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> spreading the genes of dishonesty Is there any scientific evidence that dishonesty is a genetic trait, though?

• asadlionpk 9y ago
  even if not, the dishonest parents would most likely teach the same dishonesty to their children?
  • tzs 9y ago
    It's one thing to keep an illegal pregnancy and birth secret. It's another, much more difficult thing afterwards to raise that child in secret. I'd guess that among the penalties when the parents get caught would be losing custody and access to all their children, probably in most cases early enough that the birth parents won't have much influence on the morals and values those children end up with when they are adults.