Going to Scotland!

My identical twin just got chosen to go to Scotland for an independent research program for chemistry. This means I get to go to Scotland to visit him! Its awesome that when one of us gets something cool we get to share the experience with someone we care about. Congrats bro!

LOOK AT ALL THE PICTURES!

Ok, I was just looking at the blog and all the pictures I have of my brother and I and in almost every single picture I am on the rigght side of my brother and he on the left side of me. WOW! in any picture where we are standing up and can chooose where we stand I am on his right side! Even in baby pictures! Must be something we do without thinking.

Bonding

This picture is exactly the same as a picture of when we were kids. We had an obsession of pretending we were conjoined twins and walked around with our arms overlapping and our legs tied together!

Mix up

A week ago I went over to waukesha to hang out with my twin. He left to go get some food so I was hanging out at his apt with his roommates. Unexpectedly, his girlfriend came over and she said hey honey to me! i figured I would go along with it and see how long it takes her to realize I am Kyle. It took her about 3 minutes to figure out I was Kyle! haha she blamed it on me having a hat on! Oh the fun of having a double!

Moms always know!

Lately my twin and I have been trying to quiz my mom too see how well she knows her boys! So every time we call her at work she doesn't have caller id so we say hi mom... then directly after we say ok mom who is this... Believe it or not we did this to her randomly probably about 20 times and she went 20 for 20! I couldn't believe it! 1 word and she knew which boy she was talking to...My dad on the other hand still calls me Luke sometimes when he is looking right at me!

Pros and Cons of a twin?!?

Cons:
people get you mixed up
only one b-day party
sharing a lot of stuff
always compared to eachother
no individualism

Pros:
having a best friend for life
never be bored
have double the clothes
trick people

Results of Twin and Adoption Studies updated

Over the years, a number of twin studies have been conducted. One twin study, known as the Minnesota twin study, examined a set of identical twins that were raised in separate environments. Although the twins did not meet until they were almost 40, they shared many similar characteristics. The only explanation for the similarities was that the twins' genes had strongly guided their development.

In fact, the Minnesota twin study led the researcher to conclude: "[On] multiple measures of personality and temperament, occupational and leisure-time interests and social attitudes, [identical] twins reared apart are about as similar as [identical] twins reared together."


Interestingly, adoption studies have also shown the strong influence of genes (or nature). For instance, the Texas Adoption Project found "little similarity between adopted children and their siblings and greater similarity between adopted children and their biological parents."