My Bent Pinky Fingers
Posted August 10th, 2006 @ 07:44pm by Erik J. Barzeski
My pinky fingers are permanently "bent." They are this way because the second bone in my pinky fingers is not quite fully formed (nor will it ever be). Because of this, the last little bone in my pinky fingers "leans" to the side.
According to my mom, my fingers were X-rayed and my doctor wrote something about me in the New England Journal of Medicine when I was a baby, though I've never bothered to look up the article.
Posted 11 Aug 2006 at 4:47am #
I have similar bends in my little fingers, as do my sister and mother (and her mother I recall, but not certain).
Maybe we are distantly related
Mine are out to about the same degree, but aren't as angular at the joints.
Always managed to get a 'eeeeewww' from people I showed, and disbelief that they couldn't be bent back.
It had never occurred to me that the bones weren't fully formed; I just had it down as a familial trait, like a particular nose or chin shape.
Wonder if it's more common than you or I think?
Posted 11 Aug 2006 at 1:47pm #
Mine are like that too, although my mother's are worse. I think its pretty common to, although some are more bent than others. I think its a genetic trait. If I had my camera on me, I'd take a picture. If I don't forget by the weekend, I'm going to do it!
Posted 11 Aug 2006 at 1:54pm #
My second toe on both feet grows towards my middle toe. I saw a podiatrist about it, and he said something quite similar to your pinkies: when the bones grew, one side grew more than the other.
I asked what I could do about it, and he says, "Well, if it really bothers you, we break the toes and reset them straight. But you're in a cast for about 6 weeks."
I'm not that vain.
Posted 11 Aug 2006 at 3:37pm #
Mine are the same. Do you play guitar? I just started learning. It's hard to fret strings with my little finger as it tends to collapse sideways. I've had to work out an adapted style where I hold the guitar at more of an angle, with the fretboard sticking out more forwards than sideways.
Posted 21 Sep 2006 at 8:17pm #
minei s exaclty the same i cant play guitar with my little finger especially o the bass strings
Posted 12 Dec 2006 at 6:50am #
Hahaha thats so bizzare mine are bent the same too exept my left pinky is worse then yours! Apparently my Nanas mother had it. I have a second cosin who also has it! I think its just genes thats all! yeah people freek out when they see it! I have played a few tricks on people making them beleive they broke it while play fighting hahahaha!
Posted 15 Dec 2006 at 6:54pm #
Mine are exactly like that. Lots of people in my family have it...as well as that my grandad also had webbed toes - for years I was convinced there was some incest in the family somewhere (I'm from a small village : } }
Posted 26 Dec 2006 at 4:48pm #
Mine are like that also so are My mother's, brother's, niece, Grandfather(mom's Side), and family before granfather.I dont know why my pinkys are this way.
Posted 05 Jan 2007 at 8:03pm #
mine are loads worse than that. i have a huge family (60)ish (not instant) and there is only about 3-4 without it
Posted 30 Jan 2007 at 3:19pm #
my pinkies are bent, too......just not as bad as yours......weird........
Posted 02 Feb 2007 at 3:47pm #
Hiya, I have bent pinkies. My hands are quite small also and my middle fingers bend outwards as well. A bit worse than the photo! I remember looking it up once on the internet and somewhere I read it may be a distant trait of down syndrone!!!
Hope not...
Posted 19 Feb 2007 at 8:08pm #
MY BEST FRIEND DAN D HAS THE MOST FUCKED UP PINKIES IN THE WORLD I CANT BEAR TO LOOK AT THEM BECAUSE EVERYTIME I DO I FEEL SOME POOP ENTER IN MY PANTIES AND HIS ARE 10 TIMES WORSE THAN YOURS CAN YOU PLEASE HELP HIM TO BECOME NORMAL SO I CAN STAND BEING AROUND HIM
Posted 19 Feb 2007 at 8:08pm #
my pinkies are severe...almost a 90 degree..im pissed about it somtimes i think about breaking them
Posted 20 Feb 2007 at 2:34pm #
my pinky fingers are like that too, most of my family has bent fingers, it is something to do with genetics, and some dominant gene, my fingers are the worst of my family, went i went to the doctor as a kid they wanted to put there spint things to straighten them, the Doc said they were bent because i was intelligent (lol trying to make me feel good) the splints didnt work cuz i didnt like to wear them. Everyone likes to look at my fingers, little do they know it is genetic and not some mutation... meh, im cool with it now, not a big deal, it doesnt bother me anymore...
