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| Louis, Duke of Burgundy, father of Louis XV., | Slight | |
| Twelfth generation: | ||
| Louis XV., France, 1710-1774, | Somewhat | |
| Don Philip of Parma, son of Philip V. of Spain, | Somewhat | |
| * | Charles III. of Spain, | Marked |
| * | Elizabeth Farnese, wife of Philip V. of Spain, | Marked |
| Ferdinand VI. of Spain, 1713-1759, | Somewhat | |
| Joseph II., Austria, | Slight | |
| Leopold II., Austria, | Slight | |
| Thirteenth generation: | ||
| Maria Louisa, wife of Charles IV., Spain, | Slight | |
| * | Elizabeth Louisa, daughter of Louis XV., and wife of Philip, Duke of Parma, | Marked |
| Fourteenth generation: | ||
| Ferdinand VII., Spain, 1784-1833, | Slight | |
| Louis XVI., France, | Slight | |
| Charles X., France, | Somewhat | |
| * | Don Carlos, first pretender, son of Charles IV. of Spain, | Marked |
| Sixteenth generation: | ||
| Francis d'Assio, king of Spain, | Slight | |
| Eighteenth generation: | ||
| Alfonso XIII., present king of Spain, | Somewhat | |
Thus we see a tangible physical trait, avowedly due to heredity, obeying the same principle as the mental and moral qualities, tending on the whole to become eliminated as time goes on, since the entire number in each successive generation was certainly increased, while the proportionate amount of its appearance is less and less, still skipping about, however, and occasionally reappearing with almost equal force in those who inherited it at all.
I have examined the portraits of some three hundred other members of the royal families and find the same principles evident—that one sees strong general facial resemblance usually only among the closely related—but that striking peculiarities may jump a generation or two, and then reappear in some of the descendants. Also one sees that general blends are not common, but that each child tends to 'favor' one or the other of its parents or more rarely a distant ancestor.
