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4, 9. Nearly straight or perfectly straight hair; much tanned, 



brunet skin; a little darker than her mother. 



5, 9 . Dark brown, slightly curly hair; very dark brunet skin, say 



N lo; could hardly pass for white. 



Pedigree 51. J. Family. 



I Gen. J., a fair-colored man with straight black hair, and skin say 



N 5, the son of a Scotchman and a colored woman, married 

 a light-colored woman, daughter of a white man and a 

 black woman. She has dark brown eyes; very curly dark 

 brown hair, skin 20, 41, 20, 19. Six children. 

 II Gen. — I, cf . D. J., who has black, very curly hair, and skin say N 20 per 

 cent, married an Fi mulatto, with nearly typical black hair, 

 and skin 23, 45, 18, 14, by whom he had two daughters (III 

 1,2). 



2, d'. Probably like II 6. 



3, 9. Eyes green-brown; hair black, practically straight and 



coarse; skin 27, 35, 20, 18, though badly tanned. Her 

 husband, — W. (bom of a brown father and a very dark 

 mother with black, straight hair), has black, kinky hair; 

 skin 18, 37, 23, 22. They have six children living (III 



3, 4, 5. 6, 7, 8). 



4, 9 . About like II 3. 



5, 9 . About like II 6. Hair practically straight and black. 



6, cT. E. J. Eyes dark brown; hair dark brown and straight; if 



not tanned might pass for white; skin 5, 30, 23, 42. His 

 wife, who is of a large fraternity, is the daughter of a man 

 who is "vvfhite by law," son of an Englishman and a Scotch 

 X colored mother (Pedigree 53, I Generation), and a 

 colored woman with wavy black hair, and skin say N 20 

 per cent. They had five children, of whom two are living 

 (III 9, 10). Mrs. J. has dark brown eyes; hair dark brown 

 and practically straight; skin 20, 42, 20, 18. 



E. J.'s wife has eight brothers and sisters. The first 

 brother has skin say N 17 per cent. A sister, C. F., has 

 dark brown eyes, very wavy dark brown hair; skin 17, 38, 

 24, 21. Another sister, R. F., is fairer than N 12 per cent. 

 A second brother has skin say N 20 per cent. A sister, 

 who has dark brown eyes; mediiun brown, straight hair, 

 a little wavj' about her face; and skin 12, 41, 20, 27, mar- 

 ried — F., who has dark bro'svn eyes, black straight hair; 

 skin 17, 44, 20, 19. They have eight children (III 11, 12, 

 13, 14, 15. i6, 17, 18). 



A fourth sister, I. F., who has very dark brown hair, 

 practically straight, and skin 19, 41, 21, 19, had, by a man 

 darker than herself, one child, R. F. ; hair dark brown, very 

 curly; skin 18, 45, 20, 17. 



Another sister is about as dark as N 26 per cent. 



A brother, C. F., who has dark brown eyes, black wavy 

 hair, and skin 26, 44, 17, 13, though his face is much 

 darker, has a wife wth medium brown eyes, black straight 

 hair, and skin 5, 30, 25, 40. They have six children (III 

 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24). 



