Happy genes,sad genes,impatient genes-what have you inherited from your parents?

I think there are many things of our character dependent on genes. I think there are many genes, good or bad I do not know , I have inherited from both parents.It is in case of all.

It's quite true, and i have seen it apply in a lot of cases. In my own family, my brother has taken on to electronics the way my dad is involved in it. Somehow i never got this trait. I tended to pick up one of patience which my mom was very strong with. The high curiosity factor of the occult and sciences which i had a few years ago was something my mother used to attribute in me to her father's genes. I think those genes are slighty dormant now. One genetic attribute that i can say came from my dad's genes was my ability at mathematics and puzzles. He was good at it and iw ould like to think i am too.

I have inherited my short temper,impatience,perfectness,good dress sense,socializing attitude from my mother. And my father's contributions are planning,frugality and humbleness. My part is trying to make a good mixture of the best qualities and balance.

I attribute most of the positive qualities I have, to my genes from both father and mother.I have inherited the resourcefulness, grasp,memory and creativity,stubbornness and determination from my father.I have inherited my emotional, reactive ,philosophical,,contented nature from my mother.I think optimism is also something from my father though my mother did show this trait too.Similarly contentment was in both.I have failed to inherit the systematic nature[I feel my mother was born systematic]from my mother. As I told you I attribute broadly only the positive qualities to them both ,though emotional and impulsive do not strictly fall under this category.So, I am trying to get over this.Ihave many other negative qualities and I take full responsibility for them.

I don't believe that we have to be marked by the sins of our parents, or conversely that their good qualities necessarily pass down to the offspring. I think we make our own lives and whether the example the parents set (genetically or behaviorally) is good or bad, we have the ability and responsibility to make our own way in life.

The stubborn-proud kind of genes, unfortunately.

this reminds me of what my in-laws indirectly tell.whatever naughty and bad things are dddddddddddddddddone by my kids,they are my genesand others are their sons!!!i am quite impulsive and do take lot of tension.docs tell me they are inherited from my father who gets over-excited about small things.

everyone is inherited to their gene as it is the law of nature. and that's the cycle

hi mimpi! I inherited my 'polymath' genes from my dad(i think) he was a 'good all rounder'. I think I got my 'toughness' genes from my mother. In general it's not just the genes its 'nature and nuture'.

Hi mimpi dear! I think my father's genes and my mother's genes are fighting inside me. LOL! Who will be the dominant gene, I still don't know. haha..However, I sometimes have my mother's work attitude and my father's temper..but other times, my mother's tolerant genes is trying to curb my father's impatient genes! Who will dominate in the long run..I am not sure. haha..I think I have a balance of both at the moment. All I know for now is I have my grandfather's free happy spirit gene within me trying to dismiss my worried nature. God bless..Take care always. lovelots..faith

great topic mimipi! I think I got my compassion and emotional side of me from my dad. I definitely got my desire to be a good parent and an open minded parent to my kids from my dad. Unfortunately, I got from my mom that side of me that sometimes when provoked loses patience and yells. I always swore that I would never ever be a yeller and at times, I have been. Unlike my mother, I will tear myself apart afterwards and appologize....got that from dad also. I see in my own 4 children different pieces of my personality. Its interesting because they are all so very different and yet I can relate to all of them. My oldest works in a bank and is very responsible...financially. So am I. My next is very very quiet and a homebody...so am I. My 3rd...she is the partier and often makes poor decisions....yup...did all that...in a quieter way than she does. in fact, this is the one that stresses me the most of all and ironically when she got busted ...she got busted in the same apt. that I first lived in when I first moved out from my parents. We both hit the front page of the local paper at age 17 (different reasons). We both got into accidents and paid dearly for driving without insurance. My youngest....the head strong...you can't tell me what to think or how to think attitude. ...the stubborness. She is protesting the right to wear holes in her jeans. I protested the right to wear jeans.

Hi mimpz! I think, I've got everything from my Mom. Most of the people we know says that I am look like her, except for my Husband, lol. She is a very strong person and very sweet also and I believed that I am the same.

I have inherited a happy go lucky attitude from my mother, NOT! It is true that basic personality traits can be inherited. My mother suffers from depression and has an undiagnosed but obvious case of OCD both of which have manifested as negative tendencies in my own life along with perfectionism and being somewhat introverted. Some are genes at work and others are habits that children emulate. I can see my daughter acting and speaking as I do, which is a worry (LOL); she imitates almost every move I make. Fortunately once we are old and wise enough we can work on those negative traits inherited and otherwise.

I don't know. I haven't really thought about how I am like my parents. I'm quite different from them actually. Perhaps I get my shyness from my mother. She doesn't have many friends. We both lack proper social skills. We are both stubborn and need to disagree with everyone. I'm impatient and I get that from my father. I think that is all.

i thionk I need to get DNA copmparisons between myself and my Parents because I couldn't be any more different to the both of them if I tried! While I'm at it, I may as well check myself against the rest of my family too. I think I might have been zapped down from another planet or something???

i have inherited angry,lonely genes (if lonely can included into gene too), sometime i feel very angry to somebody without any reason. Is this come from genes too? or is it just me?

I got the happy-go-lucky kind attitude ;-)