We give herewith the inheritance in six families, three 

 bad and three good. 



The Kallikak Family (Goddard). Fig. 30) 



Line A. 

 In five generations 480 direct 

 descendants from a normal father 

 and feeble-minded mother have 

 been accounted for as follows: 

 143 known to be feeble-minded. 

 291 mental status unknown or 



doubtful. 

 36 illegitimate. 

 33 sexually immoral, mostly 



prostitutes. 

 24 confirmed alcoholics. 

 3 epileptics. 

 82 died in infancy. 

 3 criminals. 



8 keepers of disreputable houses. 

 *46 known to be normal. 



Line B. 

 In five generations 496 des- 

 cendants from the same normal 

 father as in Line A and a normal 

 mother have the following record: 



All but one of normal mentality. 

 Two meji known to be alcoholic. 



One case of religious mania. 



Among the rest have been found 

 nothing but good representa- 

 tive citizenship, numbering 

 doctors, lawyers, educators, 

 judges, traders, etc. 



No epileptics or criminals. 



Only fifteen children died in 

 infancy (Guyer). 



The Jukes Family of Sulhvan Co., N.Y. (Dugdale) 



Jukes born 1720: had five daughters. 



In five generations about 1200 persons including idle, 

 ignorant, lewd, vicious, pauper, diseased, imbecile, insane, 

 and criminal specimens. 300 died in infancy; 310 paupers 

 in alms-houses; 440 wrecks — diseased; 130 criminals; (iO 

 thieves; 7 murderers. Cost to society over 2^ millions of 

 dollars. 



The Zero Family. A Swiss family (Jorger). 



A terrible example of inheritance of degeneracy. 



The founder of this family was "the result of two 

 generations of intermarriage, the second tainted with in- 

 sanity. He married an Italian vagrant wife of vicious char- 

 acter. Their son married a member of a German vagabond 

 family, and this pair had seven children, all characterized 

 by vagabondage, thievery, drunkenness, mental and phy- 

 sical defect, and immorality (See Guyer, Being Well Born). 



The Edwards Family in United States (Winship). 



Of 1394 descendants of Jonathan Edwards and Eliza- 

 beth Tuttie, — in 1900—29.') were college graduates; 13 col- 

 lege presidents; 65 professors; 60 physicians; 100 clergy- 

 men, etc; 75 Army and Navy officers; 60 authors and 



writers; 100 lawyers; 30 judges; 1 V.P. U.S. 

 tors. 



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