58 HEREDITY OF SKIN COLOR IN NEGRO-WHITE CROSSES. 



PEDIGREE 21. G. AND O. FAMILY. 

 (Inheritable Deafness Beginning at about 16 Years of Age.) 



I Gen. Four brothers married four sisters. They were the sons of a very 

 light-colored man, whose father was an Englishman and 

 whose mother was half white and half Indian,* and of a 

 mulatto woman. Their wives were FI mulattoes, their 

 mother having been a very black African with thin lips and 

 nose, said to have been derived from an Abyssinian prince. 



1. The first brother, T. O., a mason, whose hair was black 

 and nearly straight; skin 30, 34, 10, 26 (by lamplight) ; mar- 

 ried E. G., who had very curly black hair; skin 22, 28, 17, 33. 

 They had eight children (II i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). (See fig. 4.) 



2. The second brother, E. O., married the second sister, 

 - G., who has black, quite curly hair; skin 34, 28, 12, 26. 



They had no children. 



3. The third brother, J. O., 84 years old, whose eyes are 

 medium brown; hair dark brown and wavy; skin 7, 39, 20, 

 34, could easily pass for a New England farmer (fig. 3) 

 and is very deaf. He married G. , who has slightly Indian 

 features, hair black and straight, but slightly curly on the 

 ends; skin 40, 36, 20, 4. They have seven children (II 

 9, 10, n, 12, 13, 14, 15). (See fig. 3.) 



4. The fourth brother married a fourth sister. They had 

 no children. 



5. The brothers had a brother, F. O., who married into 

 another family (see Pedigree 23, I Gen.). 



6. The sisters had a brother, L. G., whose hair was black 

 and straight; skin 32, 41, 14, 13. He married an FI mulatto 

 woman, 39 years old, who had black wavy hair, and skin 

 39, 37, 10, 14. They had twelve children (II 16-27). 



II Gen. i, cf. A. O., 42 years. Hair black and nearly straight; skin 22, 36, 

 13, 29 (fig. 4). Has two children, both with black, slightly 

 wavy hair, and skin about N 30 per cent. 



2, 9. I. O. Absent. 



3, 9. G. O., 38 years. Extremely deaf; hair black, wavy; skin 



39, 32, 13, 16. 



4, cf. C. O., 36 years. Features slightly Indian; very deaf; hair 



black and nearly straight; skin 30, 36, 13, 21; married, but 

 no children. 



5, 9. E. O. [A.], 34 years. Very deaf; eyes yellow-brown; hair 



black, wavy; skin 33, 37, 15, 15. She married a medium- 

 colored man, C. A., son of a dark brown man but lighter 

 mother. He has gray eyes; medium brown, very curly 

 hair, and skin 37, 35, 14, 14 (by lamplight). They had 

 three children; only one lived (III i). 



6, cf . H. O., 34 years. Twin to II 5; is like II 4; absent. 



7, cf. J. O., 32 years. Features like an Indian; hair black and 



straight; skin 40, 30, 15, 15 (by lamplight). 



8, cf. C. O., 30 years. Deaf. 



* During the Pequot war in King Philip's time, some of his tribe, including his wife 

 and son, were carried to Bermuda as prisoners. Old Susannah, the mother of this woman, 

 was one of the prisoners and claimed to be descended from King Philip. 



