Henrietta Lacks Characters
Across
- 1. the cells taken from Henrietta Lacks
- 2. later known as Zakariyya who went to jail, also had anger issues
- 5. gave the Lacks family a portrait of the HeLa cells
- 7. Henrietta's cousin, deeply religious
- 8. Henrietta Lacks' cousin/husband
- 9. Henrietta Lacks' best friend
- 12. narrator, journalist telling the story of Henrietta Lacks
- 13. Henrietta's daughter who was diagnosed with idiocy and taken to mental home
- 15. Henrietta's oldest son who does not remember his mother
Down
- 1. main focus character who the cells came from
- 3. Henrietta's second oldest daughter, most interested in learning about her mother
- 4. sexually assaulted Deborah as a child
- 6. Lawrence's wife who is very loving towards Deborah
- 10. abused the Lacks' children
- 11. doctor who discovered the immortal cells
- 14. third of Henrietta's children, first to meet Skloot