Analysis Questions:

1. Describe the process you took to create your pedigree chart.

In order to create my family pedigree chart, I observed the diseases or traits that run in the family. I considered hypertension but the mode of
inheritance wasn't clear to me. After a few more observations, I noticed that my cousin and I didn't have the same earlobes. I researched about
the traits of the ear and found out that having an attached earlobe is a recessive trait. I, then, started to survey my family members on my
mother’s side whether they had an attached or unattached earlobe. The rest of the process consisted of me making the family pedigree chart
with the help of Canva. While making the chart, I was simultaneously thinking of the possible alleles my family members have considering
whether they show the recessive trait. After making the pedigree chart, I laid it out with symbols to represent the different elements in the
chart.

2. Discuss any success and problems encountered in creating the chart.

One of the problems I encountered was that 9 out of 14 family members in my pedigree chart were not here with us in Baguio. As a solution, I
visited their Facebook profiles and took a look at their pictures to see if they possess the trait or not. Luckily, all of them have photos on
Facebook that exposes their ears and I was able to get the data I needed for the chart. Another, but slight problem, is that at first, I couldn't
make sense of the alleles they have. However, after several cross attempts, I finally figured it out and knew how they showed or did not show
the recessive trait.

3. Describe any surprises or discoveries made during the process.

A funny surprise was when I discovered I showed the recessive trait and ran outside my room to check if my grandmother had attached
earlobes too and she did. However, when I ran to my cousins, they had unattached earlobes. I never noticed it before, so this sparked my
interest in discovering the recessive trait that runs in our family.

4. Analyze the genetic traits of the relatives on the chart.

a. What patterns related to genetics and inheritance do you see in your chart?
After observing the pedigree chart, I made, I observed that the attached earlobe trait may be autosomal recessive. The trait appears in both sexes and
only a few of my family members possess it. I researched to confirm this hypothesis and according to bio.libretexts.org, one of the autosomal recessive
traits is having an attached earlobe. The trait occurred in both sexes (although II-6 is not blood-related), and it is a recessive because it appeared less
frequently across my family.

b. What type of hypothesis and/or conclusions can you draw from examining your genealogical data?
My pedigree that shows which members have attached earlobes can be an example of how an autosomal recessive trait is passed down. It can be
observed that the trait can skip generations and then reappear in the next one. This happened with the children of II-1 and II-2 who do not show the trait
but it appeared with III-1, their first daughter. However, skipping generations is not always the case as seen from the first generation to the third (I-2;
II-3; III-4), the trait is observed.