Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10993011-20140918001226/@comment-213.55.115.57-20141117093256

The individual needs to be a descendant of Alessia inorder to be able to wear the Amulet. The dialogue with Joffrey in Oblivion along with the in-game book, The Amulet of Kings, affirms this. Otherwise the Amulet cannot be worn but instead will fall off. I don't know why everyone keeps saying that being a dragonborn is not hereditary. Where does it specifically say that Akatosh confers the gift to a random person at a random point in time. I was unable to find anything that clearly states if indeed Katariah wore the Amulet. Perhaps she never did and was simply crowned Empress by default once her husband died or perhaps she did infact wear the Amulet and indeed was a descendant of Alessia. But it is all conjecture at this point.