![]() ![]() Maisie herself was taught that she had been born naturally to both a mother and father, but that both of them had died in the same car crash, leaving her an orphan. Other manor staff who knew Maisie was a clone were taught that Charlotte had died in a vehicle accident in 2008, and that, in an act of grief, Sir Benjamin had turned to InGen’s technology to recreate her. Only Lockwood and Carroll knew the truth behind Maisie’s creation. There were many reasons to protect Maisie, ranging from the illegality of human cloning to the biomedical significance of her modified genome, as well as Charlotte’s posthumous reputation as a scientist. When she passed away that year, she entrusted Maisie’s safety to Sir Benjamin and the family housekeeper Iris Carroll, who had helped raise Charlotte too. Charlotte had no hesitation of giving it to Maisie. She had known this going in, that her secretive research meant that she would have no support team of scientists and technicians, and that it was very likely that she could only produce one dose. After some time of monitoring, she determined that Maisie was completely cured, but there was no time left for Charlotte to cure herself. On February 2, 2009, she vaccinated eighteen-month-old Maisie. Fortunately, she had completed a viral vector vaccine, using a pathogen to administer the genetic treatment throughout the body using the same mechanisms normal viruses use to propagate. When Maisie was around a year old, Charlotte began showing symptoms. At the forefront of genetic research for most of her life, Charlotte stood a better chance than most at succeeding. Charlotte began research into curing the supposedly irreversible condition, but a cure would mean genetically modifying every cell in the body. Not only this, but it was heritable, meaning that her child would likely carry the gene as well. She discovered that she carried a genetic flaw, a rare health condition that was invariably fatal. Though Charlotte wanted a child, she also wanted that child to live a full healthy life. ![]() Charlotte probably created Maisie using somatic-cell nuclear transfer, the most common form of human cloning at the time. Maisie was probably born in the subbasement laboratory in the manor where Charlotte conducted much of her research. Since human cloning is illegal in Charlotte’s home state of California, where her family’s manor is located near the town of Orick, she had to do this in secret. Ultimately, she succeeded at cloning herself, giving birth in August 2007 to Maisie. Charlotte had long wanted a child, and as she studied human cloning for medical purposes, she also began to consider it for reproduction. The latter had been one of the founding fathers of International Genetic Technologies, a company which performed extensive genetic research however, Lockwood had a falling-out with his business partner John Hammond over human cloning and left the company in the 1990s. Maisie’s mother, Charlotte Lockwood, was a biomedical geneticist who studied human cloning like her father (Maisie’s grandfather) Sir Benjamin Lockwood. ![]() All members of the Lockwood family tree can trace their ancestry back to here. Her family surname, Lockwood, is an old Anglo-Saxon habitational name it refers to the village of Lockwood, located in what is now a suburb of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. This certainly reflects the way Maisie’s family members have felt about her, including her mother Charlotte, who created her in secret and loved her dearly. It means “pearl,” denoting something precious and deserving of protection. The name Maisie is of Scottish origin, dating back to the sixteenth century. Her DNA was altered at the age of roughly one year using a viral vector vaccine, which led to her becoming a vital part of the research which ended the 2022 hybrid locust plague. ![]() She is notable for being the first confirmed human clone to be born, and for her involvement with both the 2018 Lockwood Manor incident and 2022 BioSyn Valley incident. Maisie Lockwood (2007 – present) is the daughter of Charlotte Lockwood, and the granddaughter of Sir Benjamin Lockwood. ![]()
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