I know that fingerprints are caused by fluid movement during the creation/aging of the embryo, but do genetics come into play at all? Maybe a certain pattern is more common in people of one genetic type etc.

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I mean, would my fingerprint have any similarity to my fathers, thus suggesting that a fingerprint is determined through genetics? And if not, how does the body determine what the fingerprint will look like?

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