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Mystery #4Tier 2genetics inheritance family

Why might you end up with your grandmother's nose, skipping your parents?

People keep telling you that you have your grandmother's nose. But your mum and dad have quite different noses of their own. Somehow a feature from a whole generation back has landed right on your face. How does a trait travel all that way to reach you?

A formal Victorian photograph of four generations of one family posed together, from a small child to an elderly man.
Photo: Ingram Brothers · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

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How do you think your grandmother's nose reached you?

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