in the blood

and in one's blood

Fig. built into one's personality or character. John's a great runner. It's in his blood. The whole family is very athletic. It's in the blood.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mikaela	MEE-kah-e-lah (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Otho	-	Ancient Roman
Samanta	-	Italian, Spanish
Earl	[ə:l]
Juvenal	JOO-və-nahl (English)	History
Rita	REE-tə (English), REE-tah (German)	Italian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese