] I think we may assume that the father of Jane Austen and her witty brothers was probably witty himself.

Some of the family wit may have come from Mrs. Austen's side. Here is what J.E. Austen-Leigh writes about, Cassandra's uncle from Oxford, Dr Theophilus Leigh: "He was a man more famous for his sayings than his doings, overflowing with puns and witticisms and sharp retorts;"