Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24464090-20140620192722/@comment-28792888-20140620215239

Well, if that were the case, it wouldn't make sense for there to be the whole "herd Faunus into Menagerie" plot going on. It would be like trying to herd up people who like banana Runts and discriminate against them. The banana-Runt-liker's kids may or may not like banana Runts, and the kids of the "normals" may or may not like banana Runts, so the whole point of rounding them up would be lost.

Well... that's a really bad example. Try... blondes. The blondes may all have blonde children, but the non-blondes may very well have blonde children, too.

If I had to guess about the whole "2 different Faunus" thing, I'd say that the child could end up with either parent's trait. Same with Human/Faunus relationships. I think it would be somewhat similar to regular, everyday things like hair color and eye color--it's all chance based on the genetic cross of parents. So, were a cat Faunus and a bird Faunus to have a kid, that kid would have a half-and-half chance--he would either be a cat or a bird Faunus. Similarly, if a Faunus and a human had a kid, that kid would have a half-and-half chance; 50% that he would be Faunus, 50% that he would be human. Or she, I guess, but whatever.

However, assuming that your theory of it depending on the soul is correct, then perhaps there's a chance of two humans' kid being a Faunus and vice versa, but that chance is just slim or something. Otherwise, like I said, the Menagerie plot point wouldn't make much sense.