Classify this Octoroon

[Smeagol]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Charles_W_Chesnutt_40.jpg

http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/C/Charles-Waddell-Chesnutt-WC-9246336-1-402.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Uk8jUvFBrHc/TUDkGdgAluI/AAAAAAAAA8E/8-b0fdfIyT0/s200/Charles+Chesnutt.jpg

[rashka]

His eyes show it.

[Mortimer]

His eyes show it.

dont think so. i see a white guy

[Smeagol]

His eyes show it.

I don't think so.

[1stLightHorse]

I can't see any negroid at all, let alone anything else.

[aherne]

Looks just Anglo-American. Negroid element is invisible...

[Tropico]

Typical white dude.

[Cleitus]

On mother or on Father side ?

[Smeagol]

On mother or on Father side ?

I'm not sure.

[rashka]

http://www.online-literature.com/authorpics/charles-chesnutt.jpg
http://www.chesnuttarchive.org/graphics/picture_chesnutt.gif
http://blackhistorynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/charles-chesnutt-209x300.jpg
http://faculty.uncfsu.edu/jyoung/chesnu3.jpg


His mother
http://www.chesnuttarchive.org/graphics/ChesnuttsMother.jpg

[Smeagol]

His mother
http://www.chesnuttarchive.org/graphics/ChesnuttsMother.jpg

From what I can see she looks White.

[rashka]

From what I can see she looks White.

She looks like she came from the West Indies.

[Smeagol]

She looks like she came from the West Indies.

I don't know, it's hard to tell her features from that photo.