Author

Janelle Brown

With a BA in Communication, Janelle Brown is an independent science writer in Houston, Texas, reporting on inherited traits and family biology. She spent several years editing early childhood materials and writing weekly columns for regional parenting publications.

What Determines If You’ll Have a Boy or Girl?
What Traits Do You Inherit From Your Father?
Does Intelligence Come From the Mother or Father?
What Percentage of Sons Are Taller Than Their Fathers?
Is It True That Only Guys Can Be Color Blind?
Do Twins Come From Mom or Dad? A Scientific Explanation
What Traits Can Be Inherited From Your Parents?
Can Boy and Girl Twins Be Identical?
Which Parent Decides the Gender of a Baby?
Can Siblings Have Different Blood Types?
Are You More Related to Parents or Siblings?
What Are Twin Studies? A Look at Nature vs. Nurture
What Percentage of Genetic Information Is Inherited From Parents?
What Are Polar Twins? The Science of Half-Identical Twins
Do Kids Really Look More Like Mom or Dad?
How Many People Get Angelman Syndrome?
Why Does a Child Look More Like One Parent Than the Other?
Can a Child Have DNA From Two Fathers?
Does the baby have the surrogate’s DNA?
What Side of the Family Does Hair Come From?
The Biology of Twins Formation Explained
Why Do Babies Look Like Their Dad?
Can a Child Look Nothing Like Either Parent?
Can a Child Have a Different Blood Type Than Both Parents?
Does the Mom or Dad Determine Twins?
Why Do Some Men Only Have Daughters?
Do You Have the Same Blood Type as Your Parents?
What Do Babies Inherit From Their Father?
Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twins: Key Differences
Can Twins Be Different Genders? The Biology Explained