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Kekkei genkai are considered abilities passed on through bloodlines, from this
question: [How is a technique characterized as a kekkei
genkai?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2173/how-is-a-technique-
categorized-as-a-kekkei-genkai) When discussing kekkei genkai, however, people
never seem to include clan abilities such as the Nara shadow possession or the
Inuzuka collaborative jutsu with their dog partners. Would these (or similar)
abilities count as kekkei genkai, and if not, why not?


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Would the Inuzuka or Nara technique count as a kekkei genkai?


Nope, they are not. The abilities that you mentioned are just hiden (秘伝, not
to be confused with "hidden") techniques, exclusive to a specific clan. There
is a difference between them and kekkei genkai abilities.

Kekkei Genkai is passed down genetically, so every member of a clan has an
aptitude for it. The hiden techniques, on the contrary, are not passed down
genetically, but rather "taught", so in fact anyone could learn them if they
were not kept in secret.

For example, take Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique, which is exclusive
to Aburame clan. However, it's not a genetically-passed ability, it's rather
that only Aburame clan knows what needs to be done in order to place the
insects into one's body and to learn how to live in symbiosis with them.

You can read more on the subject [here](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hiden).


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Also the ability to use a Kekkei genkai is affected by the chakra type you are
born with, normally a shinobi is born with a single chakra type hiwever in the
case of a Kekkei genkai user, the shinobi is born with two nature types


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