Geekiness - An Inheritred Trait?

I really do often wonder about this.  My brother is a geek.  I would never say he’s as geeky as I am.  He loves to read, and a lot of its science fiction and urban fantasy.  He likes video games, but mostly the killing people kind.  He loves Star Wars and Star Trek, although I think he stopped watching at TNG.  I’m definitely over the top a little with my love almost all sci-fi tv shows and movies.  I read almost all high fantasy, with a stirring in of science fiction and urban fantasy.  I love video games and board games and might even be a little addicted, at times a lot addicted depending on what I’m playing.  I play mostly role playing games and occasionally puzzle.

The funny thing is that he and I were raised mostly apart.  He’s 8 years older than me so he didn’t have a huge influence on my childhood, other than us hating each other.  The almost a full generation gap showed largely when we were children, although now I would say we’re very close.  What’s the funniest is that we actually discovered in our adulthood that we love a lot of the same authors, movies and television shows!

So, here comes strangest of all.  Neither of our parents were what you would call geeks.  Our parent’s definitely inspired a lifetime love of reading in both of us.  Mom loved to read, but mostly self help, self improvement and biographies.  Dad also loved to read but only westerns.  Dad also only really watched westerns.  Mom didn’t watch tv or movies at all.  I do seem to remember dad watching Star Trek TOS though.

So, where did my brother and I get it?  We grew up almost a generation apart yet we both definitely have geek tendencies.  Strange isn’t it?

I ask these questions because I wonder about my daughter.  She’s going to be raised with two parents who read, play video games and watch geeky movies.  Will she be a geek?  Is it an environmental thing or is it an inherited trait?

I’ll love her no matter what, but a little part me hopes for some geekiness in her.  If she’s an athlete or pretty girl who wants to wear makeup and twirl her hair I’ll have a little trouble understanding her.