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Record alt-04, printed 30 August 2026. Every animal on this sheet has its own page and its own source at that address.

Ariel Darlin

prefix Darlin · Altai · line: Altai / Nikita'l Seymour · the source records no eye colour · Identified from descendants, never genotyped

How this cat is connected to the trait

NO RECORDED PARENT LINK JOINS THIS CAT TO A FOUNDER OR TO A TESTED ANIMAL. What the record rests on instead is the line recorded on it, Altai / Nikita'l Seymour, which is a source's attribution and not a descent this register can walk; and no recorded parent at all, which is a gap in the sources and not a statement that the cat had none.

No parent is recorded for this cat in the register, so no genealogy can be drawn. That is a gap in the sources, not a statement that the cat had none. Any offspring the register holds are listed below.

The record

Register id
alt-04
Sex
not stated by the source
Cattery prefix
Darlin
Breed, as stated
Altai
Line
Altai / Nikita'l Seymour
Eye status
unknown: the source records no eye colour
Role
founder
Relations named by the source
descends from Pani Darlin; 'considered the progenitor of all living Altai cats'
Country
Kazakhstan
Year
2001
Evidence grade
Line-traced descent from a named founder is stated by the source
Blue Eyes Directory, blueeyesdirectory.com. Record alt-04. This sheet is a snapshot of a register that grows: check the address above for the current version, and for the sources behind every animal named on it.

Source

messybeast.com

This directory is a working aid compiled from published charts, registry documents and breeder statements. It is not a register and it has no standing of any kind. The grade attaches to the animal, not to the line: a cat whose ancestor was genotyped is line-traced, not genotyped.