atavism

If a child of very quirt, home-loving parents and grandparents should display the love of travel and adventure that had characterized a sea-captain ancestor, it would be called a case of atavism.

如果父母及祖父母都是很安静而好家居，孩子表现了一位长祖先特点，好旅行探险，这就可以说是一个隔代遗传例子。