O mystery in Wexford Q Objectives
1. Create Joseph and Rita's family pedigree and include all the correct blood types, traits, and relationships.
2. Analyze Joseph and Rita's family genotypes from the pedigree and solve the family mystery.
Scenario
Joseph and his wife Rita, owners of a home in Wexford, are a wealthy elderly couple. Joseph died
recently of a sudden death when he was struck by lightning in his metal johnboat while fishing for red fish in the
Port Royal Sound. His body was never recovered. All of Joseph's children and grandchildren (who happened to
be at the house at the time for a Father's Day celebration.) cagerly awaited the reading of Joseph's will, since
they all knew that he would provide cach of his blood relatives with an equal share of his wealth.
When the lawyer arrived to read the will, he noticed that a sum of money was missing from the safe in
Joseph's office. The sum missing was equal to one person's portion of the estate value. In addition, a small
amount of fresh blood was found on the outside of the safe door, presumably belonging to the thief whose hand
most likely got caught on the sharp edges of the safe. As the lawyer was announcing this news, the maid rushed
into the room and revealed that she had walked into Joseph's office to do her regular dusting and observed the
thief quickly slipping out of the patio doors and running away down the beach. She had not seen the face or
been able to identify the thief, since he or she wore a mask and a bulky overcoat. She did see, however, that the
thief had attached ear lobes sticking out from behind the mask.
The police were called to the home. Upon arrival, they immediately ordered blood typing tests on all
individuals in the house, and on the blood smear on the safe (found to be type A-). They also noted the car lobe
type of everyone present