I'm not, but my husband and sister are. My husband's siblings are not gifted (I wouldn't even consider them bright), but many of their children are. Two of my sister's kids are gifted, and one is average to low average.

I would consider my sister to be gifted in mathematics only, while my husband seems to be gifted in all areas, his biggest strength is math though too. Our son's strength is also in mathematics.

The inconsistent pattern of heritability in our families is interesting to me. We are really in the beginning stages of understanding how genetics influence intelligence. I wonder how much more we will learn in next 50 years or so and how such knowledge will influence society and education.

Last edited by Appleton; 01/25/15 12:52 PM.