Ragdoll Cats

First ragdoll cat was born in the early 60’s from a male sealpoint Birman and a female persian-type white Persan whose progenitor was bred to a Burmese female.

Ragdoll cats were first recognized in 1965 by the NCFA and are accepted nowadays in almost all associations.

The classical description of this race’s birth is:

At the time Ann had been borrowing one of Josephine’s older sons to sire progeny in her black persian program. This son had the appearance of a Black/Brown Persian and she named him Blackie, and it was one of her visits to borrow him that she saw  Blackies brother. He appeared most immpressive and in Ann’s words had the appearance of of a Sacred Cat of Burma,{The Birman Breed}. Having already established the owners trust, she was also permitted to borrow this cat to breed with one of her own females. she was most taken with  this son of Josephine and named him Raggedy Ann Daddy Warbucks. What Ann clearly states is that Blackie and Daddy Warbucks are both sons of Josephine, but differant sirers. In the IRCA booklet it would appear to indicate that Blackies father was a black cat from the East, that appeared more persian than Burmese. during detailed Questioning, Ann confirmed that no one had ever seen the father of Daddy Warbucks, and he was the only kitten in that particular litter of Joesphine’s. This being so , makes it difficult to take the origins of the breed further.

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