Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-85.74.137.231-20130605091958/@comment-10207438-20130726185033

Nikss wrote: I spend not my time reading everything. I state this.

Dragonborn is a mortal with the divine gift of Akatosh, who is represented as a dragon. Basic stuff.

However, being Dovahkiin is a special type of Dragonborn. A Dragonborn can be made, a Dovahkiin is born with the blood and soul of a dragon. He almost literally eats dragon souls, and is considered the ultimate dragon killer.

Dovahkiin may be from hereditary, but I doubt it. More like a sudden gift of Akatosh. Just like the Nerevarine can be any race, the Dragonborn destined to kill a Nord god can be from anywhere. Yeah, most people believe either this, or they idiotically believe that you're a lost member of the septim line (which itself is impossible)

the only thing that might be wrong about your post is the last part about dovahkiin being hereditary, but as far as we can possibly know at this point, there is no way for us to possibly know, at least until the next game.