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Only the Wari-ingtdii and Salford branches of the family are affected: 

 the Widiies branches are luiatt'ected. There are four photographs which 

 show the external condition in three generations of the Warrington 

 family, and in addition there are eight skiagraphs of the hands and 

 feet of the living affected members of this branch. 



Five skiagraphs of the hands and feet of the affected members of 

 the Salford family were also obtained, and all will be referred to in the 

 description of the several members composing the pedigree. At the 

 outset it may be mentioned that while externally the polydactylism 

 which affects the feet is evident by the existence of an extra toe in some 

 of the members, the real condition of the hands cannot be realized with- 

 out the aid of the skiagraphs. The latter show that in the hands also 

 there is a condition of aborted or suppressed polydactylism which must 

 have some real significance in relation to the condition of the feet. 



Description of Members of Pedigrees. 



In describing the members of the pedigi-ee the numbers on the 

 diagram will be used to identify the person or persons described. The 

 Roman numerals refer to the generation, and the Arabic numerals to 

 the serial order in that generation. 



Oeneration I. 



I. 1. William Joseph, bom at Aberystwith in Wales about the 

 beginning of the 19th century and lived there all his days, occupation 

 tailor. He had webbed 3rd and 4th fingers on each hand, and 6 toes 

 on each foot. He once made a short visit to Warrington to see his son 

 II. 2, and the writer's chief informant III. 2 has distinct memories from 

 early girlhood of the condition of his hands. 



By his wife T. 2 he had 8 sons and 1 daughter II. 2 — II. 10. 



I. 2. No definite information except that it is believed that she 

 had normal hands and feet. 



Generation II. 



II. 2 — II. 10 issue of I. 1 and I. 2 and all were affected with webbed 

 3rd and 4th fingers in each hand, and 6 toes on each foot. 



II. 2. William Joseph, eldest son of I. 1, came to Warrington about 

 1840 and worked as a cabinet maker. He died in 189.5. Was married 

 twice, no issue by first wife (not shown on pedigi-ee): by second wif(> 

 Mary Jane Opie II. 1 who was unafTected had issue III. 2 — III. 10. 



