The Nurture and Nature of Twins

In class we talked about nature v. nurture. In regard to this subject, we also discussed the relationship between my twin sister and I. We now clearly have different personalities. Sarah is more dominant than I am, but I don't mind. I like it better that way. She is a lot more girly than I am as well. I talked to my parents and they said that they even from when we were infants, they felt that we just looked differently. The only reason that they dressed us in different colors was to help other people tell us apart. After we read articles in class about identical twins being separated after birth and raised apart, we saw the effect that the environment has on someone after birth. Oskar and Jack were identical twins that once separated grew up to develop very different social and religious views, but interestingly enough they both became very passionate about what they believed. From birth they could have had an "aptitude"to be passionate, but their environment caused them to be passionate about different things. Sarah and I are not identical, so our DNA is truly only as common as any other pair of sisters, so the differences we see between us could be a combination of genetic and environmental influences. It very clear on a physiological level. I have inherited asthma, allergies, and acid reflux disease from my dad, but Sarah managed to bypass all of those issues. We have the same group of friends, but we also each encounter separate people through out the day, and it is very possible that after thirteen years of schooling, those people have had different influences on each of, which could have effected the differences in our personalities.