Where are you in your family?

[BeverlyAnn]

I seem to remember reading somewhere that TG people tend to be the oldest child in their family and with many of my friends, this seems to be true.  I'm just wondering how that theory holds up here at Susan's.
Obviously if you are an only child, check oldest.

And yes, I'm the oldest in my family.

Bev

[Hazumu]

Yep, oldest.

I have two sisters.

BTW, wasn't there an article that said that the youngest children in a family, especially males, were at a greater probability of being gay?

Like in Goldilocks, being in the middle appears to be 'just right'.

Karen

(addendum)

OhMaiGawd, Bev, You're right!  With three votes in, one hundred percent of the respondents are the oldest children!  > > >

(Just playin' around  )

Karen

[Dennis]

Four votes. Still 100 percent! [hums the theme from the twilight zone]

Dennis

[Kate]

I seem to remember reading somewhere that TG people tend to be the oldest child in their family and with many of my friends, this seems to be true.  I'm just wondering how that theory holds up here at Susan's.

My apologies, lol... youngest here of two

Kate

[Buffy]

I am an only Child...

Can we change the poll or do I vote oldest?

Buffy

[BeverlyAnn]

Vote oldest Buffy.

[Brianna]

Oldest.

Perhaps the lack of gender modeling with siblings encourages it.

[Kate]

Why is it that EVERY time there's a "you're probably TS if...." condition, I NEVER fit???

Or TV, CD, human, alien, hetero, gay, whathaveyou...

Pout.

Come on... somebody...? that one vote just looks so sad and pathetic up there, lol...

Kate

[katia]

i'm the youngest

[Steph]

I'm the eldest, and I have three youger brothers, which makes sense since I'm the eldest.

Steph

[mikke]

I'm the oldest. I have 1 younger sister who is seventeen going on five.

[Gwen C]

Older sister......however, oldest boy of three.

Qwen

[BeverlyAnn]

Why is it that EVERY time there's a "you're probably TS if...." condition, I NEVER fit???

Or TV, CD, human, alien, hetero, gay, whathaveyou...

Pout.

It's because you're special.     Actually Kate, the article said it was a tendency, not an hard fact.

Bev

[TheBattler]

Why is it that EVERY time there's a "you're probably TS if...." condition, I NEVER fit???

Or TV, CD, human, alien, hetero, gay, whathaveyou...

Pout.

Come on... somebody...? that one vote just looks so sad and pathetic up there, lol...

Kate

Aww Kate, Don't worry so much.

I am the yougest of two siblings.

See  plenty of mixture in here.

Alice

[HelenW]

One older sister and one younger brother.

No wonder it took me so long to figure myself out!

Smiles & hugs
helen

[Kimberly]

Vote oldest Buffy.

Not that it matters, but in my opinion there is a VERY LARGE rift between 'only child' and 'oldest child', as such I am afraid I must abstain.

[BeverlyAnn]

Not that it matters, but in my opinion there is a VERY LARGE rift between 'only child' and 'oldest child', as such I am afraid I must abstain.

Kimberly, certainly we respect that and I agree with you as my son is an only child (not TG that I know of). But the theory is that the is that TG people tend to be the first born which an only child certainly is.  I merely phrased it as oldest child.

Bev

[Melissa]

Me and my sister were born on the same day, but I'm a few minutes older so I chose oldest.

Melissa

[katia]

i found two articles that deal with this topic.

http://www.symposion.com/ijt/walinder/study22.htm


http://www.psy-journal.com/article/PIIS0165178105001551/abstract

[Sharon S L]

I am the oldest, with one younger sister, who I have become a lot closer too since beginning my transition