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PEDIGREE 23. J. FAMILY. 



I Gen. Two children were born of a mulatto father, J. J., and a colored 

 mother, who would pass for white. 



1. A son, A. J., who had wavy, black hair and a dark 

 brown mustache with a reddish tinge, and skin 18, 34, 17, 69, 

 married E. O., daughter of F. O., a mulatto with gray eyes 

 (see Pedigree 21, I Gen.), and his wife (a typical brown- 

 skinned woman, with possibly a little white blood; skin 

 32, 38, 13, 17). E. O. has very dark brown, straight hair; 

 skin 38, 41, n, 10. They had eight children (II i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 

 6, 7, 8). E. O. has a sister, A. O. [B.] whose hair is black and 

 wavy; skin 27, 45, 16, 12. There are others in the same 

 fraternity with brown skin and wavy hair. (See figs. 7 and 8.) 



2. The daughter, E. J. (eyes dark blue; hair dark brown 

 and wavy; might pass for white; skin 20, 30, 21, 29), mar- 

 ried A. P., a man whose father was mulatto and whose 

 mother was brown-skinned. Four sons were born to them 

 (II 9, 10, n, 12). 



II Gen. The parents of the following somewhat exceptional fraternity have 

 a good reputation and the attitude of the mother favors the 

 conclusion of the legitimacy of all the children (fig. 8) : 



1, 9 . H. J. Hair black, wavy; skin 20, 45, 20, 15. 



2, 9 . D. J., 15 years. Eyes gray, with a little yellow pigment; 



hair flaxen in babyhood, now light yellow-brown, and curly 

 on the ends; easily passes for white; skin 17, 35, 20, 28. 



3, cf . H. J., 12 years. Eyes brown; hair very dark brown and 



straight; skin 29, 27, 18, 26. 



4, 9. M. J., ii years. Eyes light yellow-brown; hair medium 



brown and very wavy; skin 28, 40, 17, 15. 



5, 9 M. J., 9 years. Eyes brown; hair dark brown, and a little 



wavy on ends; skin 35, 33, 15, 17. 



6, 9 . W. J., 4 years. Eyes brown; hair dark brown, wavy; skin 



36, 37, ii, 16. 



7, cf . A. J., f 15 months. As light as II 2, but grew darker. 



8, 9 . E. J., i year. Typical negro hair; skin 54, 35, 5, 6.* 



9, cf . A. P., ii years. Hair brown and fairly straight; brown skin. 



10, cf . L. P., 7 years. Eyes blue; hair formerly dark brown and 



straight, now light brown and very curly; skin 18, 35, 20, 27. 



11, cf . I. P., 3 years. Eyes dark blue ; hair formerly a darker brown, 



now light brown, golden about the face and curly; skin 

 24, 35, 19, 22. 



12, cf . G. P., 17 months. Has spinal trouble, is puny and anaemic; 



eyes brown; hair dark brown and curly; skin 15, 21, 22, 42. 



PEDIGREE 24. P. FAMILY. 

 FI Mulatto X Medium Colored. 



I Gen. There were two colored women who were the daughters of a white 

 father with blue eyes and light hair and a brown-skinned 

 mother, (i) One of them, B. G. (eyes brown; hair dark 



* Mother called her the "black baby" and wonders if a foolish colored girl who was 

 living with them during her pregnancy marked the child. Father not angry with her, 

 but says the baby takes after his grandmother. 

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