If your adopted what makes your personality being adopted or how your raised?

Question

being adopted what makes your pesonality

Answer 1

For me, it is a nice combination of my adoptive family and how I was raised and then of course there are the genetics.  On one hand I have certain traits from being with my a-family b/c for the longest, that was all that I knew so naturally I picked up little quirks, mannerisms and what not.  Then in other ways, there are some things that are soooo genetic!  Without a doubt, couldn't deny it if I wanted to, kind of things.  I am positive that both play a huge part in my personality and attitude.

Answer 2

I think everyone is handed their "raw materials" at birth from genetics.  And then it is up to each individual to decide how he/she is going to use them to form a personality.

Answer 3

i was adopted when i was a baby, personally i am happy and better off with my adopted parents! i have been told aboout my bio-logical parents and have seen pictures.

my view is they didnt want me bt my parent now did, they cared for me and brought me up well and would not fault them for anything. i dont want to meet my bio-logical parents as i have nothing to say as far as i am concern my parents now are my parents full stop.

i have 2 children of my own and cherish them dearly!

Answer 4

I used to believe that there was more nurture in me than nature.

Then I searched for and finally found my bio family.

WOW.

I never would have thought the genetics would have played such a HUGE part in who I am.

No wonder I always had a sense of not totally fitting in with my adoptive family.

I look like my bio sister - we share the same tastes - we named our children and pets the same names - we read the same authors - we have the same talents - we act the same - we laugh the exact same way - we can finish each others sentences.

And we were separated for 37 years!!! (both adopted at birth - same mother - different fathers - never knew of each other until 3 years ago)

Genetics is some pretty powerful stuff.

And when you've lived with it your whole life - you have NO idea what it could feel like to live without it.

Until I finally met another that shared my genes - I would have never even guessed how much genetics plays in who we are.

Sure - I am also a product of my adoptive family - but by far - nature is much more of who I am.

Answer 5

The argument used to be about nature versus nurture. I think it's now generally accepted that personality traits, like noses and hands and height, etc. are inherited, not just from our birth parents but from the ancestors of each. But certainly the basic package is very affected by the environment in which we're raised. Nurture has a profound affect on the person we become.

Answer 6

Your personality came from a mix of genetics and the way you were raised and the experiences you've gone through.

Answer 7

While I certainly have mannerisms of my adoptive parents, it's pretty clear to everyone that has seen me with my first mom where I get the core of my personality.  We have the same interests, we practically have the same job, we write the same (the intermediary who put us in touch and my wife both commented on the similarities in our writing styles), we have the same kinds of worries and concerns.  We talk the same (well, I don't have her accent...  but the way we tell stories, the way we get louder as we tell stories...)

I won't deny that my adoptive family had it's effects on me, but the core seems to have come straight from my first mom.

Answer 8

I am nothing like my adoptive family, not one bit like any of them.

I am exactly like my natural mother and sister. Everything from my voice (adad can't tell the difference between my sister and I) to the way I cover my nose with my hand when I laugh (my nmom has always done this as well).

Answer 9

the word is impact you can run from your genes however your adopted parents can be such a impact on your life you will not make the same mistakes or perhaps not like or be open to certian things because thats all you knew you may have a desire alike  however will not act on it  . I seen this happen so many times and its the #one reason why so many adopted kids that went on to good adopted parents catch h**l from the natural parents and get rejected!!!

Answer 10

im not adopted but i know a few ppl that are an i can honestly say that u r who u r an no one can take that from u no matter what ur circumstances are but i believe that the ppl ur around an the family that brings u up have more of an influence on who u r goin to be than just ur genetic family.

Answer 11

I think it's a combo. I happen to look like my family, but clearly that's chance - not biology, since I am adopted. I also look like my bmom, although less obviously than you might imagine. I would say I have a mix of nature and nurture - in personality, I am much more similar to my afamily - likes, dislikes, sense of humor - than I am my bfamily, but I have been told that I am very like my bgrandfather who died when I was 5. So again, I think it's a bit of both and it depends on the person in question.