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Hereditary

[hə'rɛdə'tɛri]

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An interesting hereditary physical trait was everyone born in this family had one blue eye and one brown eye. It was quite interesting.

H-E-R-E-D-I-T-A-R-Y.Hereditary. [hə'rɛdə'tɛri]

Hereditary means a characteristic or disease that is passed from the parent to a child, or a position in society that is passed from the parent to a child.

So the eye example I told you about was a characteristic that is passed on from the parent to child in the family.

When you visit the doctor, they always ask if your family has any hereditary diseases such as diabetes or heart disease that can be passed down.

Another way we can look at it is to think of a king and queen.

If they have a child then that is a prince or a princess that got their position by being born into the family. That is a heredity title.

Here, let us look at some example sentence:

Example 1:

Depression is often hereditary.

Example 2:

Did you know red hair is hereditary?

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