Pedigree Chart

A pedigree chart shows family relationships over several generations. The chart can show the inheritance of a particular trait.

The pedigree chart shows the same pattern of inheritance as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, DMD. Males are shown as squares. A filled square means that the person has the disease. The half-filled circles indicate a female that is an unaffected carrier for the disease.

USE GOOGLE DRAWING : Create a digital representation which follows your patient's family history in a three generation pedigree chart:

1. The patient's Maternal Grandmother had a brother who had DMD.

2. The patient's Father does not have DMD, nor do his siblings, a female and a male.

3. The patient's Mother had a brother who died from DMD at age seven. She has two sisters who do not have symptoms the disease.

4. The patient has a healthy four year old sister.

5. The patient has DMD.