John Burns - 8/16/2026 07:01 The body produces the majority of our cholesterol internally. Only a small portion is influenced by food intake. Lots of things have a hereditary influence. When I get a little too onery for my wife's preference she tells me my Ross is showing. My mom was a Ross and that side was definitely a more onery disposition than the Burns side. My mom tried to hide it and not give a bad example to us kids, but it would slip out once in a while. But my cousins and her two brothers were forces to be reconned with. Gotta be the genes.