My father is the child of very poor farmers, neither of whom seemed to be particularly gifted and none of his siblings seem to be gifted either, yet he is no doubt HG. He was the first, and only one to go to college. This discussion is making me wonder if maybe one (or both?) of my GPs were gifted (both died when I was young so maybe the great intelligence was there and I missed it) or maybe he is an HG kid of ND parents. I will definitely have to talk to him about this.

Thanks Dottie for bring this up. Very interesting stories from everyone - thanks for sharing!!! smile