Topic > Nature Vs Nurture Debate Essay - 935

and Jim S., identical twins, were reunited for the first time at the age of 39. They were raised separately from infancy by different adoptive families in Ohio and were unaware of each other's existence. During childhood, each twin had a dog named Toy. They each bit their nails and, by the age of 18, both suffered from combined tension and migraines. They had similar voices, hand gestures and personalities. Both had been married twice, first to a Linda and then to a Betty. One had named his son James Allen and the other James Alan. They had each worked at a gas station and part-time in law enforcement as a sheriff. They both chain-smoked Salem and enjoyed the occasional Miller Lite beer. Every summer, in their light blue Chevrolet, they each took their families to Pas-Grille Beach in St. Petersburg from Ohio, Florida, for their mid-year occasions. (Lewis & Writer, n.d.) In Sweden, Nancy Pederson together with her colleagues classified 99 pairs of separated identical twins and over 200 pairs of separated fraternal twins. After comparing them with equivalent samples of identical twins raised together, she concluded that the separated identical twins had relatively less identical personalities. However, separated identical twins were more similar than separated fraternal twins. Furthermore, separation immediately after birth (instead of, for example, at age 10) did not accentuate identity conflicts. (G. Myers,