Telegony Definition

təlegənē
noun
The supposed transmission of characters of one sire to offspring subsequently born to other sires by the same female.
Webster's New World

The belief that in the case of siblings from the same mother but different fathers the second sibling could inherit characteristics from the father of the first.

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