Polynesians

Racial Make-up of Polynesians

Recently, in a scientific book, i saw a reference to Rev. J. Deihl, of Western Samoa; and I was reminded of some interesting things about the Polynesians which that lovable misry a B S o CientlSt tOW me in APla 3 f6W Father Deihl said that Sullivan, in • Study in Somatology”, a Bishop Museum publication, .had insisted that there was quite a large slice of CaucarSSoif 1 raci al make-up of the Polynesian. He said that Sullivan, after -^ idy^of To^ an * and Samoans, ? ad 5 1 \ lded . the . racial charac t eris tics of vi G nesian parts, and had allotted them as follows:-

Caucasian 5 parts Ethiopian 2 Mongolian and allied mixtures 10 In other words, the Polynesian is 60 per cent. Mongol or similar type 30 per cent. Caucasian, and 10 per cent. Ethio pian.

That would explain why Euronesian children (offspring of a European-Poly nesian union) are usually more Euro pean than Polynesian: the Polynesian parent already is nearly one-third European. It might explain, also, why the best children from mixed marriages m Polynesia usually are those from Chmese-Polynesian unions—the Polyne sian parent, already, is more than half Mongoloid, and the Mongol-Caucasian- Ethiopian mixture, as achieved through a Chinese-Polynesian marriage, seems to be quite a good one.—R.W.R.