Talk:Embry Call/@comment-72.21.147.113-20140519010054/@comment-7600752-20150223005323

^ That was interesting. Meyer has stated that the tribe inherits the shifter trait from the father. Which could kinda make sense why there were no shifter females, since the father would pass the shifter gene with a y chromosome. Then Leah shows up... which sorta contradicted what Meyer has said. However, some females are born with a y chromosome, instead of XX they're something like XXY. So, who really knows? BUT, there had to be more descendants from the three shifters - or there were more shifters who just didn't shift. Remember, not ALL shifters actually ever shift. If there's just one vampire around... anywhere from one to three shifters will shift. That's enough to protect the tribe from a vampire or two. But, when Forks was FULL of vampires, such as all the Cullen's and their friends, and all of the Volturi, plus their witnesses - shifters began popping up everywhere in the tribe. So, there HAD to be more tribe members who possessed the shifter gene. There's no reason why Harry wouldn't have it. Like Billie, and other elder members of the pack, their shifter gene never activated because there were no vampires around when they were younger... and susceptible to the gene activating. After you pass a certain age, and your shifting gene has never activated, it will just remain dormant. However, you still possess the gene and can pass it down to your children. So, I'd guess that a good deal of the tribe has the gene - it just never activated. I'm also wondering about the female shifters. I wonder if there will be more of them... or if they can possibly pass on the gene themselves? But for Meyer to lead us to think that there were only three possibilities for Embry's father is nothing but a BIG loophole. We KNOW there are more candidates for Embry's father simply because in the last book, practically half the tribe began to shift. And, I don't think all those new shifters had the same father.