The influence of the various European nations--Portuguese, Dutch, British, Danish, and French--which have at different times acquired territory in peninsular India, is clearly visible in the polyglot medley of Eurasian surnames, e.g., Gomes, Da Souza, Gonsalvez, Rozario, Cabral, Da Cruz, Da Costa, Da Silva, Da Souza, Fernandez, Fonseca, Lazaro, Henriquez, Xavier, Mendonza, Rodriguez, Saldana, Almeyda, Heldt, Van Spall, Jansen, Augustine, Brisson, Corneille, La Grange, Lavocat, Pascal, DeVine, Aubert, Ryan, McKertish, Macpherson, Harris, Johnson, Smith, etc. Little did the early adventurers, in the dawn of the seventeenth century, think that, as the result of their alliances with the native women, within three centuries banns of marriage would be declared weekly in Madras churches between, for example, Ben Jonson and Alice Almeyda, Emmanuel Henricus and Mary Smith, Augustus Rozario and Minnie Fonseca, John Harris and Clara Corneille. Yet this has come to pass, and the Eurasian holds a recognised place among the half-breed races of the world. The pedigree of the early Eurasian community is veiled in obscurity. But the various modes of creation of a half-breed, which were adopted in those early days, when the sturdy European pioneers first came in contact with the native females, were probably as follows:-- A. European man (pure) B. Native woman (pure). C. Male offspring of A + B (first D. Native woman. cross) E. Female offspring of A + B (first F. European man. cross) G. Native man. H. Male offspring of C + D I. Cross--female offspring of A + B. J. Native woman. K. Female offspring of C + D L. Cross--male offspring of A + B. M. European man. N. Native man. The Eurasian half-breed, thus established, has been perpetuated by a variety of possible combinations:-- European man Eurasian woman. Native woman. Eurasian man Native woman. Eurasian woman. European woman. Native man Eurasian woman. European woman.