in the family
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After a major life event: Remarriage, a death in the family or a move to a new state should prompt a review of your beneficiary designations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
“The birth-order effect means there’s some kind of social or genetic element in the family environment that’s driving it,” Baker says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Then again, it has been in the family for generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Sulloway’s research on birth order and risk-taking reveals that later-borns are more psychologically wired to take strategic risks to carve out their own niche and stand out in the family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nobody in the family gave a thought now to anything except the two vital problems of trying to keep warm and trying to get enough to eat.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
