90 HEREDITY OF SKIN COLOR IN NEGRO-AVHITE CROSSES. 



II Gen. — I, 9 . L. M., 15 years. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown, straight; 

 fairer than a brunet; pass for white anywhere; skin 8, 37, 21, 

 34- 



2, 9 . L. M., 14 years. Eyes medium brown; hair medium brown, 



straight; pass for white anywhere; skin 8, 38, 22, 32. 



3, 9 . C. M., 12 years. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown, slightly 



wavy; fairest in the family; pass for white am^'here; skin 

 5, 35. 23, 37- 



4, 9 . E. M., 10 years. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown, wavy; 



pretty brown skin 15, 50, 18, 17. 



5, cf. A. M., 9 years. Eyes dark brown; hair medium brown, very 



wa\^; said to be like II 6, but very sunburned. 



6, 9 . C. M., 3 years. Eyes dark brown ; hair dark brown and wavy ; 



skin 8, 36, 19, 37 ; would pass for white in the United States. 



Pedigree 40. B. Family. 



(A colored family which shows no pigmentation, except possibly in one child.) 



I Gen. — B., who has dark, curh", rather coarse hair and a clear white skin, 

 is the son of an Englishman and a very fair colored woman, a 

 "mustee," who was darker than her four sisters. His wife, 

 w'ho has dark brown eyes, straight dark brown hair, and 

 a clear complexion, is the daughter of an Englishman and 

 a Jamaican whose ancestors were said to be "white people 

 from Flanders," though there may be a little colored blood. 

 They have seven children. 

 11 Gen. — I, 9. Dark brown, wa\'y hair; the darkest complexion, a rich 

 brunet; skin not more than N 10. 



2,4, 9 9 . Dark browm, wavy hair; from photograph appear to be 

 brunets; mother and neighbors say they are fairer than 

 II I. 



3, 5. d^ o^- Medium brown eyes and medium brown straight hair. 

 Pass for white anywhere. 



6,7, 99. Mediimi brown eyes ; golden wavy hair ; very white skin ; 

 pass anj^where for white children, but in Jamaica their 

 wavy hair makes one suspicious of colored blood. 



Pedigree 41. T. Family. 



I Gen. — — T., who has mediimi brown eyes and hair, is apparently a 

 white man ; skin say N 5 per cent ; but his slightly wav}?" hair 

 and distinctly curly and scant mustache suggest a little 

 colored blood. His father was an Englishman, his mother 

 passes for white, his sister is apparently pure white with 

 dark brown eyes and straight white hair (see Pedigree 45, 

 I Generation). His wife, who had a white father, clearly 

 shows her colored blood in her light brown skin, say N 10 

 per cent, and brown eyes, although her hair is black and 

 only waves slightly. They have seven children. 

 II Gen. — I, cf . J. T. Eyes and hair meditmi brown; skin say N 5 per cent. 

 2, c^. J. E. T. Eyes dark brown; black, curly hair and mustache; 

 skin 6, 33, 22, 39. 



