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Re:Secrets of The Great Families by sandstrom on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @05:27PM (#29168368)
With IQ being ~80% hereditary, this isn’t too surprising.

EDIT: Had somehow missed half the article, which goes into detail on this. I’d still guess IQ is a big part of it though.

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Re:Secrets of The Great Families by LambdaTrain on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @05:36PM (#29168473)
The genetic impact of a talented ancestor diminishes rapidly after generations (say multiply 80% several times it quickly turns small) if no other factors comes into play.
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