Judy, studies like these don't prove much of anything about inheritance.  There are many other factors besides inheritance that might contribute to the results observed.
 
Peace be with you.
David Miller.
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Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 11:19 AM
Subject: [TruthTalk] Tracking Generational Sin

Here are two genealogical studies prepared for non-religious purposes that clearly prove the law of generations:

“The Kallikak Family” by H.H. Goddark, Macmillian Company, New York 1927 - Father, martin Sr., origin was good English blood/middle class with both parents feeble-minded; from him came 41 matings, 222 feeble-minded children, and ONLY 2 normal children.

First family has an honorable marriage; from it came 496 descendants, ALL NORMAL, 3 listed as degenerates, 2 alcoholics, and 1 sexually loose. All the legitimate children married into “better families” in their state and became; colonial governors, doctors, lawyers, judges, educators, traders, landowners, and respectable citizens, no illegitimate children, no immoral women, no epilepsy, no criminals, and no keepers of houses of prostitution. Of the 496 descendents, only 15 children died in infancy, 1 case of insanity, 2 victims of habitual drunkenness, and 1 sexually loose.

At the close of the War of Independence, the father, Martin Sr., went to a pub to celebrate the end of the war. There in an inebriated state he intercourse a woman who was “loose and feeble-minded.” An illegitimate son Martin Jr., was born. Of that son, Martin Jr., there were 480 descendants. Only 46 were found to be normal, 36 were illegitimate, 33 sexually immoral, 24 confirmed alcoholics, 3 epileptics, 82 died in infancy, 3 criminals, and 8 keepers of houses of “ill fame.” Of this large group some 1146 offspring were birthed; there were 262 feeble-minded, 197 considered normal, and 581 undetermined.

“The Jukes” - A Study of the Relation of Crime, Pauperism, Disease and Heredity in the 1900’s by R.L. Ragsdale, G.P. Putnam and Sons, New York and London - Father, Max was a hunter, fisher, hard drinker, jolly and compassionate, adverse to steady work, and became blind (probably due to syphilis). Origin was middle class Dutch.

Of his 1,200 descendants there were 280 paupers, 140 criminals, 250 arrests and trials, 140 years of imprisonment, 60 habitual thieves, 7 murderers, 50 common prostitutes, 40 syphilitic women, 400 men contracted syphilis, 40 wives contaminated, 440 totally contaminated by syphilis, 300 children died prematurely, and 50 illegitimate births. In 75 years the family of 1,200 members cost the state $1,308,000.00 in costs in the early 1900’s.

ALL OF GOD’S LAWS CAN BE COUNTED ON; THEY ARE AS SURE AS THE LAW OF GRAVITY

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