Heredity Detective Gifts

Thomas Hunt Morgan

CIA report

'Or we could just ask her what kind of dog it is.'

Family DNA

Harry S. Truman

"Gimme a 'D'! Gimme an 'N'! Gimme an 'A'!"

"...We've traced your lineage all the way back to a 15th-century East European Count."

DNA Analysis.

Frankenstein's Ancestry

'At present, my son and I are extremely interested in genetics and heredity.'

'A geneticist laid bare my genetic blueprint, and I feel violated.'

'DNA...nature's bar code.'

"Please accept the apologies of this court. You're free to go now, and, by the way, here's your DNA back."

Celebrity Phrenologist.

'Apparently my DNA had guilt written all over it.'

"Say, do you have time between all that DNA research to invent a non-smelly sock."

'I'm glad you're getting so into science, son, but you'll have to ask your teacher about this... jjunnetics thing.'

A caveman kid sees his ancestor in a museum exhibit

"Tell me about yourself. Any weird genes or anything?"

Jerk Gene

'ADN'

How did life begin? Image shows a strand of dna in the form of a question mark (with a single cell as the dot, floating in water or primeval soup). The image also refers to life beyond the earth, with the cell-like blobs resembling galaxies in outer space

'I'm tracing my relatives.'

"I've devised a new paternity test, or as I call it, a pop quiz."

'This changes everything -- I found a loophole in the genetic code!'

'Don't mind me....I'll just sit here while you work on homeland security, unemployment, health care and your many other prbblems!'

"It's five post meridiem in Central Europe. Compliled form the major networks the news is next."

The dna double helix, with a human family taking the place of the dna rungs (or bases), illustrating genetic inheritance within the family

DNA doctor

"I'm home, with all my DNA."

'Dad, have you ever thought about researching our family tree?'

When you said you were going to find your ancestors I thought you meant on the INTERNET!