Leviathan Wakes
I completely forgot that Holden was part of that commune of, what, eight mothers?
“Hi, I want to introduce you to my mom, my dad, and my Tim.”
The polycule meta evolves
DNA from three people: the two biological parents plus a third person who supplies healthy mitochondrial DNA. The babies were born to mothers who carry genes for mitochondrial diseases and risked passing on severe disorders. The eight babies are healthy, say the researchers behind the trial.
That’s gonna mess up how we trace ancestry.
Instead of a family tree, you have a flux capacitor.
Eugenicists everywhere.
Uh, guys? Margaret Atwood wants a word…
In Irish mythology, men with great destinies like Lugaid Riab nDerg (and by some tellings Cú Chulainn) are conceived of three fathers.
Lugaid’s mother seduced triplets Bres, Nár and Lothar to hedge her bets in case 1 or 2 died in battle. He was born with a horizontal red stripe across his hips and another across his chest showing he was ⅓ from each.
