Re: RC: x-factor/heart scores

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/5/00 12:31:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, Tivers writes:

<< Genetic makeup is other than "pedigree".  >>

Genetic makeup is a subset of pedigree.  Pedigree is not the actual 
blueprint--it is the set of possibilities.  If the ancestors had the traits 
(and hence the genes) you want, the offspring MIGHT get them.  If the 
ancestors didn't have them, then the offspring DARN SURE won't get them!  And 
no matter WHAT the offspring end up with, it came from SOMEWHERE in the 
pedigree--unless it came from Mars, of course.  The only people who are 
surprised by the traits of the offspring are those that are less than 
knowledgeable (or less than honest) about the traits of the ancestors.  And 
once again, "traits" are not synoymous with fame--no amount of advertising or 
glossy photos can alter what those ancestors really are--or aren't.

Heidi