Talk:Airbending/@comment-173.88.213.4-20120511005612/@comment-173.57.38.19-20120512210030

I don't think the "genes" that control bending work like typical genes (no homogenous kind of thing, unless you're the avatar). As in, I don't think Tenzin is half air nomad and half water tribe; otherwise he should be able to waterbend. In any case I don't think you'd get two genes for bending, even if one is dominant and the other is recessive, I think you literally just get ONE, whether there is a dominative trend or just by chance.