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Genius and Ingenious
It gets even more complicated (sticky in both root and meaning) when you throw "ingenuous" into the mix; an example of language as some sort of devil's whore and complicated to teach. Different roots all.
But (the inimitable) languagehat addresses this by way of OED cut/paste here:
http://www.pepysdiary.com/archive/1661/01/30/#11104