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Hereditary Genius
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TABLE II.¹
DEGREES OF KINSHIP
Name of the
degree
Corresponding letter
A
B
C
D
Father
11 F.
...
...
...
11
26
100
26
Brother
20 B.
...
...
...
20
47
150
31
Son
26 S.
...
...
26
60
100
60
Grandfather
1 G.
5 g.
...
...
6
14
200
7
Uncle
5 U.
2 U.
...
...
7
16
400
4
Nephew
8 N.
2 n.
...
...
10
23
400
6
Grandson
6 P.
0 p.
...
...
6
14
200
7
Great-grandfather
0 GF.
0 gF.
0 GF.
0 gF.
0
0
400
0
Great-uncle
0 GB.
0 gB.
0 GB.
0 gB.
2
5
800
0.6
First-cousin
3 US.
0 uS.
0 US.
4 uS.
7
16
800
2.0
Great-nephew
6 NS.
0 nS.
1 NS.
0 nS.
7
16
800
2.0
Great-grandson
3 PS.
0 pS.
0 PS.
0 pS.
3
7
400
2.7
All more remote
...
...
...
...
...
23
...
0.0
Table I. confirms all that has been already deduced from the
corresponding tables in other groups, but the figures in Table II. are
exceptional. We find a remarkable diminution in the numbers of F.
and G., while S. and P. hold their own. We also find that, although the
female influence, on the whole, is but little different from previous
groups, inasmuch as in the first degree—
1G.
+
5U.
+
8N.
+
6P.
=
20
kinsmen
through
males,
5 g.
+
2u. +
2n.
+
0p.
= 9
“
“
females;
and in the second degree—
0GF.
+
0GB.
+
3US.
+
6NS
+
3PS. =
12 kinsmen through males,
0 gF.
+ 0gB.
+
4uS. +
0nS. +
0pS. = 4 “
“ females;
Totals, 32 through males; 13 through females; yet, when we
examine the lists of kinsmen more closely, we shall arrive at different
conclusions, and we shall find the maternal influence to be unusually
strong. There are 5 g. to 1 G.; and in fully eight cases out of the
forty-three,
1
See, for explanation, the foot-notes to the similar table, p. 6l.
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