Client - Duncan Irvine

Duncan Irvine, born in 1972, in Stirling, Scotland, to a College Lecturer and Irish mother. As a child Duncan was raised in Canada by his Godparents, Marcel and Charlotte Gyon, with his paternal sister Elspeth, and Etienne, daughter of Marcel and Charlotte . As a young man he adopted the family name as a publishing pseudonym, and wrote several articles regarding freedom of information and its effect on scientific research whilst studying at the University of Toronto. He graduated in 1993, and, with the help of Etienne, who had recently benefited from an inheritance, migrated to the U.S.

In '94 he joined the National Centre for Human Genome Research, run under Francis Collins, to which Duncan was responsible for sequence analysis'. His responsibilities later in the decade evolved into the worldwide publication of the Human Genome, the patenting of genes, and the tenuous relationship between the now-named National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and Celera Genomics — a private company conducting a parallel project.

In 2001 he left the project and, on a Canadian Research Grant, moved back to Ontario. He began research studying the effects of inherited genetic traits similar to the HapMap project.

His obsession with heredity forms from a belief that genetic traits determine significant social and behavioral characteristics. This belief deeply concerns him, as there are notable behavioral characteristics between him and his now late Godparents. The whereabouts of his biological parents is unknown, and he can only assume that his biological parents resemble closely Marcel and Charlotte.