I'm a new user & I've been browsing. This thread caught my eye, and gave me a chuckle. So, here's my favorite story...
When my son was five he picked a biology science book from the library. We were reading the chapter on inheritance for his bedtime story one night, and the book suggested making an eye-color family tree. He was facinated by the tree, so I drew some simple dominant/recessive Mendalian charts to show how blue (b) and hazel (H) eye colors can combine.
The next morning he came bouncing down the stairs saying �Mom, Mom, guess what! If I marry J (his little sister) when I grow up we will have all blue eyed babies because we are both bb's and can only have bb babies and so they will all have blue eyes.�
I pointed out that you don�t marry your sister, but we have not yet discussed inbreeding and why you might have no-eyed babies if you marry your sister.
Understanding of genetics: A+
Understanding of societal norms for marriage: F
