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<p>Okay. So here's my question: Since the Lion Turtles gave people bending, then stopped giving them, did the ability just become inherited when a baby was born to benders? Or did everyone have the ability to bend and the ability got lost in the re-learning process? Or does everyone have the capacity to bend?
</p><p>Or maybe the Lion Turtles have more cosmic influence in the ATLA and LoK World and still 'give' babies bending abilities?
</p><p>Any thoughts?
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<p>It seems like more people are born without bending with the exception of the AN. Aang's the only character with bending parentsbesides Piandao and he can't bend. Everyone else either has non-bending parents or one bending and one non-bending parent
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<div class="quote"><i>Intelligence4 wrote:
we know that bending is not based solely on genetics, per bryke interview. they didn't want it to be genetic cuz that could/would result in a bloodline holding themselves over others and using their power to enforce it and all that jazz. so they decided to have bending be based on a combination of genetics and spirituality. it wasn't really explained further than that, so the rest is speculation. <p>the fact that people born in a particular nation bend that nation's element, and not some other element, leads me to believe this: being a bender or not has to do with spirituality, while which element you bend has to do with genetics. </p> </i></div>
<p>Can you post the interview? Because I don't think being able to bend elements has anything to do with spirituality. As we know, Korra had like zero spiritual capabilities for the longest time. She doesn't have a connection to spirits like Jinora does. And Mako and Bolin don't seem spiritually inclined. So I don't really get how bending has anything really to do with having a spiritual connection.. </p>
we know that bending is not based solely on genetics, per bryke interview. they didn't want it to be genetic cuz that could/would result in a bloodline holding themselves over others and using their power to enforce it and all that jazz. so they decided to have bending be based on a combination of genetics and spirituality. it wasn't really explained further than that, so the rest is speculation. <p>the fact that people born in a particular nation bend that nation's element, and not some other element, leads me to believe this: being a bender or not has to do with spirituality, while which element you bend has to do with genetics. </p> </i></div>
<p>Can you post the interview? Because I don't think being able to bend elements has anything to do with spirituality. As we know, Korra had like zero spiritual capabilities for the longest time. She doesn't have a connection to spirits like Jinora does. And Mako and Bolin don't seem spiritually inclined. So I don't really get how bending has anything really to do with having a spiritual connection.. </p>
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<div class="quote"><i>LitanyofWebs wrote:
<div class="quote">The Wikia Editor wrote: <p>I've also heard a theory that states that humans already were capable of naturally bending the elements before they started living on lion turtles and that the lion turtles took those abilities away in order to prevent the humans living on their shells from hurting each other. </p> </i></div>
I believe this to be the case. This is the reason that the Lion Turtles repressed bending when the humans returned home. They couldn't properly harness the power so the Lion Turtles repressed it in order to protect them. They only unleashed humans innate capabilities, they didn't create them. Only after the Avatar was created did humans venture out into the world and that is when they found the Sky Bison and the Moon, etc, and subsequently learned the nature of their abilities and learn how to properly harness them. Bending is an art, an extension of oneself, just being able to move water is not. That is the distinction.
</div> <p>See I always thought that the Lion Turtles only gave certain people bending abilities upon request. Is it stated anywhere that everyone knew how to bend the elements before the Lion Turtles took it away? </p>
<div class="quote">The Wikia Editor wrote: <p>I've also heard a theory that states that humans already were capable of naturally bending the elements before they started living on lion turtles and that the lion turtles took those abilities away in order to prevent the humans living on their shells from hurting each other. </p> </i></div>
I believe this to be the case. This is the reason that the Lion Turtles repressed bending when the humans returned home. They couldn't properly harness the power so the Lion Turtles repressed it in order to protect them. They only unleashed humans innate capabilities, they didn't create them. Only after the Avatar was created did humans venture out into the world and that is when they found the Sky Bison and the Moon, etc, and subsequently learned the nature of their abilities and learn how to properly harness them. Bending is an art, an extension of oneself, just being able to move water is not. That is the distinction.
</div> <p>See I always thought that the Lion Turtles only gave certain people bending abilities upon request. Is it stated anywhere that everyone knew how to bend the elements before the Lion Turtles took it away? </p>
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<p>The Lion Turtle that talked to Aang said this: "In the era before the Avatar, we bent not the elements but the energy within ourselves." So yeah, humans did not have the ability to bend the elements before living on Lion Turtles. The Lion Turtles gave them that ability. But supposedly anyone can bend the energy within themselves if they practice meditation or have an innate ability to do so. I don't think the Lion Turtles took anything away from the humans. They presented them with the elements.
