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dark brown eyes; quite straight, dark brown hair; skin 

 5, 25, 20, so). They have four children (II i, 2, 3, 4). H., 

 by a former marriage with a woman whose hair was dark 

 brown and quite straight, skin say N 15, and whose photo- 

 graph suggests the possibility of Jewish blood, had a son, 

 D. H., 13 years old; eyes dark brown; hair very brown, 

 straight; skin 11, 37, 19, 33. 



2. The second child, a son, W. C, who has dark brown 

 eyes, typical black curly or kinky hair, skin 7, 40, 16, 37, 

 married a woman, the child of a partly Jewish father and 

 a colored mother, with skin say N 20 per cent. She has 

 dark brown eyes; black, nearly straight hair; skin 16, 40, 

 18, 26; and is the mother of his three children (II 5, 6, 7). 



3. Her half-sister, who had a fairer mother, has dark 

 brown, very curly hair; skin 9, 30, 17, 44. 



4. Her half-brother is not as dark as she, but is darker 

 than his full sister. 



5. Another son, J. C, now dead, whose skin was like 

 his brother's, i.e., N 7 per cent, married a woman whose 

 paternal grandfather was a Jew and whose maternal grand- 

 father was Scotch. She has dark-brown eyes; black, 

 straight hair; skin 9, 34, 24, ^i' They have three children 

 (II 8, 9, 10). 



II Gen. — I, cf. P. H-, 1 13 months. Skin like II 4, 



2, 9 . M. H., 5 years. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown, very 



curly but softer than mother's; skin 6, 38, 22, 34. 



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



curly and coarse; skin 9, 35, 21, 35. 



4, cf. H. H., IS months. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown, 



curly and soft; skin g, 35, 21, 35. 



5, 9 . E. C, 3 years. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown, soft but 



very curly; skin 12, 45, 18, 25. 



6, o^. W. C., lyi years. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown, 



coarse; skin 7, 44, 17, 32. 



7, c?. 3 weeks. Eyes dark bro\\'n; hair brown, soft and straight; 



skin pink. 



8, cT. J. C, s years. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown and nearly 



typically curly; skin 12, 41, 19, 28. 



9, cf. R. C, 4 years. Eyes dark brown; hair medium brown and 



nearly typically curly; .skin 16, 40, 19, 25. 

 10, 9. C. C, 2 years. Eyes black; hair light brown, straight; 

 skin 4, 33, 20, 43. 



PliDIOREE 39. M. Fa.MILY. 



I Gen. — I. M., whose mother and father's father were white, would pass 

 for white with his fine straight hair; clear skin say N 5 

 per cent. He married a woman whose maternal grand- 

 father was of French and Haitian (negro) descent, and 

 whose father is colored. She shows her colored blood 

 plainly in her dark brown eyes; black, very curly hair; 

 skin 12, 39, 20, 29. They have six children. 



