Parenting

Four-year-old joins exclusive genius society

A little boy with the same IQ as Albert Einstein is the youngest member of a group of the world’s most brilliant people.

The high-IQ organisation, known as HELLIQ, has just 85 members worldwide and four-year-old British kid Sherwyn Serabi is their newest recruit after being assessed to have an IQ of more than 160.

He gained entry to Mensa when he was three years old but his mother, Amanda, says Sherwyn is a “normal child” most of the time.

“He plays with toys, plays out and likes being with other children. The only thing he doesn’t do is watch television. He hasn’t watched TV since he was 16 months old,” she said.

“He keeps on getting even higher recognition for his abilities. He still keeps giving us a shock from time to time.”

Amanda said her son had been using educational apps on his iPad since he was 18 months old and, at the age of two, he could identify every country in the world.

Sherwyn’s IQ was measured by psychologist Dr Peter Congdon, who said the child’s IQ could be even higher because the test could not measure beyond 160.

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