Think you're raising a mini-me? It's actually unlikely your child will inherit your personality and could have a temperament closer to a 'random stranger', according to new study

Smiling family of three in their living room.

If you thought it was given that you'd inherit traits from your parents - think again. Scientists have revealed interesting research suggesting this isn't actually the case.

While it turns out you can inherit your grandparents' trauma even if you've never met them, many worry about how to stop passing fears onto their kids - even though these can be sometimes be inadvertently imprinted. There are even ways your phone addiction can be passed to your children, if they witness it from an early age and find their attachments subsequently become insecure from it.