This question has me curious. Does analytical thinking genetically get passed down from generation to generation? My grandfather began his career parking cars in his parking lot in Rochester, NY. If the car needed work done on it, my grandfather fixed whatever needed to be repaired on site in his repair shop. He was very mechanically inclined and passed down this trait to three of his sons.
My two uncles and my dad, in my opinion, inherited
analytical thinking from my grandfather.
Both of my uncles started off early in this field when they were
kids. My one uncle built himself a
go cart from spare car parts, and the other built a motor bike with just a
normal bike and a motor. Later in
life they both worked as mechanics and know how to fix pretty much anything.
My dad continues with this ingenuity. He started out installing bar systems
for local bars and pubs across New York State, with no engineering
background. After that, he owned
and ran two gas stations, one of which had a repair shop. My dad worked as the head mechanic for
many years. My dad, just like my
uncles, has never needed directions to put something together and is my “go to”
person when I don’t know how to do something. This is even true for computers! Computers didn’t even exist when my dad went to high school,
yet he knows a heck of a lot more than I do about the subject and even built
his own computer.
And I am currently majoring in Mechanical Engineering. So...does analytical thinking run in
the family? I haven’t been able to
find any medical evidence proving so, but I sure think it does!
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