Posted 20 Feb 2007 at 2:42pm #
does anyone take their bent little fingers and pull them down towards the thumbs til they make a snapping sound? ha.....i do............................weird.....
Posted 22 Feb 2007 at 1:37pm #
Mine are the same way except my right pinky is bent more than my left. Apparently when I was born the doctors want to 'break' them, so that they could be fixed. But my mom told them no, my grandpa's were like that too.
Posted 14 Mar 2007 at 4:23am #
Huh. I have a bent pinky too, but not as much as yours. My mother's looks like yours and she can only move it with her ring finger, and my grandmother's wasn't really functional, kind of a vestigial pinky, I guess. Grandmother was full blooded Italian. Are all you folks Italian blooded?
Posted 18 Mar 2007 at 1:33pm #
i have no Italian blood in me that I know of.....just English and Irish.......
Posted 18 Mar 2007 at 11:32pm #
Mine are the same!!
but maybe a little bit worse!
When i was younger my grandpa was convinced there was something wrong and so mum took me to the doctor and the doctor just said that he could break them and put them in place, but mum said no way!
no one else in my family have the same thing.
although i do have a friend who has them and his son also has them!
it seems to be much more common then i thought! apparently aproximately 1 in 600,000 have them. but i dont know how reliable that is!
Posted 20 Apr 2007 at 3:00pm #
Yes, I have the exact same as the photo and my index fingers point inwards - seal flipper bones? a throw-back from our amphibious beginnings maybe?
My mother, sisters, brothers and daughter have the same.
And wait for it - A third nipple also.
Coincidentally my mother is of Irish decent and I,ve seen other Irish with the same.
Any other comments?
Posted 21 Apr 2007 at 12:22pm #
My brother has one bent pinky like that i thought he was the only person to have it. How strange to find a whole load of you i will have to tell him.
Posted 22 Apr 2007 at 8:44am #
How weird mine are bit worse than pic, how cool are we, its like being in a club lol
Posted 23 Apr 2007 at 2:44pm #
Yeah, my pinkies are bent just as bad as that, maybe a little worse....and YES it is a genetic trait. Havent any of you taken biology? People with bent pinkies carry the recessive gene for that trait....look up genetics, you'll figure it out.
I don't know if it has anything to do with where your family is from....I'm welsh/english/irish and my grandmothers are bent a little and so are her grandmothers. Just pure genetics.
If you people had doctors that wanted to break you fingers you must have a VERY extreme bend in them.....as for being written up in the new england journal, why? It's completly normal.
Here is a picture of my pinkies if anyone wants proof.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/Vickithtoria/IMG_6458.jpg
Posted 28 Apr 2007 at 2:54pm #
haha!i was just looking randomly to see if some people had the same.
it doesnt actually bother me, and mine are slightly more angled than your pic lol.
i think its funny that u cna shock people like that by showing them ur little fingers.party trick.
iwouldnt chnage mine for the world
they make me, me.
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Posted 28 Apr 2007 at 5:08pm #
OMG....So many people has pinkies like mine...I almost thought I was a sick person since I have never seen anyone with it. Although, my son has it. But none of my family members has pinky like mine...Once I saw Reality TV and I saw this guy were showing his pinkies. He had one like yours and mine.
And you are right. I think second bone(inner side) in the fingers are not fully formed... Maybe cause I was premature baby when I was born....
Thank God I am not weird!!!!
Posted 28 Apr 2007 at 5:12pm #
OMG!!! Victoria! Mine's are just like yours! Amazing!
Posted 28 Apr 2007 at 6:20pm #
BK said on April 28, 2007:
Seriously, IT'S GENETICS! IT'S A GENETIC INHERITED TRAIT!
It has NOTHING to do with anyone being a premie or mutated or anything like that......
Posted 02 May 2007 at 1:10pm #
My one year old was born four weeks early and his pinkies are like yours, my husband has them too. a pediatrician told me that it was a trait of little people, but my husband is 6'2".
anybody heard that before 
Posted 02 May 2007 at 9:42pm #
It's all about simple Mendelian genetics-
Those with bent pinkies carry the dominant trait (PP or Pp), while those with straight pinkies are recessive (pp).
Mine are straight so I can't really sympathize with those of you whose are bent, but I don't see why it's a problem. Tell me if I'm wrong. It's natural, it's human. So it's pretty shocking doctors would try to "correct" it!
