Identity

             What comes with over 6 billion different sets of characteristics with no two sets ever having the same likeness? The answer ...... a person's identity. Identity is a set of characteristics that somebody identifies as belonging uniquely to him or herself. Identity is complex, embodying both changeable and unchangeable traits and outside and internal influences. Self-identity consists of three unique elements: family, personal, and social identity. Each of these elements is comprised of individual circumstances.
             Family identity is made up of the traits a person has inherited along with the role in their family they have been born into. Family identity establishes the cultural environment in which one will shape their ideas of self. It is well known that no two people have the same DNA. DNA is unique to each person. As well, the inherited traits one receives through birth shape their mental and physical attributes. A child can be gifted with a genius I.Q., a natural talent, or aesthetically pleasing features. Another may be challenged with an emotional, mental, or physical handicap. Though these inherent characteristics come on a sliding scale and can be manipulated throughout life, they will always lie in the foundation that shapes one's identity.
             The bearing on identity the role you are born into in your family has been well explored by many psychiatrists. There are a multitude of books dedicated to exploring the personal characteristics a first born, middle child, or baby of the family will possess. Commonalities of people within each group can be explained in part with the understanding of child rearing within the family. First borns are known to feel they have been set up to be the responsible one and the one to set an example in their family. While babies of the family are considered spoiled, not having to had to fight for as many rights as their older siblings, and having received more len...

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