Fun Genetic Traits

Do you have an attached or unattached earlobe?

Sit down with a relative and see if you each of you inherited some of these genetic traits!

• Earlobes

Do you have an attached earlobe or an unattached earlobe? An attached earlobe is recessive while the unattached is dominant.

• Widow’s Peak

Do you have that hairline that comes down to a point in the middle of your forehead? The genetic trait of Widow’s Peak is dominant while not having one is recessive.

• Dimples

Do you have dimples on each side of your mouth? Dimples are dominant and no dimples are recessive.

• Straight vs. curved thumb

Hold your hand out with your thumb down making an ‘L’ - does your thumb curve down or is it straight?  If it’s curved you inherited a recessive trait and if it’s straight, you inherited the dominant trait.

• Second toe

Many people say that having a longer second toe means you have a high sex drive. While that may or may not be true, having a longer second toe does mean you have a dominant genetic trait.

• Tongue curl

Try to curl your tongue like a hot dog bun. Can you do it? If you can, you inherited a dominant genetic trait for tongue curling.

• Mid-digital hair

Look at your fingers, do you have hair on the middle joint? This is a dominant trait!

• Hand clasp

Clasp your hands together right now without think about it - is your right or left thumb covering your other thumb? If it’s your left one - you possess the dominant trait!

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July 22nd, 2009 by Marcelina Hardy | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)