70 HEREDITY OF SKIN COLOR IN NEGRO-WHITE CROSSES. 



Pedigree 34. K. Family. 



I Gen. — J, W. K., a Portuguese, married E. G., a rather dark-colored 

 woman, who has the typical negro hair, and skin 40, 40, 

 12, 8. Three children were bom to them. 

 11 Gen. — I, 9. V. K., 7 years. Her straight, light brown hair is growing 

 darker; skin 18, 47, 17, 18. 



2, 9 . B. K., 5 years. Hair dark brown, curly; skin 30, 45, 15, 10. 



3, d^. J. A. K., I year. Hair dark brown, curly; skin 22, 47, 17, 14. 



Pedigree 35. B. Family. 



C. B., a brown-skinned man, say N 30, married B. B., a brown-skinned 

 woman, 36, 37, 18, 9, and had a son, J. B., 5 years, skin 45, 34, 

 14, 7 ; and a daughter, D. B., 3 years, skin 36, 37, 14, 13. 



Pedigree 36. C. Family. 



I Gen. — R. C, the son of a man a "little lighter" than himself and his 



white wife, has the typical negro hair and skin 25, 33, 20, 22, 



He married a brown-skinned woman, by whom he had 



seven children (H i, 2). 



II Gen. — I, cf. J. C, a doctor, who attended a medical school in Tennessee 



and is the authority for this family pedigree, has rather 



typical negro hair, but a fair skin (14, 32, 20, 34). His wife 



is the daughter of a white man and a woman whose skin 



is say N 30 per cent. She has black, straight hair, and 



skin 16, 34, 21, 29. They have four children (III 1,2,3, 4)- 



2 , cT . H . C. Has skin say N 2 o per cent ; and his wife, skin say N 45 



per cent. They have seven children (III 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11). 



There are in addition four children about the color of 



the father and one about N 20 per cent. 



Ill Gen. — I, 9 . E, C, 12 years. Hair black, somewhat wavy; skin 30, 38, 



17, 15- 



2, cf . B. C, 10 years. Hair black, curly; skin 32, 43, 13, 12. 



3, cT. E. C, 7 jxars. Eyes greenish-brown; hair formerly reddish, 



now a medium brown, and curly; skin 4, 22, 16, 58. 

 A, & • IM. C, 5 years. Soft medium brown curls which are growing 

 darker; skin 4, 22, 16, 58. 



5, d^. Between father and mother in skin color. 



6, 9 . Resembles her mother in skin color. 



7, cf . C. C. Kinky hair; typical African; skin 68, 21, 5, 6. 



8, 9 . E.G. Hair dark brown and very wavy; lightest member of 



the family; skin 33, 46, 14, 7. 

 9-1 1 . Three other children resemble their father in skin color. 



A sister of the wife in the I Generation, a brown-skinned 

 woman, married a white man. Their colored daughter 

 married a white man and their eight children would all 

 pass for white. One of the boys has blue eyes. 



Pedigree 37. H. Family. 



I Gen. — A. H., a typical English soldier, 40 years old, with blue eyes and 

 light brown hair, skin 5, 30, 23, 42, married a typical brown- 

 skinned woman (skin N 40) , and had by her three children. 



