Lining up toys

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Lining things up is an autistic trait that isn't linked to intelligence. However since people at both extremes of IQ have higher rates of autistic traits, it's likely that your family just knew some smart autistic/BAP people and assumed it was their intelligence that made them line stuff up.

I always played with my toys by lining them up, arranging them, sorting them, whatever. Until my sister was born, and she wanted to play imaginative games with me. Then I did that. But I still had certain toys that always stayed lined up, and I got very upset with people who moved them. My dad would tease me by moving them when I wasn't looking. Because of this, my parents believed I had OCD.

I would take my toy cars and line them up along the edge of my road map mat. My mum would always ask why I wasn't "driving" them around, but lining them up was always much more fun.

I also used to enjoy lining up coins on the living room windowsill with silver coins going from the center to the left, and copper coins going to the right.

Yep, I used to line up my Hotwheels and Matchbox cars when I was 4 or so. At a later age (8-12) I would organize LEGOs by various methods, using a craft drawer.