Ever looked at your kids and thought, “How did they all come from the same womb?” Turns out, birth order might have something ...

Birth order can also have an impact in unexpected areas. For example, researchers found that firstborn children have a greater difficulty absorbing sugars into the blood and have a higher daytime ...

Recent research has told us that our birth order can affect our health — that firstborn children are more likely to have a higher weight and BMI as they grow older (boo). However, what we’ve ...

Birth order had virtually no impact on what are known as the “big five” personality traits: extroversion, emotional stability, conscientiousness, agreeableness and openness to experience, ...

Your birth order can affect your personality and behavior in ways you probably would've never imagined. In fact, a 2013 study published in the journal Human Nature, found that your birth order can ...

Could personality traits really hinge on your place in the family birth order? Not everyone agrees, but there are tantalizing bits of consensus, experts say. VIEW E-EDITION.

And birth-order characteristics, she said, are something that just emerge naturally when parents add more than one child to the family. The more children you have, ...

There’s also evidence that birth order effects are worse for women. Later-born women have lower earnings (whether or not they are employed full-time), are less likely to work full-time, ...

Birth order, according to conventional wisdom, molds personality. Firstborn children, secure with their place in the family, grow up to be intellectual, responsible and conformist.

Birth order can help determine compatibility, according to a new book. Feb. 11, 2011— -- "Fun-loving, raven-haired beauty who loves good food and good wine looking for a guy with a great ...