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Show Tongue May Hold Proof of Child-Parent Relationshin NEW YORK-Man's highly sensitive sensi-tive tongue may turn out to be the generation to generation "fingerprint" "finger-print" which Jurists have long sought as a means of proving relationship rela-tionship between parents and children. chil-dren. Following experiments several years ago by Dr. A. F. Blakeslee of Carnegie Institute, scientists working work-ing with the "taste buds" tiny nerves nestling underneath the surface sur-face of the tongue are wondering whether a similarity of tastes might not be an excellent guide in establishing estab-lishing paternity. The Blakeslee research determined deter-mined that certain chemicals are tasteless to some people, while to others they have' a bitter taste. If it can be shown that such characteristics charac-teristics are Inherited, the presence or absence of certain taste factors In a child would be significant and might offer a reliable guide to the child's parentage. |