From:	cmpetro@*********.com cmpetro@*********.com
Subject:	Hidden Identity
Date:	Fri, 23 Jul 1999 10:52:18 -0500

DavidC Wrote:

>I have started a new game and everyone has created characters. My wife
>created an elf (based on the Weapons Specialist), who does not know that she
>is an elf. The characters human parents were midlevel execs at Renraku, and
>knew that the child would not have a good life in the corp if she was an
>elf, so they had her ears 'clipped' as a baby, and told her to not mention
>her ability to see in the dark to any one.
>So my question is, is there some way to determine a persons race besides
>their physical appearance? Or would this work?

Yes. Several.

DNA or RNA tests would show. A blood test would probably show it as well.
(IIRC) A good Magician can tell also by assensing the aura.