Heredity Detective Prints

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.

Sadie, I just heard something disturbing, and I think you're the only one who can tell me whether it's true. Youtube is telling me we've lived 300 years of phantom time. Pope Gregory XIII's math was off when he created our calendar, and this is actually the year 1717. What's more, the "Middle Ages" is just a fiction the pope created to explain his rounding error. You were there, Sadie ... Did King Arthur really exist? I'll tell you all about that nice boy, as soon as I demonstrate how we dealt w

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.'

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

Celebrity Phrenologist.

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

'ADN'

Authorization for the Use of Farce

A caveman kid sees his ancestor in a museum exhibit

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

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

Jerk Gene

"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.'

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

'I'm tracing my relatives.'

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

DNA doctor

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

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

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

Medical Lab. Ernie, we call it a "paternity test," not a "pop quiz."

Russian Spy Debriefing

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

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