98 HEREDITY OF SKIN COLOR IN NEGRO-WHITE CROSSES. 



9, cf . G. P., 2 months. Eyes dark brown; hair indefinite, probably 

 dark brown and curly; skin 19, 44, 15, 22, but not fully 

 pigmented yet. 



10, cf . V. L., 10 years. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown, slightly 



wavy; skin 13, 43, 20, 24. 

 n, cf . G. L. Eyes dark brown; hair black, practically straight and 



coarse; looks a little like a coolie; skin 20, 49, 17, 14. 

 12, 13. f Inf. Skin fairer than II 10. 



PEDIGREE 54. B. FAMILY. 



I Gen. B., the illegitimate son of a colored man and English woman, 



has gray eyes, and skin say N 12 per cent. His wife is 

 the daughter of a man whose father was English and whose 

 mother was colored, and a woman whose father was Eng- 

 lish and whose mother was black. She has medium brown 

 eyes ; very curly, dark brown hair ; skin 16, 43 , 2 1 , 20. Three 

 of their eight children are living. 

 II Gen. i, cf . B. B. Blue eyes; very fair. 



2, cf . N. B., 10 years. Eyes medium brown; hair medium brown, 



curly; skin 12, 36, 22, 30. 



3, 9 M. B., 7 years. Eyes medium or greenish-brown; hair me- 



dium brown, curly; skin 8, 35, 23, 34. 



4, cf . J. B., f inf. Hair black; skin darker than his mother's. 



5, cf . H. B., f ! year. Skin say N 12. 



6, 9 . E. B., 3 years. Eyes light brown or hazel; hair light brown, 



very wavy; skin 16, 43, 21, 20. 



7, 8, cf cf . Twins, f 3 months. One fairer than the other, the darker 



say N 15. 



PEDIGREE 55. S. FAMILY. 



I Gen. Seven children were born of S., whose father was white and whose 

 mother was colored. He had "good" hair, and skin say 

 N 5 ; he married the daughter of a white man and a colored 

 woman. She was a little darker than her husband and had 

 slightly wavy hair. 



i. A daughter with medium brown eyes; medium brown, 

 coarse, wavy hair; skin 5, 45, 20, 30; married R., son 

 of a possibly pure white man and a dark woman. He has 

 black, kinky hair; skin 20, 45, 18, 17. They have five 

 children (II i, 2, 3, 4, 5). 



2-4. Three daughters have long, black straight hair and 

 skin say N 5. 



5-6. One son and daughter have skin say N 12. 



7. Another son, S., who has medium brown eyes, 

 dark brown, slightly curly hair, and skin 5, 28, 21, 46, 

 married a woman both of whose grandfathers were white 

 and both grandmothers black. Her parents had skin say 

 N 30, the father having kinky black hair, but the mother 

 straighter and fairer hair. Mrs. S. has dark brown eyes, 

 black, almost kinky hair, and skin 20, 20, 41, 19. They 

 have seven children (II 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12). Mrs. S. 

 has a brother about her own color, another a little lighter, 

 skin say N 15 ; another with kinky hair, and skin say N 30; 

 and a sister with light brown, wavy hair, and skin say N 10. 



