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Old 12-11-2006, 06:33 PM  
bizarrejan
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Originally Posted by Peaches View Post
Right handed.

My son was left handed and from everything I've heard, including from my brother who has a PhD in genetics, it's inherited. But NO ONE on either side of the family was left handed for at least 4 generations.

Now it turns out my brother's 4 year old daughter is left handed, so apparently it's genetic on our side of the family, but either someone was forced to be right handed, or it took 100+ years to surface

WOW that genetics for you!!! I also studied genetics at uni and i am amazed how things can skip generations in families, its amazing!
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