Posted 04 May 2007 at 1:26am #
both of my pinkies look like that too. i have family members with bent pinkies so i knew i wasn't a freak. it has something to do with the shape of you bone. the bone is wedge shaped instead of the normal shape and that's why it bends. i like mine. i freak people out with them lol
Posted 14 May 2007 at 11:27am #
hey!
so i'm not the only one with bent little fingers!
i think there shud be a club for people that have this
who agrees 2 this!?
Posted 20 May 2007 at 12:30am #
My little fingers are bent like hockey sticks and so are my index fingers( but not so much). Chase, if this is a dominant gene at least one of my parents should display it, but they don t. It must be recessive. Camptodactyly is as close to a name for it as I ve gotten.
And I m Scots.
Posted 01 Jun 2007 at 2:30pm #
Mine are this way as well. It's weird none of my parents have it but my aunt has it really bad and she has arthritis. When I was little I use to think that if I taped them in some way they would grow normal. Then I started to do finger exercises like trying to bend them back as much as possible. It didn't work. It's kinda relieving to know that there are other's out there.
Posted 04 Jun 2007 at 4:28am #
this is realli random to find so many ppl with bent little fingers. i have camptodactyly and both my little fingers were in a bent fixed position kinda going into my palm. splinting fixed my left finger but the right wouldnt straighten. i had surgery on it last year that didnt work and again last week n it has a bunch of stitches in it n my ot told me today that it was straight! i did love it and showing it off thou it always got random looks. its kool to have bent fingers and like most of you my brother sister n dad had the same thing. i onli got it fixed cuz im a sprinter n it interferred with my starting blocks but im still a kid n it might ping back. embrace ur bent fingers!
Posted 18 Jun 2007 at 11:16pm #
I am so relieved that there are others who have this besides me. I know my grandmother has it really bad and I always think that as I get older my pinkies are gonna bend more. I always try to straighten them for like 5 min a day but nothing changes except that it gets sore afterwards. I type alot and so I am always self-conscious when others are around me when I type because I dont want them to think I am a freak or something. BTW.. I am of asian descent so I guess its not only people with Irish background have it. I guess I dont feel that self-conscious anymore knowing that im not the only one. Its good to know that there are others out there that I can relate to. I just have one question though, has anyone figure out what the cause is, if its really genetic, or some sort of disease etc and if there is a cure for it (other than breaking them...thats gonna be painful)
Posted 18 Jun 2007 at 11:45pm #
Chase said on May 2, 2007:
Oh dear god I'm glad to see that not everyone in the world is ignorant.....In an earlyer post I wrote that it's a recessive trait but I meant Dominent....and Glenn, look it up....it really is Dominent.
For everyone else.....DO SOME RESEARCH.
Posted 18 Jun 2007 at 11:47pm #
Glenn said on May 20, 2007:
Havent you ever done a Punetts Square in Biology? Just cuz something is dominent doesnt mean its gonna show up more often....
Posted 28 Jun 2007 at 1:59am #
my little fingers are the same, many people tease me at school because i am in 6th grade. i hav never nown wat was wrong with them but atleast i am not the only one
Posted 02 Jul 2007 at 10:35am #
On sunday I was playing pasket ball with my friend
and then she chriped me and i thought i was ok 
but I wasn't becouse I felt my pinky bone was broken and it is so i head to go to the hos pital 
and the doctor said it was twisted and now my pinky still herts 
Posted 06 Jul 2007 at 1:00am #
My whole life I have never met another person with this trait. I was told my grandmother had it. My father, Mother and brother don't. My kids don't.
I've always pondered the cause. I always knew it was a genetic trait but never considered the bone growth anomaly as the exact reason.
I , as another writer mentioned, have outwardly curved 2nd toes also. Is that a common link I wonder.
Is there a technical name for this trait?
1 in 600000 is that correct? That means just a little over 10,000 of us on the planet!
Posted 15 Jul 2007 at 6:18am #
Victoria said on June 18, 2007:
I was so shocked to find so many people with fingers like mine. I have never met anyone.
Victoria I have to agree with Glen, that if it is dominant one of your parents should portray the trait. Neither of my parents have the trait.
How does the knowledge of a punnett square answer his question? He was not asking about the frequency of it occurring......
Violet don't worry what people say. I have always thought it is pretty cool. If you portray it to others that way and not be embarrassed about it, you usually get a more positive response.
Posted 25 Jul 2007 at 8:11am #
What I think is cool about my bent pinkies is that I can do the YMCA with them but most people can't.
But I want them straightened.
