Each person is born with certain characteristics that make him who he is. Most people do not even consider the fact that who they are has a lot to do with the order in which they were born. Americans think that they are what they are or they act a certain way because of characteristics inherited from their parents or family line. Although this may be true, one must understand that birth order played a large part in their personal characteristics. The wider impact of a person's birth order is often underestimated. Birth order has an effect on a person's personality, behavior and attitude.

Generally speaking, birth order is defined as the position of being either an only child, first born, second born, middle child, or last born in a family (Leman 9). Birth order personality may not be always, but is usually, established by age two for most...