Heroes ** SPOILERS TO SERIES 1 FINALE **

[Belmit]

It's strange, you would think there would be more of a correlation of powers between parents and children, but it just seems to be random. Clare can regenerate, but her father and mother have the power of flight and pyrokinesis respectively. However, there must be some link that shows what mutation the child would have, which is why Linderman machinated the relationship between Niki (super strength) and DL (phasing) to get Micah (technopathy).