Something that is hereditary is passed from parent to child, either through their genes (such as facial[?] features and certain diseases) or through inheritance (such as a title of nobility).
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... was a 6th century historian. He was an Ostrogoth and was a notary of Gothic kings in Italy. At the time of Justinian, he was a Christian and possibly bishop of Croton. ...