Mensa admits girl genius aged 4

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl has been accepted into Mensa after achieving a score of 159 on an IQ test.

By The Newsroom

Published 13th Apr 2012, 01:44 BST

Heidi Hankins taught herself to read, add and subtract and was able to count to 40 at the age of two. Her father, Matthew Hankins, 46, a University of Southampton lecturer, said she had shown signs of high development from an early age.