Bird Pinkerton

Okay, so I'm recording.

Do you want to just first start by, can you say your name and how you know me?

That's my mom.

And I called my mom after I found out this fascinating thing.

Basically that some cells from my body are probably hanging out inside of her body and have likely been there for three decades, like ever since she carried me in her womb.

And as I told her, those cells, cells that are genetically me, it seems like some of them might have stuck around in your body and become a part of you.

you.

And I am curious what you make of that.

You can't have the back.

Great.

Thank you for telling me how to do my job.

So my plan here was to explain to my mom very briefly sort of what those cells could be doing inside her and what similar cells are doing to parents all over.

And that plan went without a hitch.

Can you, I mean, now, since you're helping me out, can you ask me what are they doing inside my body?

What are these cells doing inside my body?

Can I ask it as a statement?

Well, so here's the fun twist.

Researchers don't know.

It seems like

you know, maybe something like a parent-child relationship.