Do you believe in reincarnation? Even if you do, you may find this concept startling: Carol Bowman suggests that in some families, people who have died are reincarnated -- to the same family. Does this explain, you suppose, why your daughter seems to be just like your Dad's grandmother?
I wanted a character who did not trust forensics, in the same way that Lincoln Rhyme does not the psychological aspect of crimesolving. 
