Re: RC: x-factor/heart scores

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/5/00 2:26:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com writes:

<< 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.>

A nice summary of the pedibabbler religion, Heidi. Every way to skate, no way 
to verify outrageous claims. Puts you right in there with the rest of the 
quacks.

ti
 
 Heidi >>