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<p>Here's the interview:
</p><p>http://www.avatarspirit.net/interviews.php?id=19
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Winterlotus90 wrote:
And the only way to explain how people currently have bending abilities is because it's passed down genetically. Kya got waterbending from her mother, Katara. Tenzin got airbending from Aang, and Bumi just happened to not get anything. All airbenders can bend air. It seems to be a dominant trait.
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About the genetics theory (bending is a genetic only thing): There is no logical way, bending is inherited by genes alone. Let's think about a bending/non-bending gene and let's say non-bending allele A is dominant (given the fact there are far more non-benders than benders) and bending allele a is recessive. If this is the case, all benders must be homozygotes having an "aa" allele pair. The isolated air nomads community would have no non-bending allele in their gene pool at all (since there are no original non-bending air nomads). And by this logic, all three kids of Aang and Katara would have to be born as benders as well. If it was the other way and bending was dominant "A" (which is unlikely) and non-bending is recessive "a", then Aang would have an "AA" allele pair (same argument as before), thus all his kids would be given the bender allele at least by Aang and they would all be benders. Katara in this case could be no bender at all though, since both her parents were non-benders and as such they can not have the bending allele in their DNA (if it was dominant). So there must be much more complicated genetics than just one gene. But no matter how complicated things get, if bending is a recessive phenotype, two bending parents could not have a non-bending child. </p><p>And by this logic, Bumi can not be Aang's child (neither Zukos, nor Haru's - Sokka on the other hand =O). Aang probably knew this and for this reason he didn't love Bumi the same as Tenzin... </p>
Winterlotus90 wrote:
And the only way to explain how people currently have bending abilities is because it's passed down genetically. Kya got waterbending from her mother, Katara. Tenzin got airbending from Aang, and Bumi just happened to not get anything. All airbenders can bend air. It seems to be a dominant trait.
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About the genetics theory (bending is a genetic only thing): There is no logical way, bending is inherited by genes alone. Let's think about a bending/non-bending gene and let's say non-bending allele A is dominant (given the fact there are far more non-benders than benders) and bending allele a is recessive. If this is the case, all benders must be homozygotes having an "aa" allele pair. The isolated air nomads community would have no non-bending allele in their gene pool at all (since there are no original non-bending air nomads). And by this logic, all three kids of Aang and Katara would have to be born as benders as well. If it was the other way and bending was dominant "A" (which is unlikely) and non-bending is recessive "a", then Aang would have an "AA" allele pair (same argument as before), thus all his kids would be given the bender allele at least by Aang and they would all be benders. Katara in this case could be no bender at all though, since both her parents were non-benders and as such they can not have the bending allele in their DNA (if it was dominant). So there must be much more complicated genetics than just one gene. But no matter how complicated things get, if bending is a recessive phenotype, two bending parents could not have a non-bending child. </p><p>And by this logic, Bumi can not be Aang's child (neither Zukos, nor Haru's - Sokka on the other hand =O). Aang probably knew this and for this reason he didn't love Bumi the same as Tenzin... </p>
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<p>I actually propose an alternative genetic theory, but It has a lot more complications in it;
</p><p>B = Dominant Bending Gene, b = Bending Carrying Gene, N = Nonbending, n = Nonbending (null effect*), x = Replacement Gene**
</p><p>Having a B makes you a bender.
</p><p>Having a b or a N makes you a nonbender, but doesn't rule out your children from being benders.
</p><p>Having an *n nulls all bending ability, even if you have a B
</p><p>Having an **x only occurs when you have bb or nn which then becomes b²/B or n²/N and you require something to fill the gap. x allows you to be a bender, but when passed on, it becomes two n's which does limit whether your children will be benders as well.
</p><p>An R represents Raava and is exclusive for the avatar and contains very bending element. it is not hereditary.
</p><p>In terms of which bending they inherited: ᶠ = Fire, ᵃ = Air, ᵚ = Water, ᵉ = Earth, and ᵊ = Energy (just for the Avatars since Aang).
</p><p>If for example all humans, back before any were benders, had Nn as their genetic code. If you were given bending via a lion turlte, your genes turn into Bb (except for airbenders as their spirituality gives them BB instead).
