Humans Genetics: A Family Tree

Collect information about your family members and one of hereditary traits listed below. Choose a trait with which you find some variation among your family members. (Don't choose freckles/ no freckles if no one in your family has freckles!!) You should include at least three generations of your family. Also include all members of each generation directly related to you (cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.) Use pictures for family members if needed.

Tongue rolling/ No tongue rolling

Widow's peak/ Straight hairline

Hitchhiker's thumb/ Straight thumb

Free earlobes/ Attached Earlobes

Freckles/ No freckles

Left over right thumb crossing/ Right over left thumb crossing

Dimpled chin/ Smooth chin

Mid-digital hair/ No mid-digital hair

 

Make a pedigree of your family illustrating inheritance of

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