Is celibacy inherited?
In terms of celibacy as part of religious practice it may be encouraged or 'passed down' by those practicing it to people who develop an interest in it, but it is not passed down or inherited biologically. A celibate is a person who is unmarried. On the other hand, consider groups or cultures of people who traditionally form couples without marriage. These couples, while unmarried (and therefore celibate), will have children, and pass on the traditions of celibacy to their offspring. This would still be a social rather than a biological inheritance. Celibacy is not a biological characteristic of an individual.