With hard work and dedication that almost was forgotten, Gregor Mendel was named the “Father of Genetics” after he spent eight years studying pea plants and discovering the procedure of traits passed down from one generation to the next. For more than 40 years, people didn’t really pay close attention or any attention at all to Mendel's work. It wasn’t until the 20th century, Mendel's work was finally noticed which introduced new laws to understanding heredity. Gregor Mendel was born on July 20th, 1822. Where he grew up in a small village in the Hynčice Czech Republic, born into a German-speaking household. In the course of his childhood, Mendel worked as a gardener and studied beekeeping. As he got older, Mendel attended Gymnasium in Opava.
