Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4478703-20140329232552/@comment-241978-20141107004724

I think there's a lot of confusion going around.

See, humans can crossbreed with aliens to produce alien/human hybrids. Anodite "hybrids" are a special case: they aren't a 50/50 split between human and anodite. Their body is human, but their soul (for lack of a better term) is anodite. This is passed down through heredity, but isn't a property of their human DNA (I blame midichlorians). Sometimes their heritage is latent and sometimes they can perform magic. In the latter case, they can shed their bodies and become pure soul, which makes it easier to use magic without all that meat in the way. In any case, anodite "hybrids" are 100% anodite even if they're contained in human bodies, not true hybrids.

Also, lots of aliens shouldn't logically have DNA because their biology is too different. In this case, I think the word "DNA" is used as a translation convention rather than literally. Although this means that, for example, Alan Albright's genetic code is a synthesis of both human DNA and whatever genetic material Pyronites use.