<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 9:16 PM <<a href="mailto:spike@rainier66.com">spike@rainier66.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-537624327780700882WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:16px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">>></span>What's the best way to save your DNA for your children?</span></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-537624327780700882WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>It’s really easy if you are male.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span>Hey this sounds like a great idea for Alcor. </p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">Each sperm would only contain half your genome, and another sperm picked at random is astronomically unlikely to contain the other half that's needed. A better way to preserve your DNA would be to just put your toothbrush in a plastic bag. A even better way would be to have Alcor freeze your entire brain with liquid nitrogen as that will preserve a lot more than just DNA.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">John K Clark</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </div></div></div>