"One Hundred Years of Solitude" Aureliano Segundo's Hereditary Memory

In Chapter 10 Aureliano Segundo recognizes Malquiades at once despite the fact that they have never met, as Malquiades supposedly died well before Aureliano Segundo's existence. However, Aureliano Segundo possesses a sort of "hereditary memory" that enables him to recognize him. I think that this "hereditary memory" is the memory of other's descriptions of Melquiades. It seems as if the stories about Malquiades, the descriptions of him, and consequently the memory of him have been passed down the generations from Jose Arcadio Buendia to Aureliano Segundo. This memory in general seems inherent, as it has been exposed to him throughout his childhood perhaps almost as commonly as language had been exposed to him. Memory refers to the faculty that one haves of remembering or recalling previous experiences, facts, and descriptions. However, many times a memory may be untrue, as a particular event may have happened such a long time ago that we may forget the actual event of the past and many times can recreate the event in our mind in a false image. In regards to this particular sense of a "hereditary memory"", it is impossible to completely revisit the event in our minds, as we were not actually present for that event. Stories or descriptions from others may not give us a correct description of the event, especially if we hear them from those who were not present at the event. Therefore, it is impressive that Aureliano Segundo remembers Malquiades "at once". Malquiades made such a profound impact on people of Macondo, most notably Jose Arcadio Buendia, that it seems that his image and memory will be preserved throughout the generations just as anything that is hereditary.