https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 06 May 2026 04:30:37 +0000 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:40:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=24628 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24628&PID=617271&title=sibling-similarities-esp-twins#617271 Author: Maya
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Posted: 18 February 2009 at 12:40pm

My girls were like that too Lisa, altho they did all the physical stuff together too, but from about a year old their individual personalities started to emerge and now they are completely different. They still have some similarities, but Sienna is definitely the leader and Mercedes is definitely more easy going and cruisy, but she's also more active than Sienna.

That is fascinating Yvette. It doesn't surprise me that the girls would have similar IQs as they do seem to me developing at a similar rate, but it's interesting too coz Maya has been identified as 'gifted' and altho the gremlins definitely aren't, I was labelled as gifted as a child too.]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:40:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24628&PID=617271&title=sibling-similarities-esp-twins#617271 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24628&PID=617125&title=sibling-similarities-esp-twins#617125 Author: lisa85
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Posted: 18 February 2009 at 9:44am

People always comment that I must see the girls different personalities coming out now but really they are so similar in every way. Hazel is slightly more cuddly and Esme is slightly more adventurous but mostly they are very alike in personality as well as physical and mental growth.]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:44:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24628&PID=617125&title=sibling-similarities-esp-twins#617125 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24628&PID=616802&title=sibling-similarities-esp-twins#616802 Author: busymum
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Posted: 17 February 2009 at 8:18pm

That is interesting... actually the twins reared apart makes me think of the wartime adopted-out twins who find each other much later in life, when they are e.g. 50's. And yet they have so many similarities but didn't even know the other existed!]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:18:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24628&PID=616802&title=sibling-similarities-esp-twins#616802 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24628&PID=616769&title=sibling-similarities-esp-twins#616769 Author: Twinboys2b
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Posted: 17 February 2009 at 7:54pm

I read the following in my sisters child psychology book, was going to just post it in the twins thread but thought others would be interested. It shows the correlation of IQ between 'related' children/people:

Relationship          Correlation (1= exactly the same)
Monozygotic Twins (identical)           
       - reared together           0.86
       - reared apart                 0.79 (very interesting)
Dizygotic Twins (fraternal)
       - reared together           0.60
Siblings
       - reared together           0.47
       - reared apart                 0.24
Parent/Child                          0.40
Foster Parent/ Child            0.31
Cousins                                 0.15

I find this sort of stuff really interesting. I especially find that no matter how I bring up my boys they're going to be very similar - but that doesn't stop me experimenting in their upbringing ... he he - I think DH may have something against that though!. Also interesting that frat twins are so close as they are often considered the same as siblings (yet born at the same time).

Edited to make sense



Edited by Twinboys2b]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:54:46 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24628&PID=616769&title=sibling-similarities-esp-twins#616769