Interview Photographs

This picture was not taken during the interview. However, to get the feel of the interview as well as the setting for my paper this picture is crucial. This is a picture of Children's Hospital of Michigan (CHM) which is part of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC). This location participates in a large number of twin studies leading to new medical breakthroughs. This is also the location in which my interviewee as well as myself are employed.









I was not able to take pictures at CHM is is against employee policy as well as violating the patients rights. In order to compensate I choose to use pictures that added a visual to the information provided by my interviewee, Cathy. Twin studies are used most often to determine whether something specific, such as a medical condition or a personality trait, is caused by a genetic factor to an environmental factor. Twins are key in this study, fraternal as well as identical twins are used as participants. Identical twins carry the same DNA while fraternal twins share only 50% of their DNA (the same amount as any other siblings) this allows researchers to determine the cause of their research topic. This picture was taken in February 2009 when my twins were only 6 weeks old. They are identical twin girls, Jessica Lynn (left) and Madeline Grace (right).









Throughout the interview The March of Dimes was brought up often. They are on organization devoted to ensuring that every baby is born healthy. More sets of multiples are touched by this organization than are not. Due to the high rate of premature birth associated with multiple births many of these newborns are born with medical problems. The March of Dimes is a contributor to research such as the twin studies that offers hope to new medical breakthroughs that would offer improved medical care to those newborns that are in need of it.







This picture is of a genetic test given to my twins showing that their genetic makeup is in fact identical. During the interview Cathy had mentioned how when we found out that i was carrying mono/di twins (a type of identical twins) she was excited to see how much they truly were identical since in the medical field she was not able to remain with one set of twins for any extended amount of time, she was only able to see them through their medical treatment. She made a point of saying that when the DNA results came back, even though we had known they were identical from the beginning, there was a sort of awe from actually seeing it confirmed on paper.







Lastly this picture is a picture of a reoccuring theme in our interview. Throughout the interview although we did talk about frathernal twins we leaded heavily on the impact of identical twins. I had asked Cathy if she was able to place one visual with our interview that summed up what she knew about twins it was this. She said, "go home and take a picture of all of the girls stuff!" She went on to explain that when you walk into our house there are two of everything, yet evertything is slighly different, and it sums up the girl perfectly. They are identical, they have the same DNA and they look perfectly identical, yet when you get to know them their personailtys are slighly different.