Jeff M Character Analysis

The H. family’s youngest son was abducted twenty years ago. In this time, Mr. H passed away and a man named Jeff M claims to be their son. Jeff M is the long lost son of the H. family. After a long 20 years, the family was reunited. Although Mr. H passed away, the genetic information from Mrs. H and their children was enough to obtain the families STR’s. The information from the DNA markers confirms that he is related to the family.

Four DNA markers from the H. family and Jeff M were obtained. These are markers D135517, TH01, D21S11, D75820. The members of the H. family are Mrs. H, child 1, child 2, child 3, and child 4. If Mr. H was still alive, it would be easy to see if Jeff M is related. Since he is not, Mr. H’s STRs have to be guessed. For D135517, Jeff M has STRs 21 and 3. The 21 comes from Mr. H and the 3 from Mrs. H. Jeff M shares the same STR as child 2 . This means that it would make sense that he is the children’s brother. 21 comes from Mr. H because the children had to have gotten one STR from mom and one from dad. Some of the children have 21 and one STR that the mom also has, so that means that 21 was from the dad. This marker confirms that he is related. Jeff M’s …show more content…
He got 21 from Mrs. H and 13 from Mr. H. Childs 2 and 4 have STRs 13, like Jeff M, so that must have been one of the STRs that dad passed on. DS1S11 is an odd marker. Jeff M got STR 21 from Mr. H but has STR 9, which would have to come from