14 artistic 

 13 not artistic 



282 Inheritance of Artistic and Musical Ability 



Tlie actual results are : 



3 artistic ^ 



I- 1 + 2 = ^ ... 



2 non-artistic 



II. 5 + 6 =^ 



7H-S 4 

 o 



9 + 10 =1 



III. l7 + 17r/ = ^ 



Here again the result is strictly Mendelian. 



(3) If both parents are artistic all the children will be artistic. 

 Two recossives breed true to the recessive character, and do not 

 re-produce the dominant type. 



The chart shows that in six cases both parents are artistic. The 

 number of children in each family is respectively as follows: 4, 11, 2, 2, 

 2 and 3. The last four families are in the youngest generation, and 

 are still children. The numbers will probably be increased considerably. 

 In these six families there are twenty-four children, twenty-three of 

 whom are artistic, and one (III, 28) is of uncertain type. The result 

 here is strictly Mendelian. 



The chart contains sixty-four artistic members, by far the largest 

 artistic family of which I have been able to collect particulars. In 

 nineteen instances both parents are shown. 



Twins have appeared four times, in each instance being of the same 

 sex. Two pairs are artistic and two are not. 



The above particulars have been collecteil for me, with great care, 



by the lady — in Generation III. She is personally acquainted with 



most of her relatives, and those she does not know she has received 

 information of by correspondence, and verbal inquiries extending over 

 a period of about nine months. She is a highly educated lady, and an 

 accomplished musician, but has no knowledge of Mendel's Laws, or of 

 theories of inheritance which might bias her in forming an opinion. She 

 does not know what is to be expected from any particular type of 

 parentage. I wish to express to her my most sincere thanks for all 

 the trouble she has taken, but am not at liberty to mention her by 

 name. 



