Well, personally, I like the way Nan set it up in her Home series -- some of Clark's descendants have the super powers, or the telepathy, or both, or neither, and it's basically a roll of the genetic dice each time. smile

PJ
who might as well admit she likes the way Nan writes, period laugh

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K