2-year-old joins Mensa society

EDMONTON, Britain - Mensa, the society for geniuses, has accepted its youngest member -- a 2-year-old.

Elise Tan Roberts from Edmonton, North London in Britain has an IQ of 156. Albert Einstein was believed to have an IQ of 160. The average IQ is 100. Elise can name 35 capital cities, identify the three types of triangle and recite the alphabet, according to the Times of London .

Mensa normally only accepts children 10 or older, but the society made an exception for Elise because she tested so high on the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale. She is in the top 0.2 percent for her age.

Elise's mother Louise Tan Roberts said she and her husband, Edward, haven't done anything special. They simply answer her questions and encourage her to learn.

"It's nothing to do with me," Louise told the Mirror.co.uk . "She just says things and you have no idea where she got it from. I don't set out to teach her loads of stuff, she just enjoys learning and picks things up. She's always on the go, she never stops."

Edward, a car buyer and motor consultant, hopes to encourage her to continue to learn fast.

"We don't want to make her have to dumb down and stop learning just to fit in. But she's still my baby. I just want her to be happy and enjoy herself."

Recently an American 6-year-old boy scored a 176 on his IQ test . Pranav Veera can recite the names of U.S. presidents in the order they served in office and can say the alphabet backwards. One person in a million has an IQ above 176.