Emerald Cheetah Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 (edited) So I'm currently writing a two page paper for my sexuality class in college and I keep coming across this fraternal birth order effect. It basically says that with each brother born, under the same mother, there is a higher likelihood that they will be homosexual than the last one. It makes me wonder if this birth order effect could apply to any other sexualities or genders like aromanticism. It's a far stretch, but I have to say I'm curious. For me, I'm the youngest child and I only have 1 older brother. However, there is a 6 year age gap between me and my brother because my mom had 2 miscarriages in between soooo yeah, there's that. As for the second question, I don't know a single person in my family who is aro, ace, or lgbt+. Everyone in my family is cisgender heterosexual to a tee ? I'm curious to see if it's like this for others or if I'm just unlucky lol Edited October 11, 2020 by Emerald Cheetah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Older of 2. Younger sister is ace-spec and bi. But I have a huge extended family (20+ members who are 1st cousins alone) who are all (to my knowledge) cisgender and heterosexual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonmerci Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Younger child, only an older brother. I said no for LGBT family members because as far as I know no one is (and I have a big family, my mother have 6 brothers and sisters). However my brother (who is 30) never dated anyone. He apparantly thinks it doesn't worth it but... who knows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hikarin Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Only child here. Technically I have an older half-brother, but we live in different cities and barely interact with each other, so I don't think it counts for the purposes of this poll As far as I'm aware, I don't have anyone in my family who is LGBT+, and most of my older relatives are in a relationship/married, although it's possible that no one is saying anything because being LGBT+ is frowned upon in my country 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vhenan Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Youngest child with one older brother. We have a 4 year age gap. I have a pretty big extended family, with 15 aunts and uncles, and 19 biological first cousins (two of my cousins are adopted). I've never heard of any of them being LGBT+. But, who knows? I haven't come out to any of them either. The whole family is quite LGBTphobic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlamillia Pixie Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 I am the youngest of 2 with an approx. 3 year age gap. The only other family member I know is GSRM/ LGTBQPIA+ is my dad's one cousin and I have only see him at big family gatherings for wedding and funerals and such and I don't really know him that well at all other than the fact he is a drama teacher. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Oldest child (two sibling) and no, i am not aware of any lgbt+ familly member. That said, maybe they just didn't tell me, or maybe they don't care. or, since identity is complex, they don't have word for themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ch0c0 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Only child. Impossible to say whether I had a family member LGBT+ because one did not admit things like that. There was although one that we suspected to be very sex averse and another without much romantic interest. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaerySilverwings Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 I'm the eldest of two; as far as I know my brother isn't any sort of GSRM. As far as biological family members, while I suspect that I inherited some of my aromantic traits from my mother, there are no confirmed GSRM relatives that I'm aware of. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perseus Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 I have 2 sisters, 1 is older and the other is younger. My older sister is a lesbian and I believe that she is the only other lgbt person in my family. My sister is 17 1/2 months older than me and the other one is 3 years younger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I'm the youngest, with one older sister. 3 year age gap. I am the only non-straight person in my family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeepsInTheChiliPot Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 I am the second child of four. I have an older sister and two younger brothers. I don’t know of anyone in my family that’s LGBT+ but there could be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Native Manitou Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I don't know how to answer the 1st question; I was sort of raised as an only child but I had older siblings from my father & stepmothers earlier marriages. They had their own families but spent a lot of time with us as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Stars Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Eldest here. My younger sister hasn't properly "come out" but I would be really surprised if she wasn't aspec like me, we share a lot of the same mentality about things. Aside from I think one gay cousin I barely talk to, my family is full of cishets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald Cheetah Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 4 hours ago, 2 Spirit Cherokee Princess said: I don't know how to answer the 1st question; I was sort of raised as an only child but I had older siblings from my father & stepmothers earlier marriages. They had their own families but spent a lot of time with us as well. based on what you've said, I would say only child since it sounds like you're not 100% biologically related to your other siblings. I suppose I should've specified in my question that I was looking for people to count only the siblings which they share both parents with when answering the birth order question. gahhhh, sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Native Manitou Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Then I'll have to say "oldest child;" my parents had another after the divorce, but we weren't raised together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodbyeRepublicServices Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 I am the youngest. I have an older sister who is about seven years older than I am. I have a cousin in my family who is gay, but no other LGBT+ people, to my knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arohoneybee Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 If I am a twin, how should I answer this? I am technically older by a few minutes, but I don’t think that really matters. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindrops Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 I'm the youngest of four. None of my siblings have any LGBT signs. Got a gay cousin though, which a few of us seem to have. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aro_elise Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 only. to be fair i am also cisgender and heterosexual. i have a trans cousin, idk his orientation(s) and his brother is cis and as far as i know, straight. they're my only relatives close to my age--my mom's an only child too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatingcroutons Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) . Edited September 1, 2021 by eatingcroutons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yupppp Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I think my younger brother is (so far) aro and maybe ace, but he doesn't want to label himself as such because he doesn't like putting himself in a box. I can't think of anyone else in my family who is LGBTQ+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El011 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 if you still need help, I'm bisexual and nonbinary, I have a gay great-uncle, lesbian distant cousin, nonbinary distant cousin, and gay first cousin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyTuneRein Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I'm the youngest and probably the most LGBT+ of them all, or they're good at hiding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRamen Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 I’m a middle child. My older sibling is 23 I think and my younger sibling is 11 maybe. Sexuality wise I don’t know the specifics of my siblings sexualities/orientations. I do know that none of us are cis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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