Which affects your personality more? Hypothetical situation: A 7 yr old boy is adopted. At 18 yrs old, will he act more like his biological father or his stepfather?
2006-10-31 16:51:12 · 3 answers · asked by JOhn M 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
i have an adopted cousin and he is exactly like his adoptive parents I think you learn what you are around and involed in not from genitics
2006-10-31 16:54:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could go either way, but I think we are more driven by genetics than we imagine. The things is that we have choices that can over ride our genetic make up.
I have three children. A son, an adopted daughter and a younger son.
She likes and dislikes things that I imagine come from her geneitcs. Then there are things that are very much nurture.
I don't have enough time to give examples but I do believe that is she someday met her birth family she would see things that are just like her.
Another reason I see that nature is stronger than we think, is that I have a grandchild who has rarely seen her biological father. But those rare times I can see facial expressions. I can see where she gets her athletic ability.
It is actually amazing. Even as a baby she had manuerisms just like her birth dad.
2006-11-01 01:02:57 · answer #2 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He will act more like the Father who has been the biggest imfluence in his life and has spent the most time with. I know this is a general answer, but it's true. He may have memories of the Biological Father, but it really gets down to who is IN his life and a part of it.
I don't know how Mom is in the picture, or if she even is, but typically 'boys' seem to develop character traits from their Mother and Daugters mirror after Dad.
2006-11-01 01:21:04 · answer #3 · answered by Steve 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