</p><p>Below is an example of what the genetic ratio by my theory, I'm using Aang and Katara because they are the best example of a multi-ratio result:
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 320px; width: 240pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt; height: 15pt;">
</td><td style="width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt;">
</td><td colspan="3" style="width: 192px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 144pt;">Aang
</td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td rowspan="3" style="height: 60px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 45pt;">Katara
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᵃ
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᵃ
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Rᶠᵃᵚᵉᵊ
</td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">Bᵚ
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">BᵃBᵚ
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">BᵃBᵚ
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">
</td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">x
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᵃn
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᵃn
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">
</td></tr></table><p>Aang is an Air Nomad, and all Nomads were benders as far as we know, so Aang = BᵃBᵃ (the ᵃ = Airbending). The R represents Raava and the Avatar Spirit which can hold all the elemnts, but is not a gene and cannot be passed down, it just represents Aangs ability to bend all the elements. Katara is a bender, while her brother and parents were not. This is complicated and below is what I think is possibility of her bending:
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 256px; width: 192pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt; height: 15pt;">
</td><td style="width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt;">
</td><td colspan="2" style="width: 128px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 96pt;">Hakoda
</td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td rowspan="3" style="height: 60px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 45pt;">Kya
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">N
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">bᵚ
</td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">N
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">NN
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Nbᵚ
</td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">bᵚ
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Nbᵚ
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᵚx
</td></tr></table><p>As you can see, there is definatly a greater chance that she could have been born a nonbender like her brother, Sokka. However, by my theory, bb = B (It doesn't make a lot of sense, but its the best that I can come up with), but with one B, she needs another letter to fill in. Because she was the daughter of two dominant nonbenders she is given an x, which when changes when inherited as a set of n's. This makes Sokka 3/4, and Katara 1/4.
</p><p>Whe you pull this back to Aang and Katara; Bumi is 1/2 and Kya and Tenzin are both 1/2 also. But seeing as Tenzin inherited more from Aang, his Bᵚ translates into Bᵃ as humans can only hold one set of bending, and Kya likewise inherited more from Katara, and vice versa.
</p><p>Tenzin is like Aang and has BᵃBᵃ, Pema is a nonbender, and for this sake I will just say tha she is NN without any real evidence to prove otherwise:
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 256px; width: 192pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt; height: 15pt;">
</td><td style="width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt;">
</td><td colspan="2" style="width: 128px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 96pt;">Tenzin
</td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td rowspan="3" style="height: 60px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 45pt;">Pema
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᵃ
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᵃ
</td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">N
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">BᵃN
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">BᵃN
</td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">N
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">BᵃN
</td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">BᵃN
</td></tr></table><p>
This large probability says that all of Tenzin's and Pema's children will be benders, but it does open the possibility that Jinora, Ikki, Meelo and Rohan will have nonbending children depending on the results. This is only a rough idea as Rohan hasnt been confirmed as an Airbender and it may change because of it. But for now i am guessing that it was a 100% chance that all the chidren wold be airbenders. </p><p>For another example of multi-benders is Mako and Bolin: </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 256px; width: 192pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt; height: 15pt;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 128px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 96pt;">Firebending Dad </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td rowspan="3" style="height: 60px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 45pt;">Earthbending Mum </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;"> </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">bᶠ </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">Bᵉ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">BᶠBᵉ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᵉbᶠ </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">bᵉ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠbᵉ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">bᶠbᵉ/Bᶠᵉx </td></tr></table><p>I am making a guess that their father was a Firebender as Mako's red scarf came from him and it is generally accepted that fire is associated with red as earth is to green. The odds are prety much 50/50 between Mako and Bolin. Depending on which parent they inherited more from also determines which of the equal bending genes the belong to. The example is the BᶠBᵉ, If they inherited more from their dad, then they would be a firebender, but an earthbender is from their mum, in the same sort of way as Tenzin and Kya. </p><p>For a bender to have a nonbender child, but then have a bender in later generations. Roku to Zuko is the best I can think of: </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 320px; width: 240pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt; height: 15pt;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt;"> </td><td colspan="3" style="width: 192px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 144pt;">Roku </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td rowspan="3" style="height: 60px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 45pt;">Ta Min </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;"> </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">bᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Rᶠᵃᵚᵉ </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">N </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">BᶠN </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Nbᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">n </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠn </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">bᶠn </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;"> </td></tr></table><p>Roku is obviously another Avatar, and thus has Raava as a source for the rest of bending (excluding ᵊ/Energy), but is again not inheritable. But we can guess that he is an average Bᶠbᶠ. Ta Min his wife is a nonbender presumably and so is Rina their daughter. Rina and Jinzuk had Ursa and she was also a nonbender, but in order for Zuko and Azula to both be firebenders with the highest probability, she has to at least carry the firebending gene, so Rina is for this argument the Nbᶠ, and likewise the same Nbᶠ will be in Ursa: </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 256px; width: 192pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt; height: 15pt;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 128px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 96pt;">Ozai </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td rowspan="3" style="height: 60px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 45pt;">Ursa </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;"> </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">bᶠ </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">N </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">BᶠN </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Nbᶠ </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">bᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠbᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠx </td></tr></table><p>
