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"Identical twins raised apart"

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Steve Jobs was a lot closer to his biological sister that he didn't meet until they were adults than the adoptive sister he was raised with.

5/23/14, 2:13 PM

Anonymous Hepp said...

OT, but this is incredible. NYT says Japan should boost its birthrate...by being more accepting of out of wedlock births!

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/24/opinion/boosting-the-birthrate.html?hp&rref=opinion

5/23/14, 2:29 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's pretty easy to explain why identical twins meeting for the first time would expect to become "best friends" while look-a-likes are nothing more than a mild curiosity. If I had an identical twin that I someday had the chance to meet, I'd think "it will be like meeting "me" from a parallel universe"

5/23/14, 3:27 PM

Anonymous Corn said...

"OT, but this is incredible. NYT says Japan should boost its birthrate...by being more accepting of out of wedlock births!"

Let's not beat around the bush: The progressives are merely modern day Visigoths.

5/23/14, 4:02 PM

Anonymous Handle said...

Tremblay was the name of the famous, 'éminence grise', friar François Leclerc du Tremblay.

5/23/14, 4:18 PM

Anonymous bleach said...

How is the book? ( if you read it)

5/23/14, 4:40 PM

Anonymous HA said...

"Steve Jobs was a lot closer to his biological sister...than the adoptive sister he was raised with."

He was apparently a lot closer to his adoptive father than he ever was to his biological father.

5/23/14, 6:07 PM

Anonymous Hepp said...

"He was apparently a lot closer to his adoptive father than he ever was to his biological father."

Considering he never met his biological father, that's not surprising. If he met him he might've liked him.

Then again, maybe not since his father was Syrian. In my experience, a lot of Americans whose parents were immigrants have had trouble connecting with their family members. The cultural gap can overwhelm similar genes.

5/23/14, 6:15 PM

Anonymous Rob said...

Sibling rivalry can be more intense among identical twins since they are so evenly matched.

Sometimes fatally so.

5/23/14, 9:33 PM

Blogger neil craig said...

The number of people who meet siblings or half siblings of the opposite sex in adulthood without knowing who they are is obviously very small. Nonetheless the number who form sexual relationships cannot be statistically explained unless there are very strong hidden attractors.

5/24/14, 3:31 AM

Blogger Terry Baker said...

I am an identical twin.

My brother and I are convinced that had we been reared separately, without knowledge of one another, we would be absolutely identical in every way.

As it is, we have been working overtime our whole lives to be perceived as different, separate, unique individuals, just like everybody else.

We want to be like the rest of the mankind in this way, but the fact is we just aren't.

It's like a science fiction premise with no solution. BTW, we're best friends.

5/24/14, 7:13 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's a "genetically unrelated sibling"? An oxymoron.

5/24/14, 10:13 AM

Anonymous Sean said...

"Identical twins raised apart match closely on genetically influenced traits such as intelligence and personality"

Jane (game designer) and Kelly (psychologist) McGonigal don't look very alike considering they are identical twins: both have TED talks.

5/24/14, 1:47 PM

Anonymous HA said...

"Considering he never met his biological father, that's not surprising. If he met him he might've liked him."

No, he did meet his father. Later, when he learned that the man he had been casually introduced to (as the proprietor of a restaurant he liked) was his biological father, he still had no interest in meeting him. Whereas his biological sister was someone he hired lawyers and detectives to hunt down.


In my experience, a lot of Americans whose parents were immigrants have had trouble connecting with their family members.

I think the contention that his father treated his mother badly, which led to their kids being put up for adoption, was rather more relevant to the estrangement than immigrant issues. When it comes to individuals, the issue is not just one of nature or nurture. It also involves character, and the choices one makes.

5/24/14, 10:35 PM

Anonymous Ben tillman said...

"Fraternal twins share half their genes."

And she's supposed to be a scientist? Why would a human share a lower percentage of his genes with his fraternal twin than he does with a fruit fly (allegedly 60%)? If she doesn't understand what she herself says, why should we expect her to be able to understand and build on what someone else has said?

The correct observation is that, on average, fraternal twins are half as different from each other genetically as their parents are.

5/25/14, 9:27 PM

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