page 162 of Alison Weir's book Mary Boleyn regarding the daughter who King Henry VII likely fathered.
What is persuasive about the portrait called "Katherine Carey" is that the sitter bears a striking facial resemblance to both Henry VIII and Elizabeth I... This is subjective evidence, but there is a strong similarity in the setting of the eyes; the Tudors had distinctively heavy lower lids, and this, and the familial winded eyebrows, can be seen in portraits of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Arthur Tudor, and Henry Fitzroy, and came from the Plantagenets, as portraits of Henry VIII's grandfather, Edward IV, show. Katherine Carey has these same features. She also has a prominent chin and rounded jowls, like those that are apparent in portraits of Henry VIII and his mother, Elizabeth of York. She had red hair, as did nearly all the Tudors, whereas William Carey's was brown; the color of Mary Boleyn's hair is not known, nor is it known if red hair featured in the Bolyns and Carey families..."
Missy: Today we'd go with the DNA testing!
Note the spelling of the surname on the cover of the book.
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