Act 166. The Secret of Genealogy
Over the past three hundred years, the Elbiore family has twelve generations, totaling 85 people.
Judging from the number of squids, if the blood factor of the squid is hidden, it can meet the three to one ratio, which makes sense from the perspective of phenomenon.
What really puzzled Reiner was the distribution of hair color.
Among these eighty-five people, there were only five red-haired people. Among the remaining people, except for the nine who died just after birth and had no confirmed hair color, the remaining sixty-one blondes. Even if the red-haired newborns are prone to die prematurely, all the people who died prematurely are counted into the red-haired camp, the ratio of blonde to red-haired is far from three to one.
The red-haired Elbiore family has both men and women, so it is obvious that this is not accompanied by gender inheritance.
After listing these numbers, Reiner opened the genealogy of Elimiya.
Alimiya's father generation, William, his three sisters and George are both blonde, and William's father generation is also blonde. If you trace it up, they only have one red hair in their lineage, of course, this is also the basis of Reiner's reasoning.
At least, from this red-haired senior, Reiner can confirm that the red-haired blood factor did appear in the inheritance of Alimiya.
Without this red-haired ancestor, Reiner would have been much more difficult to prove Elimiya's bloodline.
"If red hair is a recessive factor and blonde hair is dominant, then there seems to be a big problem with this ratio, is it artificial manipulation or other factors?"
Reiner thought that some families might drown some newborns and did not log into the genealogy. However, he soon gave up this concern because even the squid cannon that was looked down upon was recorded in the genealogy in detail. Like Arimiya, daughters who were considered to be an affair were also listed. Reiner saw that even the illegitimate children left in the genealogy were recorded in the genealogy.
It seems that as long as this genealogy has the bloodline of the Elbiore family, it will definitely be registered, and there will be no situation where Reiner speculates.
Reiner picked up the pen and began to mark the names of the Elbiori generations. He first wrote aa under the name of Elimiya, which means that she is a pure implicit blood factor type. Then, if you turn upwards, you can get her parents who should be both Aa type, otherwise you will not be able to get the implicit and homozygous Elimiya.
Then, he also marked the symbol of Ax on Edward and Elimiya's two sisters. They were both blondes, and Reiner could not know whether they carried hidden blood factors.
Similarly, William's two wives are also Ax's type with his half-brother George.
"That way, nothing can be inferred..."
Reiner murmured to himself that the information he currently has can only explain that according to the rules of inheritance, Elimiya may indeed be the child of William and Madame Martha, but she cannot conclude that.
If you really want to say it, Reiner's current research has only seen the tip of the iceberg for genetics. There is a huge insurmountable gap between peas and humans. I really think too much about it by relying on this paper to solve the bloodline problem.
But Reiner knew that this paper was inspiring enough that it could allow other mages to use this as a reference to design more experiments on different species in a short period of time, and ultimately reveal the secrets of life inheritance.
There is no intention to prove what the genetic laws of this world is. Reiner's actions are actually just to allow Arimiya to walk out of the land she has given herself. If she knew that her mother had not betrayed anyone, Arimiya would be able to raise her head and fight against her family, at least, to escape the tragedy of being ravaged by her biological brother.
Arimiya's previous attitude towards Reiner and her family made Reiner very clear. She is definitely not the kind of weak guy who simply surrenders to fate. It would be better to say that Arimiya is actually a stubborn and stubborn mind. As long as you decide what you believe, you will stick to the end, so you will fall into such a dilemma.
After thinking hard for a long time, Reiner still had no idea. Seeing that night had already come, he decided to go out for a walk and might get some inspiration.
The dusk has become dim. After a full daytime high temperature, the ground of Crescent Academy still has residual heat, which makes the wind bring a little heat.
The street lights in the college gradually light up, and the little insects that are tempting are wandering under the light, leaving behind ambiguous shadows.
Reiner slowly walked along a corner of the square. In his mind, everyone who had lasted for hundreds of years of the Elbiore family emerged one by one, forming an extremely huge tree with branches and leaves in the void. Each tribe was like a fruit born from a branch, shining with a faint light.
Most of these fruits are dazzling golden, with only a few, emitting a strange red light, blurred and unreal.
Reiner tried to find a trace of veins in this towering tree, but soon felt dazzled and lost.
“Eat slowly.”
At this time, the sound from the side made Reiner return to reality from thinking. He took a few steps to find the source of the sound, and found that it was a street light, where Fina was feeding the cat with the extra stew from dinner.
The tiger-patterned kitten buried his face in the plate, eating the stewed meat on the plate, and from time to time, he stuck out his tongue to lick off the gravy stained on his nose.
Fina squatted in front of the kitten and watched it enjoy dinner seriously. It was not until Reiner walked to her and suddenly realized it.
"Lee, Mr. Lenner..."
Standing up in a hurry, Fina showed a panic expression that she rarely appeared before.
The kitten did not respond at all, as if the plate of stew in front of him was its entire world.
"I've seen you feed it several times."
Reiner said, smiling, trying to relieve the student's nervousness.
"Well, I used to be, when I was at home... I had a cat that I had for a while. It was a pregnant stray cat. I didn't know when it started to stay in the backyard of the tower. I would feed it some food every day. After a week, it gave birth to four kittens."
Fina whispered as she looked at the kitten enjoying the food.
"But before spring passed, the boys in the town discovered this litter of kittens. By the time I got home, it was too late..."
Without continuing, Fina seemed to remember the sad things. The glasses seemed a little crystal clear after the lenses, so she turned her face away.
"They must have gone to places without pain."
Reiner said that he also fed wild cats on campus in college. During that month, the two seemed to have formed a tacit understanding. As long as Reiner goes there at a fixed time, the cat will squat in the corner, as if waiting for Reiner to arrive.
The story later was like many others. One day, when Reiner took the can to a familiar place, he never waited for the cat. Reiner didn't know where it went and what happened. He could only pray that the little guy had a better life, and Reiner's own life returned to peace, as usual.
"Well, I hope so."
Nodding, Fina suddenly thought of the topic of blood factor researched in the past few days and spoke.
"But speaking of this, although the female cat is a varied color, the color of that litter of kittens is very mixed, including pure white, patterned, and a pure black kitten. Now, thinking about it, according to genetics, their father doesn't know what they look like."
But her words made Reiner stand in place as if he was struck by lightning, without moving for a long time.
“So that’s what it is…”
Reiner murmured to himself, countless pieces intertwined in his mind, forming a picture.
The towering trees of the Elbiore family burst out with dazzling light, and the red fruits were like stars, particularly eye-catching.
Chapter completed!