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Could the genetic makeup of two parents theoretically combine just right to make a superhuman, or at least semi-superhuman child?

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Basically I want my character to have only gotten their powers through the luck of two parents with the right genes mixing. Technically, given enough time and enough generations of breeding, couldn't it be possible for two people to create a near perfect human child, so that I could exaggerate on that and make him super? Or should I go about it a different route?

EDIT: for clarification, I want my character to be generic Superman-type super, because the story isn't supposed to focus on him and his powers all that much. It's supposed to follow his life. Picture Hancock, and how it followed his depression and recovery to be the hero he could be and why he was how he was, rather than focusing so much on him fighting crime. Now, for this question, I'm just trying to figure out if I could get someone on the same level as Captain America through genetics alone, and if so, then I'll exaggerate for my story.

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