Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-31074250-20170318090411/@comment-734582-20170508091106

Elveonora wrote: If chakra works similar to genetics and genetics in Naruto work anything like in real life, then Boruto has at most: We've seen that Chakra can both be the power of the soul and the power of genetics.

Elveonora wrote: I don't think that things like Hashirama's chakra or Hamura's chakra are inheritable, sorry folks. This is something the Manga's not very clear on. Hashirama's case is not very heavily expanded upon. We know his kids didn't get the Kekkei Genkai, but the same can be said for the Kazekage (ie Gaara doesn't have Magnet Release in the manga despite his forefathers having it). We also have stuff like Dust Release not being tied by family lines, same for Lava release. So the jury's not out on how Kekkei Genkai transfer works, but we know they can spontaneously appear and disappear.

We've seen that Biju have an effect on children though, Naruto having whiskers pre-Kurama for example. Naruto was a pseudo-juubi-jin, so that power may have some influence on Boruto. Elveonora wrote: That means that Boruto at most inherited from Naruto a quarter of Asura's chakra, half of Naruto's own chakra Statistically the most likely, but not guaranteed. A child gets their parent's genes at random, half of each. It's entirely possible (yet extremely improbable) that Boruto gets all of Naruto's Uzumaki genes.

Still, considering the complexity of the Kekkei Genkai distribution in the world, i think it's safe to say this is more complicated than simple Aa Bb genetics people got taught in school. For instance, many Uchiha have the genetics for a Mangekyou but these genes do not express until they experience loss. Similarly, Boruto's body may be home to a wealth of genes that are waiting for their trigger, or he may have a patchwork of DNA lacking crucial components that prevent him from going Rinne Tensei Byakusharingan mode - the same way Hagoromo lacked whatever made Sharingan + Rinnegan the Rinne Sharingan.