Yesterday I was given quite a start. My daughter sat with one hand holding the neck of her jumper against her face with two fingers. This is exactly how my late granddad used to sit in that same pose. He died long before she was born though. So where on earth did she learn that position from ?
On another occasion years ago when she was maybe 7 years old I watched her walk across a field with her hands held behind her back, and leaning slightly forward. That was another trait of my granddad. As ive previously said she never met him and I was genuinely shocked, though she found it amusing.
Its not unusual for character traits to get passed down the generations, but physical postures like these ? Saying that I drum my fingers and have been told that my great granddad did the same. Of course genes pass down physical traits and character traits, but do they pass on habits like these and if so why ? as they are surely pretty random, and nature only does what it needs to do and no more with great efficiency.
Maybe the answer is "un-natural " Maybe some parts of the past relative literally enter us at times ? Ive stopped short of using the R word here. At what point might you think it may become appropriate ?
I think it's normal that people behave or act like their predecessors, even down to a stoop or a certain way of walking.
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