I included a disclaimer up front any time we used a student’s own info, that there were many reasons individual results might differ from theoretical ones, and while I might be *a* doctor, I wasn’t *their* doctor. If they had questions, they should discuss it with their doctor and/or parents.
I used classroom examples today where I explicitly said “These aren’t actually 1 gene with 2 alleles, but for the purposes of this discussion let’s pretend” And then used not-medical stuff like whether you have hair between the knuckles on your fingers, or if your earlobes are detached.
Ah yes. My mom has detached earlobes and my dad has attached. I am incredibly physically similar to my father, and my mom jokes that the only gene that I got from her that I actually express is earlobes.
no finger hair is an option?! today i learned…
*grabs at ears* Ok. Ok. They are attached.