What you said is true, Sue. I am not sure if the same trait that causes addictive behavior causes violence though. There have been many studies on this subject in our violent times of the last 30 years. I need to do a little research. Rick > > From: suebod <suebod@tampabay.rr.com> > Date: 2006/08/01 Tue AM 01:23:42 EDT > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WVLOGAN] Violence; An Inherited Trait ? OTS > > I forgot - this is Rick's field. He can give a much better answer. Sue > > At 10:42 PM 7/31/06 -0400, you wrote: > >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 > > > > > > > > >============================== > >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 > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >