Celebrating human wonder
The human genome is the most beautiful story ever written — three billion letters that shape how we love, create, move and connect. MyGeneCode lets you give a piece of that wonder to someone who matters.
Choose a real gene whose meaning captures a person — the bonding gene for a soulmate, the gene for speed for an athlete, a longevity gene as a wish for a newborn — or claim a permanent parcel of a genome, from the human code to a beloved pet, a mighty oak, even a woolly mammoth. Either way, you dedicate it in their name, and it arrives as a beautiful certificate.
We started MyGeneCode because the most meaningful gifts last. Genes are the one inheritance every living thing shares — real, ancient, and astonishing. Dedicating a gene or claiming a parcel of a genome turns that wonder into something you can give, and someone can keep forever.
Meaning first
We curate genes for what they say about a person — bonding, strength, language, longevity — never for disease. The gift is about the people we love.
Honest science
Every gene is real, placed on its true chromosome and cytoband from public reference genomes. We write in plain language but never overstate the biology.
No false ownership
A dedication is symbolic. No one can own a gene — it belongs to all of us, and that shared inheritance is exactly what makes it worth celebrating.
Founded by
Eric Tippmann, PhD
An entrepreneur and former professor, Eric is the author of more than 25 peer-reviewed scientific discoveries. His work has been widely cited — including by researchers at Harvard and Oxford.
🎨 A family touch: our creature icon artwork is inspired by — and lovingly adapted from — original drawings by the founder's 12-year-old daughter.
An honest promise: a gene gift or a registry claim is a symbolic dedication, not a claim of legal or scientific ownership. Every gene and genome we feature is drawn from trusted, public genomic databases — and we'll always tell you plainly what is wonder and what is fact.