There are three types of fingerprints: Arch, Whorl and Loop.
Did you know that people's fingerprints can be different types on each finger? You could have a whorl on one finger and an arch on another and a loop on your thumb!
In 1788 an anatomist Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer was the first person to recognize that fingerprints were unique to each person. This is how police find bad guys. They find fingerprints to try and match them up with someone.
The results on the index finger were: My Mum: Arches, Lily: Whorl, Sebastian: Whorl, Killian: Arches, Teddy: Arches and Myself: Whorl. I suspect my Dad has a Whorl because Mum has arches and maybe it is genetic but Dad was asleep after a night shift so I could not do his fingerprint.
I enjoyed looking closely at all the designs because all the whorls and arches looked really cool in the purple play-doh. It had all these tiny lines curving everywhere
I found it tricky to get Teddy (My one-year-old brother) to stay still because he is one and kept moving. So my Mum helped get his fingerprint while I took a picture.
Thank you for reading my blog. Here are the fingerprints:
