[Anja]

This is interesting, heart, and something I've thought about for some time.

There are many genetic markers for various types of differences in people. Some have been verified by research and I have noticed some over the years which are just good hunches on my part and often ring true.

We are familiar with the facial differences in children born with Down Syndrome. Fetal Alcohol
Syndrome has it's sometimes distinct facial qualities. Types of dwarfism also.

Did you know that a streak of white hair can be a marker for familial deafness?

When I worked in one job which involved meeting many sociopaths I noticed a certain formation of ears which seemed to accompany the disorder. I've chased around on the computer trying to find some correlation with no luck. But I know when I see that type of ear I am on my guard.

I knew a woman who worked with sex abuse victims who said that she noticed a high incidence of pear-shaped men among those who had been sexually abused as children.

Sounds like the old phrenology at work. Heh. Well. Or buttology.

Here's an interesting fact: Physicians often pick up a certain oddness in the appearance of some newborns and they sometimes mark it on the birth records as FLK. What does that stand for? Funny-looking kid!