That's what I googled but this came up.
So..are they fixable?
Posted 25 Jul 2007 at 6:51pm #
My little fingers are really bent inwards. Both of my brothers have the same. Also i have these little top knuckles in my other fingers. My hands are getting uglyer as i get older.
My fathers hands were really weird. He had his middle finger and the finger next to the pinky swapped round, so on his hands his longest finger was the one next to the pinky!!! His pinkys were really bent and small. He had tiny hands for a man. My youngest brother has the same hands as my father.
It was great to read that so many other people have similar fingers
Posted 29 Jul 2007 at 2:57pm #
I HAVE EXTREMELY SMALL PINKIES AND THER NOT BENT
WAHTS WRONG WITH ME
Posted 30 Jul 2007 at 7:16pm #
kayleigh said on December 15, 2006:
I have webbed feet and bent pinkies, I got the double wammie, maybe were related.
Posted 30 Jul 2007 at 7:19pm #
I have bent pinkies and webbed feet.
Posted 30 Jul 2007 at 7:34pm #
My father has the same as me; both bent pinkies. Maybe that does make it a dominant trait. I heard it was something that had to do with the people of Scandinavia, you know, Vikings or something. I pretty sure I'm Irish, Scottish and Scandinavian.
Posted 07 Aug 2007 at 1:30pm #
Haha, I finally find my people! I also have bent pinkies and outwardly-curving second toes. I've known for some time that it was a genetic trait, so today I decided to research a bit. One advantage I've found is that it was always easy to cheat in hide and seek on the playground. Disadvantages abound. I'm a musician, so I had to adapt a new style of playing guitar similar to the one mentioned above. It also hinders my octave span on a piano.
Does anyone else find it difficult to bend them sometimes? Every time I try to bend it on its own, my ring finger involuntarily moves with it (on both hands).
Posted 08 Aug 2007 at 5:25am #
so.....Chris.....I have been sitting here trying to bend my pinkie......and NOT have my ring finger move...........I can't do it either......I wonder if people with "normal" pinkies can! Very interesting......:lol:
Posted 14 Aug 2007 at 10:09am #
hi to ev1 with beny pinkies i have them and my 23 month old daughter has them too but my son dosent, my daughter is going to the hospital to see if hers can be sorted as her right hand 1 is only slighty bent but her left bends underneath her other fingers,i ask the doc will it be just broken then a splint put there to make it straight he said no the op is more worse then that any 1 got any ideas what it could be
Posted 15 Aug 2007 at 6:12pm #
Emma, you bring up a great question. The inner bone is shorter, so the natural position would be bent. This being said, I would emagine that they would have to sugically put something in there to make the inner side as long as the outer side. I also have bent pinkies, and have been contemplating doing something about them for years. I'm not sure how complex the procedure would be at my age or if they would/could do anything. I admire everyone that can laugh at it, but it bothers me. I don't like the way it looks for one, and also it seems like it would be a hell of a lot easier to grip things without that stupid thing getting in the way, griping a steering wheel for example. Has anyone inquired on fixing them, and if so, what were you told? I did ask one doctor, and he said that I should leave them as they are, but if it's possible to fix without too much of a problem, I'd like to do so. Not that I want out of the club or anything, but anyone got any info?
Posted 27 Aug 2007 at 7:00pm #
Hey, nice to know there are fellow bent pinkys out there. Mine are both bent with the right being a little more crooked. I've noticed that the right pinky is becoming more crooked as I get older. I'm 53+ and I do have arthritis in my finger joints. My 2 daughters have slight bends in their pinkys. I got this from my Dad, although his are barely bent. One time a doctor happened to notice my pinkys and she said she was taught in medical school that they were called angel wings. But she didn't have any other info. I'm very curious about them, I too have tried force straightening them most of life and I have wondered if breaking them and resetting would straighten them out. Now I just accept them. I haven't had any problems because of them except when other people notice them. I am Mexican mixed with who knows what.
Posted 01 Sep 2007 at 2:32pm #
Hey
My pinky is worse :O it is very crooked and has been since i was born. I am only 12 and when i was at primary school i had to give a talk about my pinky and how it made me "special". I dont know where i got mines from lol :(. Nice to know im not the only one
x
love danielle xxx
Posted 03 Sep 2007 at 10:05am #
YEA HI IM DAN MY PINKYS R ALWAYS PUTTING PEOPLE OFF THIER DINNER AND WHAT NOT I FELT LIKE I WAS UNIQUE BUT tHERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE LIKE US ITS BRILLIANT! THERES THIS ONE GIRL CALLED SAM WHO SEEMS TO THINK IM SOME KINDA FREAK SO CAN I HAVE A BIG COLLECTIVE HAHA FROM EVERYONE DIRECTED AT SAM!! IM NOT A FREAK YOOOO!