Ozai is part of the royal family who are notoriuos firebenders so he is Bᶠbᶠ at an average. This gives Zuko and Azula 3/4 chance that they would be firebenders. </p><p>This logic proves a lot of things that are canon in terms of known benders and nonbenders, but is just a theory, using a lot of guess work and assumptions to prove them correct. and I bet someone has made one that makes a lot more sense than this one, as well as explaining all the things in genetics better than I made. </p><p>If anyone can think of something better than what I tried to make, then I encourage you to put forward something else to this. </p>
This large probability says that all of Tenzin's and Pema's children will be benders, but it does open the possibility that Jinora, Ikki, Meelo and Rohan will have nonbending children depending on the results. This is only a rough idea as Rohan hasnt been confirmed as an Airbender and it may change because of it. But for now i am guessing that it was a 100% chance that all the chidren wold be airbenders. </p><p>For another example of multi-benders is Mako and Bolin: </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 256px; width: 192pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt; height: 15pt;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 128px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 96pt;">Firebending Dad </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td rowspan="3" style="height: 60px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 45pt;">Earthbending Mum </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;"> </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">bᶠ </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">Bᵉ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">BᶠBᵉ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᵉbᶠ </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">bᵉ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠbᵉ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">bᶠbᵉ/Bᶠᵉx </td></tr></table><p>I am making a guess that their father was a Firebender as Mako's red scarf came from him and it is generally accepted that fire is associated with red as earth is to green. The odds are prety much 50/50 between Mako and Bolin. Depending on which parent they inherited more from also determines which of the equal bending genes the belong to. The example is the BᶠBᵉ, If they inherited more from their dad, then they would be a firebender, but an earthbender is from their mum, in the same sort of way as Tenzin and Kya. </p><p>For a bender to have a nonbender child, but then have a bender in later generations. Roku to Zuko is the best I can think of: </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 320px; width: 240pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt; height: 15pt;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt;"> </td><td colspan="3" style="width: 192px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 144pt;">Roku </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td rowspan="3" style="height: 60px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 45pt;">Ta Min </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;"> </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">bᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Rᶠᵃᵚᵉ </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">N </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">BᶠN </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Nbᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">n </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠn </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">bᶠn </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;"> </td></tr></table><p>Roku is obviously another Avatar, and thus has Raava as a source for the rest of bending (excluding ᵊ/Energy), but is again not inheritable. But we can guess that he is an average Bᶠbᶠ. Ta Min his wife is a nonbender presumably and so is Rina their daughter. Rina and Jinzuk had Ursa and she was also a nonbender, but in order for Zuko and Azula to both be firebenders with the highest probability, she has to at least carry the firebending gene, so Rina is for this argument the Nbᶠ, and likewise the same Nbᶠ will be in Ursa: </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 256px; width: 192pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt; height: 15pt;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 48pt;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 128px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; width: 96pt;">Ozai </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td rowspan="3" style="height: 60px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 45pt;">Ursa </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;"> </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">bᶠ </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">N </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">BᶠN </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Nbᶠ </td></tr><tr style="height: 15pt;"><td style="height: 20px; border: 0px black; border-image: none; height: 15pt;">bᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠbᶠ </td><td style="border: 0px black; border-image: none;">Bᶠx </td></tr></table><p>
Ozai is part of the royal family who are notoriuos firebenders so he is Bᶠbᶠ at an average. This gives Zuko and Azula 3/4 chance that they would be firebenders. </p><p>This logic proves a lot of things that are canon in terms of known benders and nonbenders, but is just a theory, using a lot of guess work and assumptions to prove them correct. and I bet someone has made one that makes a lot more sense than this one, as well as explaining all the things in genetics better than I made. </p><p>If anyone can think of something better than what I tried to make, then I encourage you to put forward something else to this. </p>
(Edited by AdamantiumBladez)
<p>well we have seen one set of twins in ATLA how kinda show bending may not always be genetic just watch "book one water chapter 14 the fortune teller" but it could be both in my expert opinion bending must be the dominant trait and non-bending is recessive I can put up a punnet square but I think AdamantiumBladez covered quite a lot and you may not want another genetic chart even though I can a science lesson about it though nobody wants it.
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(Edited by Joshey Dubs)
but it is both given and inherited you inherit the bending style and might be given if not inherited bending in general.
(Edited by Joshey Dubs)
<p>I agree with AdamantiumBladez's theory, though I wander how long it took AdamantiumBladez to come up with that theory and then type it up . . .
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(Edited by Mordor's Enemy)