Grendel’s Family Tree ...He was spawned in that slime, Conceived by a pair of those monsters born

Of Cain, murderous creatures banished

By God, punished forever for the crime of Abel’s death. The Almighty drove

Those demons out, and their exile was bitter,

Shut away from men; they split

Into a thousand forms of evil—spiritsAnd fiends, goblins, monsters, giants,

A brood forever opposing the Lord’s

Will….

Adam + Eve

Conniving Cain Abel Seth Daughters

+

Freddie Fiend

+

Gruesome Grendel

To say that Grendel’s family tree has some rotten apples is quite the understatement!

The Warrior Gene Grendel is described as coming from a long line of menacing monsters.

Though it is never the goal to pass on negative family traits, the fact is

that many scientists believe there is a “warrior” gene that proves why

some people are more prone to abusiveness, hot-temperedness, and rage.

Read NPR’s “Can Your Genes Make You a Murder” and “Pity the Poor Murderer, His Genes Made Him Do it” by Nigel Barber in Psychology Today.