To be honest, I don’t know if she ever finished her senior year of HS. And back then a lot of girls often didn’t take more advanced math or science courses in HS, and I know she was math phobic, very bad at it, and girls were steered more to home-ec and secretarial type classes which I know she took because I have a couple of her home-ec notebooks with her handwritten recipes. Plus, she was a very talented signer, sang on local radio in her teens and studied opera and even was offered an audition at the Met. But after her father died, she went to work and right after WWII she met my dad and got married to him two months later.
Me? I can’t sing my way out of a wet paper bag but I can cook, but I also inherited my dad’s love of science and his mechanical skills. : ),
I would have bet on the fact that your blonde niece wasn't the first born ( thank's Mendel...your theories still work! ) and I was right.
Interesting. Thanks. I will have to read up on Mendel’s theories.
This stuff was touched on in the 8th grade, in N.Y. State, but gone into much, much more detail in high school. The math involved is relatively easy ( grammar school fraction stuff mostly )and even a math phobic person can do the simple, one generation equations. Once you get into using more generational studies, yes, it does get into somewhat more difficult math.
Once you get into inherited "talent", it gets a bit trickier; however it CAN be done...IF you can go back enough generations...maybe. :-)
Before you even look up Gregor Mendel...1) write down as many names of your family, for as far back as you can go 2) list birth order 3) add hair and eye color for each person. This will give you and overview, a way yo see patterns, and a good way to check your results, once you DO use Mendel's theories.
Feel free to FRmail me, should you have any questions or just want to talk about this. :-)