Someone link me to somewhere it says bending isn’t genetic.

“Though each nation is affiliated to a specific bending art, not all from any nation, with the exception of the Air Nomads, are born with the ability to bend. It is unclear how the ability to bend is distributed amongst the population or how closely it is linked to heredity; even among identical twins it is possible for one to be a bender and the other not. In the case of mixed marriages, the children may be benders of either element if they are benders at all; for example, firebender Mako and earthbender Bolin are brothers with parents from the Fire Nation and the Earth Kingdom.”


All I could find.

  1. viceapoth reblogged this from sarlacc and added:
    “Though each nation is affiliated to a specific bending art, not all from any nation, with the exception of the Air...
  2. jedibusiness reblogged this from sarlacc and added:
    I mean, if it wasn’t genetic, wouldn’t there be more airbenders popping up?
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