How much of 'you' is hereditary?

[member2013]

How much (what 'quantity') of your 'general essence' do you attribute, or look at as hereditary and how much do you perceive or feel as being environmental, or potentially environmental?

Whether it is the size of your feet, amount of body hair, sense of humor, sleeping patterns, or degree of religiosity - what 'percentage' of 'you' is inborn, do you feel? Can you analyze the physical and mental essences of your parents and your grandparents on both sides of the family; perhaps some aunts and uncles?

How much of 'you' is predetermined?

 

[dick van cock]

I (and you, and you, and you, and you) am just a physical representation of

the omniscient, all-inherent will...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_as_Will_and_Representation

 

[gunslingingbird]

71.63% hereditary.

 

[dave_rhino]

I am you.

 

[Juiceman]

I yam- what I -yam.

 

[blue ballz 22]

i am you. and he is me. who is you? im you. whos he? hes me.
sorry, i watched rush hour 3 a couple hours ago

 

[member2013]

Edited Topic Title:

Come up with longer variations of the sentence, 'I am You.'

j/k lol

 

[coolbeers]

68.3%

 

[marquis2]

Having children is hereditary.If your parents didn't have any neither will you.

 

[pancha]

Well, I live in the Midwest, and its been pretty cold! so if my physical appearance was based on heredity, I'd be fatter and have alot more body hair!:1orglaugh

physical traits I would say are 100% hereditary, but when it comes to mental aspects such as personality and the like, I would say that is mostly environmental.

 

[member006]

My person? Well a big part of who I am is hereditary, the older I get the more I see that maybe 30%.

30% is my environment growing up, many old world ways very strict rules, that percentage of rough road made me a much stronger woman.

I think my physical is about 20% heredity.

The remaining 20% learning from the above and making my choice of roads to take.

Just a guess of course.

LL

 

[AverageAllStar]

10% is attributed to my heredity
5% from my environment
85% from beer and porn

 

[marquis2]

Well, I live in the Midwest, and its been pretty cold! so if my physical appearance was based on heredity, I'd be fatter and have alot more body hair!:1orglaugh

physical traits I would say are 100% hereditary, but when it comes to mental aspects such as personality and the like, I would say that is mostly environmental.

I once saw a program about twins separated at birth.One guy was brought up in Germany, the other in New York. The first time they met (at about 50 years old) they were both identically dressed.

 

[member2013]

My person? Well a big part of who I am is hereditary, the older I get the more I see that maybe 30%.

30% is my environment growing up, many old world ways very strict rules, that percentage of rough road made me a much stronger woman.

I think my physical is about 20% heredity.

The remaining 20% learning from the above and making my choice of roads to take.

Just a guess of course.

LL

Interesting analysis, thank you for the contribution!

 

[senob44]

I would have to say that maybe 30% of me is sheer heredity and 70% my upbringing and environment. I think the physical characteristics I have are highly hereditary, but my mental makeup and opinions are less so. It's a tough question though.

 

[BlueBalls]

My Phenotype and Genotype are 90% Hereditary

 

[member2013]

My Phenotype and Genotype are 90% Hereditary

....a more realistic assumption.

 

[calpoon]

i am you. and he is me. who is you? im you. whos he? hes me.
sorry, i watched rush hour 3 a couple hours ago

I am the walrus

 

[D-rock]

Physically I probably get 95%+ from heredity. As far as the mental aspect goes that's hard to say. I can see profound similarities in some instances and yet in some ways I'm nothing like any of my other family members. Sometimes even my similarities have significant differences in them.

 

[jibbijib]

It's cold.

I'd say physical is effected by environment more than hereditary, but both are present. Mental would be more hereditary than environmentally. Can't have either/or.