DIONNE QUINS
Different Fingerprints If the Dionne quintuplets should ever be mixed up it would still be possible to tell them apart by their fiingerprints. In the fifty digits of the five the ulnar loop predominates, meaning that the ridges on the skin curve toward the thumb, bend and then return toward the little finger. (The ulna is the inner and larger of ' the two bones of the forearm). The Dionnes have 41 ulnar loop patterns. Little Marie and Therese have them on all fingers. Cecile and-Rose lack the pattern on one finger. Though the children are alb “ulnars” they are not relegated to the same classification. The number of ridges around the ulnar loop varies widely in the fifty fingers. In addition there are also imperfections of pattern and minor differences. So a fingerprint expert would have no difficulty in telling one Dionne from another.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 154, 26 March 1938, Page 8 (Supplement)
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146DIONNE QUINS Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 154, 26 March 1938, Page 8 (Supplement)
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