Great-Granddaughter of 'Hidden Figures' Katherine Johnson Earns Perfect Math Score

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4. Sometimes the genes ARE passed down

This doesn'T surprise me at all. Once, when my daughter was law school in the States, she told me about a case she was studying. I told her she was a direct descendant of one of the attorneys involved. She said sure, ha-ha. I said, no, really. This guy was my great-grandfather, and he died before I was born. His daughter, my dad's mom, was the one who irked Fiorello LaGuardia and campaigned for Humphrey in the 1940s. And whaddya know, my daughter becomes the youngest partner ever (at age 31) in a major NYC law firm. She works out of their Frankfurt arm.

So I truly believe that certain gifts and aptitudes are genetically passed down, just like physical attributes like prematurely white hair or green eyes. Na Kia Boykin appears to be another classic example.