Genes & Coincidence
by pinkagendist
A.C. Flory sent me a note yesterday about genes and understanding who we are. I’ve been thinking about that since my cousin is visiting. He’s twice my age. We never really had any contact for most of our lives- yet- we like the same types of wine. We smoke the exact same type of mini-cigars. When we took him to the grocery store, I watched him selecting products which happened to be the same ones I buy myself. He has a passion for horses (and an obsessional passion for history), and lives right outside Paris in a property that I could easily have chosen to live in myself. None of that applies to my other family members, which makes me wonder if it’s coincidence or if we happened to inherit a similar set of genes that mould us in this particular way. Once we reach a rather significant amount of similarities, I don’t think we can still put it down to coincidence. Can we? Or, can we?
They’re off to Seville tomorrow for a day. Then back here on Monday. Last night we took them to Pura Tapa and when they get back we’ll take them to Venta Garcia. This evening Mrs. cousin made a really wonderful dinner for us. She made it seem effortless too. Then we looked at family pictures…
It must be something you inherited, genes in this case, coincidence wouldn’t do!
Hi, I always find those little similarities interesting, I do think it’s partly down to genes, must be IMHO, maybe a bit of coincidence thrown in as well. All the best
Definitely genes at work although you have to be amazed at the random factor. You were both shuffled from the same deck, so to speak, yet out of all those millions of possibilities you were both dealt similar hands. Apologies for the cardsharp analogy.
Btw that pic of the bunny and the kitten is SO appropriate. But… are you the bunny or the kitten????
I have found that I have freaky things in common with my relatives. I will open a cupboard in their homes and find the same china pattern, and the same glassware.
A cousin and I will head to a different store, for instance, and come back with only one thing: the same type of candy bar. LOL
Sigh. We’re all just products of genetics.
Yes. When I stayed in New Jersey for a few days and talked with my aunt, I found that I fit significantly better with a group of the family I don’t have much contact with, and who are slightly less closely related. Families are strange, sometimes, in the way that traits pop up in unexpected branches.
Very glad to hear you are enjoying the visit instead of railing against intruders into your life
On this note, I wanted to add that we at times have much more in common with people which we are not blood related. My best friend and I have been friends for 14 years and we’re two peas in a pot. We’re so similar that we used to considered each other brothers, even though he’s black and I’m, well, white. So on a fun note I used to tell people we were brothers because I was adopted by his family which made it a hell of a fun moment seeing other people’s faces when I stated that.