just one child, that child might be the exception. 



Sixth: Wherever age is a factor, make due allowances for its future effects or 

 changes that may be expected to take place. 



E\TI-COLOR FORECAST 



width: 



slant: 



lashes: 



EYE-SHAPE FORECAST 



Where just one parent has wide eyes, child will be quite likely to have 

 them. 



If one parent has slant eyes (but not of Chinese type) child will not be 

 likely to have them unless slant eyes also appear in the family of the 

 other parent. If, however, the parent's eyes are of the Chinese, or Mon- 

 golian type, there is great likelihood that child will have them. 

 Where just one parent has long lashes, child may be expected to have 

 them. 



STATURE FORECAST 



Both parents tall. The child on maturity will almost certainly be tall, or taller 

 than average. 



Both parents short. The child will probably be inclined to shortness, but may 

 possibly be taller than the parents, and even very tall. 



One parent tall, one short. The child will incline toward shorter parent. 



BUILD 



If both parents are slender, the child will be more likely to be like them than 

 if both parents are fleshy. But build is a highly variable characteristic dependent 

 on so many conditions and genes that it can hardly be predicted. 



