Do you believe that a woman’s first sexual encounter, during which there was contact with a man’s semen, can cause her later offspring with other partners to show certain similarities to that first man?
Telegony, once popular among breeders and the aristocracy, is now making a comeback in online discussions. It assumes that a woman’s first sexual partner can “imprint” his genetic trace on her future offspring with other men. Official science claims that traits are inherited exclusively from the biological father, but there is the phenomenon of microchimerism – cells from previous partners can remain in a woman’s body. Is this a biological curiosity without significance, or a mechanism that science does not yet want to talk about? Supporters see it as confirmation of ancient knowledge, skeptics – merely a myth. And you, which side are you on?
09/08/2025
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