Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6011437-20130324074404/@comment-4106058-20130406192745

While all current evidence would support your conclusion, Verdona's disappointment that none of her sons showed the 'Spark' and the fact that Ben's persona is very Anodite in nature and Ultimate Ben can wield mana like an Anodite, all would imply that this is not the case.

We sadly only have a small sampling to base conclusions on. We know Verdona has at least 2 to 4 offspring  (Carl/Ben's Dad, Frank/Gwen's Dad, Manny/mentioned as Ben and Gwen's Uncle but never confirmed as Max's son, and Sunny's parent who may or may not be Manny. However, Sunny is called full anodite, which either means she is really 3/4 anodite, but since one parent is half and the other is full, she is full, since she has a human form that mirrors Gwen's and they grew up together, or her parent is a half-sibling to Carl, Frank, and Manny, being only Verdona's offspring)

Personally, I think Max and Verdona had 3 sons and a daughter. Sunny's is their spark wielding daughter's child, and as Verdona mentioned, none of her boys showed the spark, however, obviously Frank had enough recessive 'spark' for Gwen to be Half-Anodite (instead of  one quarter), and Ben may also have some latent recessive Anodite qualities, all of which implies that it was possible for Manny, Carl, Frank, Ben, and Ken(Gwen's older brother) to all have been Anodites, and merely happenstance that none were, perhaps even an unconscious decision made by Verdona without even realizing that she dictated that only female relatives get the spark and Ben's persona caused her to unlock his potential when they met.