Hello Shelby - I believe it can be inheirited. Some studies suggest that - but a major factor is the environment raised in as well. It's been shown through MRIs and other tests that the brains in abused children do not develop is some areas. I'll look around for articles - seems to me that there is some identifier in the body of violence prone people. Rick > > From: BurgessWV@aol.com > Date: 2006/07/31 Mon PM 08:33:45 EDT > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WVLOGAN] Violence; An Inherited Trait ? OTS > > In searching my ancestors on both my father's side, and my mothers.I can > find hardly any on dads side ( Burgess, Canterbury, Jarrel, Farley). On my mom's > side (Baisden, Hager, Workman,Dempsey), I see plenty of murders, homocides, > suicides. > This is not to say dads side were saints( they might plunk some revenue > officer for busting their still).Im wondering if this violence is hereditery, or > not ? > > Shelby > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >