I do have a few abilities that appear to be hereditary in my family. I have had them since I was very young. The last person in our family to have these abilities was my great grandfather, who I am named after. But there are stories going back 12-13 generations of people in our family being able to do them.
It's inexplicable, but I am able to remove burn pain from a person simply by gently rubbing my hand over the afflicted area. I mean legitimately remove the pain. While I have never tried the charred flesh variety of serious burns for sanitary reasons, if someone scalds themselves really bad, or burns themselves on an oven, stove, car engine, etc, I only need about 5 minutes. Give me 15-20, and the pain will not come back. The bottom of my hands will be extremely hot to the touch for some time afterwards, but it is not painful to me.
I am also able to drastically reduce or eliminate migraine pain in a similar fashion. Though I am only about 80% effective. I guess there are various reasons behind headaches. No-it does not work on hangovers, sadly. Drink some water.
I have relieved people of excruciating pain many, many times. It was not a secret in my neighborhood when I was a kid, and I was and still am periodically sent around to friends houses. Even met a few girls this way back in the day.
There is a friend in the neighborhood who gets wracked with migraine pain about once every month or so (no- not menstrual). She just calls up the wife and tells her to send me over.
I do not know if this is related or not, but dogs, cats, infants and toddlers also have a preternatural affinity for me. If I go into someones house, within a minute of sitting down, if there is a pet in that house, it is either on my lap or trying their damned hardest to get there. Little ones run to me like I am made of sugar and Red Dye 40. This is frequently very annoying.
Don't know what to make of it. My wife's more 'out there' hippie friends say I have a very 'centering' aura whatever the fuck that means. I don't meditate at all, and I am personally outgoing- at times bordering on boisterous, and laugh a fucking lot.
Truly bizarre.