Transcript Do we get fingerprint traits from our parents? Demonstrated by Dalton Ervin.

Do we get fingerprint traits from
our parents?
Demonstrated by Dalton Ervin
2009
Are there similar patterns in
fingerprints between parents and
children?
• The general shape or overall pattern of finger
and palm prints can be inherited. Family
members will often have similar patterns or
designs (whorls, loops, etc.) on the same
fingers of their hands. The tiny details in the
fingerprint ridges, however, are not inherited
and are different between all friction skin
areas of all persons... even between twins.
My project is to see if my fingerprints
are more like my mom’s or dad’s and
then to compare my siblings too.
Fingerprinting the Family
Male Ervin Fingerprints
Female Ervin Fingerprints
Used to look at fingerprints
Juneau Police Department
Fingerprinting Cards
My Dad, Officer Brian Ervin,
helped our family to
fingerprint on official police
cards.
What to we use fingerprints for?
• We need fingerprints for the police to find bad
guys.
• Fingerprints help police officers find lost
children and take them home.
Were there any similarities?
• Based upon quick, basic comparisons, it
appears that Dad and Maren have very similar
patterns, and Mom, Darcy, Dalton, and
Gunnar have similar patterns.
First Known Fingerprints
Fingerprints have been found on ancient
Babylonian clay tablets, seals, and pottery. They
have also been found on the walls of Egyptian
tombs and on Minoan, Greek, and Chinese
pottery — as well as on bricks and tiles in
Babylon and Rome. Fingerprints were also used
as substitutes for signatures. The first mention in
history of the uniqueness of fingerprints and their
use as an identification system was in the holy
Quran Islam 1430 years ago.
Mom helped Dalton fix his board
Sources of Information
• Juneau Police Department
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5BDARpBcz8&feature
=PlayList&p=968A78234EE56D32&playnext=1&playnext_fr
om=PL&index=10
• http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%
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ame=fingerprints.jpg&rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.humanh
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4#FCar=89bb5c5301896f98
Additional Sources
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint
• http://www.teachingk8.com/archives/how_to/how_toidentify_fingerprints_and_animal_tracks.
html
• http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/whatwedo2.htm
• http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fima
ges.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26f
r%3Dslv8msgr%26va%3Dfingerprints%26sz%3D&w=500&h=304&imgurl=i213.phot
obucket.com%2Falbums%2Fcc6%2FClover1980%2FMis%2Fkirlianfingerprints.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fs213.photobucket.com%2Falbums
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• Schoodoodle.com
Acknowledgements
• I would like to thank my Dad, Officer Brian
Ervin, Wendy Ervin, Darcy Ervin, Maren Ervin,
Gunnar Ervin, and Onyea Sholty for helping
me.