Posted 04 Sep 2007 at 4:03pm #
got the same thing as did my grand mother (her maidin name was king of NC) as does now my daughter alanie. my son has ambio band syndrom in the first six to telve wks the ambilicle cord is formed from many fibers which somtims get wraped around apendages of the growing baby so he has just thumb and a bent little pinkie my last name denton of Northern NY
Posted 04 Sep 2007 at 6:10pm #
Emma, you bring up a great question. The inner bone is shorter, so the natural position would be bent. This being said, I would emagine that they would have to sugically put something in there to make the inner side as long as the outer side. I also have bent pinkies, and have been contemplating doing something about them for years. I'm not sure how complex the procedure would be at my age or if they would/could do anything. I admire everyone that can laugh at it, but it bothers me. I don't like the way it looks for one, and also it seems like it would be a hell of a lot easier to grip things without that stupid thing getting in the way, griping a steering wheel for example. Has anyone inquired on fixing them, and if so, what were you told? I did ask one doctor, and he said that I should leave them as they are, but if it's possible to fix without too much of a problem, I'd like to do so. Not that I want out of the club or anything, but anyone got any info?
Posted 04 Sep 2007 at 9:12pm #
I also have curved pinkies!!! as does my son 4. My right is way more bent than my left and my son's is exactly the opposite as he is a leftie and me right. I kinda always have loathed them. Oh well right!
Posted 05 Sep 2007 at 9:58pm #
I have very bent pinkies. My father and grandmother have them, too, as do a couple of my siblings--athough not as severe as mine. Rather than loathe them, I have always loved them. They made me feel special and connected to my ancestors. When I gave birth to my two children, it was the first thing I asked about after making sure they were OK. In college, I took a history course and, believe it not, they mentioned the early migration of the Scotch-Irish to America and the distinguishing genetic trait of bent pinkies. So--I bet all of you have some Scotch Irish in your background.
Posted 06 Sep 2007 at 5:23am #
Keewee, that is so interesting........I have some Irish in me, that I know of.....and have the bent little pinkies.................:D
Posted 06 Sep 2007 at 7:44am #
Clarification I guess I don't loathe them lol....When people see them they go What happened to your finger!!! I'm adopted so no going back in my family...So maybe I'm scottish/irish who knows. And my daughter doesn't have them, but my son does.
Posted 07 Sep 2007 at 6:27am #
Oh my god!!!
And for all these years I have been trying to work out where my pinkies went wrong!!
There are heaps of you!!!
For some strage reason I decided to google "bent fingers" and I can't believe I have found all you freaks too!! Its amazing!
Ahhh its made my day!!!!
Posted 07 Sep 2007 at 11:30am #
My fingers are bent worse than that. Apparently I was born with them overlapping my ring finger. Odd that.
Posted 10 Sep 2007 at 7:07pm #
well im glad u all have bent pinkies but i think im a little more special than u lot my little finger and index finger are both bent and bend in the middle rather than the tip [think of a half moon and u will see my finger lol
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Posted 26 Sep 2007 at 10:33pm #
Wow! I have the same thing. My right hand is a little worse but I never knew that so many people had this. I guess im not so weird after all lol
Posted 07 Oct 2007 at 10:50pm #
My son has bent pinkies, One hand worse than the other. I was told its called Clinodactyly. Because my son has such a bad case of the bent pinkies, and they are getting in the way, Two separate doctors, told me surgery is neccessary. The surgery they would perform in on the growth plate which somehow has been fused together on oneside. They would try to to unfuse it, and stuff the opening with fat so that it doesnt fuse again. Surgery should last 1.5 hours and recovery 2 weeks. My problem is that now his hands dont hurt him, even though the pinky gets in the way. Both doctors predict that it would get worse, and begin to be painful. ANyone out there with serious bent pinkies, does it hurt at all. Would you get surgery if it was making life more difficult for you besides looks? Please let me know, my son is only 5. I fear for only the worse to come. My fingers arent bent, but they are very much smaller than usual. Doctors also stated that i probably have Clinodactyly by looking at my hands, just not as a bad case as my sons. Please all information would help,
Christine
Posted 10 Oct 2007 at 4:16pm #
I have bent pinkies but mine are way worse my whole dads side has them I take after my dad.
