HEREDITY 



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wooly: While fairly frequent among Negroes, it is rare among Whites. Where, 

 however, it appears in even one parent half the children will have wooly hair. 



FORECAST OF FACIAL DETAILS 



NOSE 



(Nose-shape is not inherited as a unit. Different characteristics of the nose 

 may be inherited separately, one detail sometimes from one parent, another 

 from the other parent. Environmental factors also have great influence.) 



Generally: Where both parents have about the same type of nose, a child on 

 maturity will have a similar type. 



But: If just one parent has a broad nose, a long nose, or a prominent nose, and 

 the other parent a moderate nose, the child's nose will very likely be of the 

 most extreme type (on maturity). 



Where any nose peculiarit)'^ has appeared for several generations in either 

 parent's family there is an even chance that the child will inherit it. 



EARS 



Large. If just one parent has large ears, the child will very likely have similar 

 ears. 



Affixed lobes. Where only one parent has affixed lobes or absence of lobes, 

 and the condition does not appear in the other parent's family, there is little 

 likelihood that the child will have such ears. 



MOUTH 



Lips. If just one parent has thick lips, the child will probably have them. 

 If just one parent has a heavy or protruding underlip (Hapsburg type) the 

 child has an even chance of inheriting it. 



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WHAT BLOOD TELLS 



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DAVID C. RIFE 



A few years ago, in a large city hospital, the nurses mixed the identifica- 

 tion tags of two new born babies. Both sets of parents, the Smiths and 

 the Browns, claimed one of the babies while no one wanted the other. Vari- 

 ous tests were made in order to determine which baby belonged to the 

 Smiths and which to the Browns. Foot prints were compared, as well as 

 head shape and general appearance, but they gave no conclusive evidence. 

 Finally someone suggested a comparison of the blood groups of the babies 

 with those of the parents. 



• Reprinted from The Dice of Destiny by David C. Rife with the permission of 

 Long's College Book Co. Copyright 1945. 



