Show tongue may alay hold proof of child parent NEW YORK mans highly sensitive tongue may turn out to be the generation to generation fingerprint which jurists have long sought as a means of proving relationship tion ship between parents and children following exper experiments 1 imenes several years ago by dr A F blakeslee of carnegie institute scientists working with the taste buds tin tiny y nerves nestling underneath the surface of the tongue are wondering whether a similarity of tastes might not be an excellent guide in establishing paternity the blakeslee research determined that certain che chemicals are tasteless to some people while to others they have a bitter ta taste sta 11 II it can be shown that such characteristics te are inherited the presence or absence absen ce of certain taste factors in a child would be significant and might offer a reliable guide to the tha childs parentage |