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After speaking Mandarin 'out of nowhere' as a child, a New Jersey kindergartener, 6, becomes the new Mensa member after saying she aspires to be a guitarist but will settle for a fashion designer if that doesn't work out

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 8, 2023
Declan Lopez of Rockaway, New Jersey, has a 139 IQ, loves reciting elements from the periodic table and hopes to become a singer or fashion designer. The parents of Hher from Rockaway, New Jersey, are already teaching her fifth-grade math and coding. During a trip, the 18-month-old Declan started counting and speaking Mandarin, her family was amazed. "I remember sitting on my lap and beginning to count in Mandarin.' I was like, 'but how?!'Meachel said, 'I thought it was gibberish.'