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[quote=Anonymous]I think it goes way beyond parents. For instance, my in laws have 8 grandkids between them. My FIL is crazy smart in a traditional way- former engineer, can solve any problem, just all around extremely intelligent. My MIL grew up on a farm and didn't get great schooling and had kids starting at 19. She is smart in different ways- she's tough and resourceful and nobody gets the better of her. I'd say she's "clever" vs. book smart if that makes sense. Anyway, of the 8 grandkids, only one is what I would call highly intelligent. There's one or two that are just... not that smart. They're kind, they're good kids, but they're never going to be more than average in terms of smarts. And they will have to really WORK for grades as they get older, you can tell. The rest are somewhere in between. Our child is the youngest (2) and I can't tell yet how she'll fall in the spectrum. I think DH and I are both above average in terms of intelligence, but not geniuses. And my dad is very, very smart, but my mom is pretty average. It's like any other thing they inherit- total crapshoot. [/quote]

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