Posted 12 Oct 2007 at 11:25am #
Hi Christine,
For what is worth my pinkies are fairly severly bent. Worse than the picture above. While they may catch someones eye and frustrated my becoming a better guitarist they don't hurt and I am 40. It really isnt a bother so I would question the doctors' assertion and prediction that they will become more painful.If they don't hurt for another 35 years later is it worth it? Then again if they are outrageously bent (like 70 degrees)it makes sense. Good luck whatever you decide to do.
Derek
Posted 12 Oct 2007 at 4:43pm #
Posted 12 Oct 2007 at 5:13pm #
Mine have never physically hurt...I wanted them straight when I was a teen and Doc said do they hurt or what??? I said No so he says don't worry about it. Now 36 and they are still bent.
Posted 13 Oct 2007 at 2:33pm #
Christine,
I read you post asking for more info. I am 54 years old this month and I can tell you that my bent pinkys have never given me any pain yet.
Posted 22 Oct 2007 at 8:33am #
I (24) also have bent little fingers. Its a family trait and has been passed down to me. Mine are more prominet than my family. Its from my fathers side, his mother had it, my brother has it (26) too, although very slight, but still noticeable. When i put them together the angle in between is 110+ degrees. When people see them, they always ask "how do you do that?" my mates love them, its my party trick. They have never given me any grief like pain, they click, but i do that to freak people out!!!! I used to hide them, like drink with my fingers behind the others, or always have my hands clenched. But now ive got over being different!
Check them out!
This is of my left hand...
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee245/dan_knight2004/IMG_0047.jpg
This is both together...
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee245/dan_knight2004/IMG_0048.jpg
Comments welcome!
Posted 24 Oct 2007 at 9:36pm #
YAY!! I finally found some answers!!!
My Grandad, mum and both brothers have bent pinkies, but mine are the worst, and they seem to be getting worse as i get older. I'm 21, and i'm starting to get arthritis (i think) in them and they ache a lot or hurt when ppl try to put them straight or i knock them.
I asked the doctor what it was, i got them xrayed, and they said i was born with it (duh!!) but couldnt tell me anything else.
Myself and my parents are from Liverpool, UK and my mum has some irish in her - my dad does NOT have bent pinkies.
I asked the doc how i can fix them, and the only option is to take out the bone in those fingers and replace them with a plastic joint.
It's classed as cosmetic surgery, and approx cost is $10,000!! which is just ridiculous...
I came to like the quirkiness of them, but I would like the surgery done as they are starting to hurt, and hinder a lot of things i can do...
when I put mine together - the V is less than 90 degrees.
The bone pushes against my skin so much that it has permanently turned the area white (like a mosquito bite when u scratch it).. and there is a bump that juts out... ewww
If anyone has ever had them fixed or has been told or alternatives please holler back!!
Natalie
Posted 24 Oct 2007 at 11:03pm #
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/genproj/traits.htmlHow does a dominant allele differ from a recessive allele?
Characteristics associated with a certain allele can sometimes be dominant or recessive, but often they are neither. A dominant trait will be expressed when at least one allele of its associated type is present, whereas a recessive trait will be expressed only when both alleles are of its associated type
Pinky: Straight pinky (recessive trait) vs. Bent pinky (dominant trait) Hold your hands together as if you are covering your face. If the tips of the pinkies (or baby fingers) point away from one another, the pinkies are bent .
If P is bent pinky as a DOMINANT TRAIT
& p is straight pinky as a RECESSIVE TRAIT
Parent PP pr Pp will have bent ( each carries two types)
Parent pp will have straight pinky
If PP & PP get together - their kids will have PP (bent)
If Pp & Pp get together - their kids could be PP, Pp or pp ( Bent, straight or carriers of straight gene)
If PP & pp get together - their kids will be Pp (Bent, but carriers of straight gene)
If pp & pp get together - their kids will be pp (straight fingers)
If pp & Pp get together - their kids will have Pp, or pp ( bent, with carried straight gene or straight)
Therefore, to pass on the Bent dominant gene - at least one parent had to have the Dominant gene - which will show the characteristic. So in the cases where people have bent pinkys, but their parents do not appear to... they must have it in a slight fashion??
Yeah I don't understand how some of you guys have it but your parents dont?? Cos to be a carrier of a dominant gene in order to pass it to the offspring, they would have to show the characteristic...?