But in that very revelation, Nynaeve claims that "mother following daughter was rare"
Cannoli Send a noteboard - 27/04/2012 03:24:21 AM
and even more so when both parents are Chanelers ... Look at the Sea Folk Wind Finders, a huge number of family ties there.
It happens, and is probably more likely than for random pairings, especially if they marry male relatives of Windfinders, but if it was even a very likely probability for channeling to breed true, Alviarin's plan would probably not have been treated as a radical theory. IMO, the Aes Sedai are discouraged from having kids (via novice & Accepted indoctrination, if not from any outright restriction or overt pressure on the sisters from Tower or Ajah authorities) in order to keep their interests apart from the world.
It seems that if female channelers were likely to produce channeling daughters, the Tower would encourage or at least be neutral on Aes Sedai having families. The fact that such a heritage is rare explains the antipathy toward families - since the children are not likely to be channelers, they will eventually become estranged from Tower society, which will create a division of interests and loyalties in their mothers.
No matter how you slice it, the percentage as quoted by Jordan, as well as the numbers seen in the books and population proportions indicate that however more likely a channeler is to have the ability in his ancestry or descendants, it is still not something to bet on.
Cannoli
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“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Inde muagdhe Aes Sedai misain ye!
Deus Vult!
*MySmiley*
Genetic channeling and the Rhuidean columns
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25/04/2012 05:29:45 AM
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The hair...
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Yeah, that was bothering me too.
25/04/2012 07:12:31 PM
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Yup ... Suppose the Moridin body switch theory would explain the dark hair
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25/04/2012 05:57:02 AM
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Yes, I wasn't claiming this was a plot hole or anything...
25/04/2012 06:06:53 AM
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Agreed that it is a rather strange twist and seems very sudden to happen within a generation
25/04/2012 11:15:09 AM
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25/04/2012 04:11:55 PM
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Well the Sharans seem to know as they breed channelers and kill the male offspring
26/04/2012 12:26:39 AM
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26/04/2012 01:42:19 AM
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I don't think the trait is that simple as the four box diagram with the peas in a bio textbook
26/04/2012 01:38:32 AM
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I don't think the trait is that simple as the four box diagram with the peas in a bio textbook
26/04/2012 01:39:05 AM
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26/04/2012 02:17:17 AM
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True, but the odds of Channelers having children with the ability are vastly higher
26/04/2012 10:48:00 AM
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But in that very revelation, Nynaeve claims that "mother following daughter was rare"
27/04/2012 03:24:21 AM
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Re: I don't think the trait is that simple as the four box diagram with the peas in a bio textbook
26/04/2012 01:30:54 PM
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I believe there is a quote that the soul is only part of what determines the Channelers strength
27/04/2012 10:31:22 AM
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