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| My cousin...my twin? |
DNA and
the mysteries of the gene pool fascinate me. I am constantly perplexed at how
children from the same parents can be totally different in looks and
personality, while people with a genetic link on a secondary level, such as
nieces, aunts and cousins can be almost identical.
I've
discussed on this blog the curious case of my niece and I. She looks just as I
did at her age and we share 90% of the same personality traits (thankfully she
inherited part of my sisters gently caring nature, accounting for the 10%
difference). This likeness amazes me.
What I’ve
just discovered is even stranger are the similarities between my cousin Peta and
myself. If we didn’t know better I’d swear we were separated at birth. While we
look different, we share the same sense of humour, the same outlook on life, the
inability to stop dancing when music plays and a whole range of other traits
that weird my husband out. We've only discovered this likeness recently as we
didn't grew up together.
Tonight I spent the evening with the darling Peta.
We had a ball at a dance/theatre show and talked and laughed for hours (as neither
of us draw breath). I had the most fantastic night. It was like hanging out
with a funnier version of myself. As self-absorbed as this sounds, I thoroughly
enjoyed it!
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