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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]genetics are over rated[/quote]

To the contrary it's underrated. All the research shows that way more stuff is inherited than previously thought - intelligence, personality,  religiosity, temperament - all highly heritable.

And while genetic combinations are unpredictable it is still the case that child will share 50% of genes with each of their parents. If she doesn't looks like her mother she will share something else with her. Theoretically siblings might not have anything in common but (grand)parents and children always do. Furthermore it is precisely because grandparents are less central to the child's life that genetic connection carries more weight in that relationship.

It might not matter to many or they might learn to forget about it. But stop pretending than only morons or unsophisticates can have any interest in genetic connection.

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Actually, my mother and father have no biological connection to my daughter, because I am adopted.  And they love her to pieces, not because she shares their genes, but because she is their grandchild.  She shares a lot of other things with them, just not a particular sequence of ATGC on her chromosomes.  If my mother cared about my child one iota less because she wasn't genetically connected, she would not be a part of my child's life.  I feel sorry for people who care that much about this, but that doesn't mean I'm going to let them hurt my kid.  [/quote]

look, you don't care, i get it. i could be nasty as you are and point out that perhaps you don't really have a choice, and neither do your parents. all i am asking from you and people like you is to stop implying that everyone who wants a genetic connection is somehow less moral and doesn't understand what things are really about. we don't love our children any less just because we also enjoy the fact that we are genetically related. it's a great thing, and you can suck it.[/quote]

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