my geneticist uncle used to have a saying about the type of pseudo-genetics that seeps into popular discourse--when people talk about this or that trait "skipping a generation," they only say so with such confidence because whoever they heard it from "skipped the explanation." In other words, there was generally quite a bit more to the genetic principle than the person passing it on knew.
Of course, there are always exceptions to the rule. Take Sonic's DVDit! 5, the just-released successor to the eons-old (in DVD years) DVDit! 2.5, You're right if you think Sonic skipp