lcxx
PREFACE
The first three lines of Table V. show that there is no significant difference between the average numbers of brothers and sisters, nor between those of fathers' brothers and fathers' sisters, nor again between those of mothers' brothers and mothers' sisters ; nor is there any large difference between those of male and female cousins, but it is apparently
TABLE V.-NUMBER OF KINSFOLK IN ONE HUNDRED FAMILIES
WHO SURVIVED CHILDHOOD.
|
Generic Specific
Kinships. Kinships. |
Number of
Persons. |
Specific
Kinships. |
Number of
Persons. |
|
Brothers and
sisters |
bro |
206 |
Si |
207 |
|
Uncles and |
fa bro |
228 |
fa si |
207 |
|
aunts |
me bro |
219 |
me si |
238 |
| |
Mean ... |
224 |
Mean ... |
223 |
| |
fa bro son |
265 |
fa bro da |
302 |
|
First cousins, |
fa Si son |
184 |
fa si da |
208 |
|
male and |
me bro son |
236 |
me bro da |
266 |
|
female |
me si son |
237 |
me si da |
246 |
a fact that the group of " brothers " is a trifle smaller than that of uncles on either side. I t seems, therefore, that the generation of the Subjects contains a somewhat smaller number of individuals than that of either of their Parents, being to that extent significant of a lessening population so far as their class is concerned.
