JAMAICAN FAMILIES. 101 



Pedigree 59. M. Family. 



I Gen. — F. A. M., the son of a very fair colored man and a black woman, 

 has dark brown eyes, black wavy, almost kinky, hair, 

 yellow-brown skin, say N 15. His ^^^fe, the daughter of a 

 man darker than she and a woman with skin say N 8, has 

 hazel or green-browTi eyes; black, straight hair; would pass 

 for wliite anywhere but in Jamaica ; skin 5 , 35, 27, 33. They 

 have seven children. She has a sister with an olive com- 

 plexion, say N 8, and two brothers with straight brown 

 hair; respectively, N 10 and N 6. 

 II Gen. — I, 9. A. M., 18 years. Eyes medium brown; very curly, almost 

 kink^', medium-brown hair; olive skin, 8, 40, 23, 29. 



2, 9. W. M., 17 years. Eyes gray-brown or hazel, something 



like her mother's; very dark brown, very curly hair; skin 

 10, 42, 21, 27. 



3, 9 . D. M., 15 years. Like II 6. 



4, cf . H. M., 14 years. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown, very 



curly; skin 17, 43, 20, 20. 



5, 9 . M. M., 12 3'ears. Eyes medium brown; hair dark brown, 



very ciu-ly; sldn 18, 46, 20, 16. 



6, cf . L. M., 9 years. Eyes dark brown; medium browTi, typically 



curly hair; skin 15, 42, 23, 20. 



7, cf . A. M., 8 years. Eyes dark brown; hair medium brown, 



wavy; skin 14, 44, 21, 21. 



Pedigree 60. M. Family. 



I Gen. — Eleven children were bom of a pure Scotch, blue-eyed father and 

 a black mother. 



I. A son, with sldn say N 23, married a woman whose 

 father was of white and colored ancestry, had blue eyes 

 and a white skin, and whose mother, an Fi mulatto, had 

 black wa\^ hair. Mrs. M. has medium brown eyes; black, 

 wavy hair; skin 16, 44, 21, 19. They have three children 

 (III, 2,3). 



2-6. A daughter had "bad" hair, i.e., kinky and coarse; 

 skin say N 15. Three others had black or dark brown, 

 wavy hair; skin say N 25. A fifth had "bad" hair, and 

 was darker than N 25. 



7-1 1. Five sons, one at least of whom had "nice" hair, 

 were very dark. 

 II Geti. — I, (^ . R. Al., 16 years. Eyes medium brown; hair very wavy, dark 

 brown; very fair when not tanned; skin 3, 32, 23, 42. 



2, 9. R- M., 14 years. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown, 



straight, but with a little wave in it; skin 23, 43, 19, 15. 



3, 9 . H. M., 12 years. Eyes green; hair mediiun brown, very 



cturly, almost kinky; somewhat freckled and tanned skin, 

 15. 34- 23, 28. 



Pedigree Oi. J. Family. 



I Gen. J., the son of a man whose skin was fairer than N 13, and of a 



woman with skin say N 30, has dark brown eyes; black, 

 very curly, almost kinky hair; skin 30, 40, 17, 13. His 



