THE FOKMATION OF A DEAF VARIETY OF THE HUMAN KAOIO. 



185 



American Asylum.* They show that of 2,106 pupils admitted to that institution, 693, or nearly 

 33 per cent., were known to have deaf-mute rehitivos. The significance of tliis becomes more 

 apparent when we tiud that in the majority of these cases tiie i)upils have more tlian one rela- 

 tive deaf and dumb, while in a few cases as many as fifteen deaf-mute relatives are recorded. 



Table VIU. — Deaf and dumb relatives of the pupils of the American Asylum for Deaf Mutes, from 



the 1877 Report. 



p 





Doiif iiiul (luuil) rchitivea of piii>ils 



13 









Do.af aiuT (Tiimlj relatives of pupils. 



2 

 1 

 2 

 1 



1 



1 



1 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 o 



1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 6 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 I 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 129 



1 great <;nnKl father. 



1 granilfatlier. 



1 giaiul fat lu'r. father, mother aiul other relatives. 



1 grandfather, father, 3 children, and other reha- 



tives. 

 !■ grandfather, father, and hrother. 

 1 grandfather, father, and sister. 



father and iriother 



father, mother, and 1 brother. 



father, mother, and 2 hrother.s. 



father, mother, and 2 sisters. 



father, motlier, 1 brother, and 1 sister. 



fatlier, njother, 2 brothers, and 1 sister. 



father, mother, 1 brother, and 2 sisters. 



father, mother, 1 brother, and 5 uncles and 

 aunts. 



fatlu'r, mother, 1 sister, 1 uncle, and 1 aunt. 



fatlier, mother, 2 brothers, and 2 uncles. 



father, mother, 2 sisters, and 1 uncle. 



father, mother, 1 brother, 1 sister, and 1 uncle. 



father, mother, and 1 cou.sin. 



father, son, 1 lister, 2 nephews, and 5 other rela- 

 tives. 



father, 2 sisters, and other relatives. 



father, 1 brother, and 1 sister. 



father, 1 brother, 1 sister, and 1 cousin. 



father, 4 lirothers, 1 sister, and 1 cousin. 



father, 3 brothers, 2 sisters, and 1 cousin. 



mother and 1 lirother. 



mother and 2 sisters. 



mother, 1 lirotlier, and 1 sister. 



mother, 1 l>rother, 2 sisters, and 1 cousin. 



mother, 2 brothers, 1 sister, and 1 cousin. 



mother and 1 uncle. 



mother and 2 uncles. 

 1 child. 



1 child and 1 brother. 

 1 chiUl and 1 sister. 

 1 chihl and 2 sisters. 



1 child and I enusin. 



2 cliiMron and 1 brother. 



2 children, 1 brother, and 2 sisters. 



3 children. 



3 children and 1 hrother. 



3 children, 1 brother, and 1 cousin. 



3 chihlren and 1 cousin. 



3 children and other relatives. 



4 children. 



5 children and 1 brother. 

 5 children .and 2 brothers. 



5 children, 1 brother, and 2 sisters. 

 1 sister. 



31 

 3 

 1 

 7 

 1 

 1 

 2 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 I 



1 



1 



3 



141 



47 



12 



8 



6 



2 



1 



1 



4 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 26 

 34 

 11 

 4 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 6 

 10 

 2 

 1 

 3 



sisters, 

 sisters, 

 sisters. 



sister and 1 cousin, 

 sister, 1 cousin, and 1 uncle, 

 sister and 3 cousins, 

 lister, 3 cousins, and 1 nnclo. 

 sister and 4 cousins. 

 sister, (> cousins, and 1 uncle. 

 sister and I uncle. 

 lister and 1 aunt. 



sister, 2 aunts and other relatives. 

 sisler auil other rel.atives. 

 sister and 4 other relatives, 

 sister and 14 other relatives, 

 sister and 7 other relatives. 

 sisters and 1 cousin, 

 sisters and 2 cousins, 

 sisters and 3 cousins, 

 sisters and I second-cousin. 

 l)rother. 



brotlier and 1 sister, 

 brother and 2 sisters. 

 i)rother and 3 sisters, 

 brother, 1 sister, and 1 cousin. 

 brother, 2 sisters, and 2 cousins. 

 l)iotlier, 1 sister, and 3 cousins, 

 brother, 1 sister, .and 1 second-cousin, 

 brother, 1 sister, 1 cousin, and 1 uncle, 

 brother and 1 cousin, 

 brother ?iud 3 cousins, 

 brother and 4 cousins, 

 brother, 4 cousins, and other relatives, 

 brother and 1 aunt, 

 brother and 1 niece, 

 brother and 2 nephews, 

 brother and other relatives, 

 brother and 7 other relatives. 

 brother, 1 sister, and 1 .second-cousin, 

 brothers. 



lirothers and 1 sister, 

 brothers and 2 sisters, 

 brothers and 1 cousin, 

 brothers, 2 cousins, and 2 uncles, 

 brothers, I sister, and 2 cousins, 

 brothers, 2 sisters, 1 uncle, and 1 aunt, 

 brothers, 2 sisters, and 11 other relatives, 

 brothers. 



brothers and 1 sister, 

 brothers and 3 sisters. 

 brothers, 1 sister, and 2 second-cousins, 

 brothers. 



*.See "The stxty-first annual report of the directors and officers of the American Asylum, at Hartford, for the 

 education and iustructioQ of the deaf ami dumb," presented to th<^ asylum May l.">, 1877, pp. 42-9S. 

 S. Mis. 110 24 



