Board Thread:Fanon Canon 2/@comment-2089817-20140922021242/@comment-2089817-20140922061245

I'm gonna pull this from the wikipedia page on Atavism.

"Atavism is the tendency to revert to ancestral type. In biology, an atavism is an evolutionary throwback, such as traits reappearing which had disappeared generations before."

From what we know, the Hyuga is a noble clan that more than likely strictly maintained close familial marriages. The only real ancestor we know of the Hyuga is the Otsutsuki, Hamura and Kaguya, so it is safe to presume there isn't that huge of a blood dilution. An "evolutionary throwback" to Kaguya is possible, since it was from her directly that humans evolved into living beings that could mold together chakra. Furthermore, "generations before" can be stretched considering we don't know exactly how many generations separate the current time line to Kaguya's time. Could've been 300 years ago, a 1000 years ago, maybe more, who knows. Point is, considering this is manga, we can stretch those limits pretty far and still be within reason.