User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 03-03-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag trailer and screenshots/@comment-4999424-20130305125147/@comment-4636255-20130305231944

@Crimson: I didn't say so. The article mentioned by Senior says that he is related to Edward. I just took the liberty to assume he is related Ed through Connor.

Besides, Connor could wield Crystal Balls, and we know that he had Eagle Sense, implying that he did have the right genes, same as Ezio and Altaïr.