Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5118208-20141108143108/@comment-5154975-20141108190643

Utter solitude wrote: It's an interesting question, "Can magic be learned?" I would agree that one must have some innate ability to use magic. The major characters we've seen that from would be Rumple, Cora, Zelena, Regina and Emma. However, Rumple got his powers from the Dark One's curse, and it's always been implied that Emma's powers come from being the product of True Love. I don't think these kinds of powers would necessarily pass on to Henry. Cora, Regina and Zelena, however, definitely had innate ability that was later refined.

What about Anastasia? Cora taught her magic and I don't see that Anastasia's mother has magic.