A question which arises frequently in Enneagram gatherings is the extent to which Enneagram types cross generations. Is there an association between the Enneagram type of an individual and his or her children or grandchildren? Is the association likely to be inherited or experiential? The same questions are regularly debated in the field of psychology. Charles Darwin, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, was convinced that behavior was partially inherited. Dean Hamer and...

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