Davenport: Skin Color in Mulattoes 



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VARIATION IN MULATTO PROGENY 



The family of a white man of colored ancestry, and a mulatto woman. All seven sons and 

 daughters are shown in the photograph. The infant is the lightest, with 8% black in the 

 skin; this will doubtless darken with age. The son at the extreme right of the picture 

 has 22% black in his skin; the boy at the extreme left has 26% black. (Fig. 17.) 



OFFSPRING OF WHITE X MULATTO MATING 



Part of the "W" family, including a medium colored mother and six of her seven children 

 by a white man; also a little first cousin of the other children, who is directly in front of 

 the mother. Note the great variation in the facial coloration of full brothers and sisters. 

 The skin color of the youngest child is the same as that of a typical white infant, namely, 

 5% black, whereas the oldest boy of the group has a skin color of 32% black, considerably 

 darker than his mother. (Fig. 18.) 



