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means passed down through genes from parents to offspring, whether it's eye color, a disease, or a throne.
from from latin hereditarius, tied to heres meaning heir — originally strictly about inheriting property and titles before biology borrowed the word for traits passed through blood.
before geneticskings used it centuries before dna existed
not guaranteedhereditary risk means likely, never certain
mendel's peasproved traits pass in predictable ratios, 1866