MBTI and Familial Relationships

[Johnny]

I had my twin sister and her husband take one of the Kiersey/Enneagram online tests last weekend. My sister scored as I predicted - INTP like me - while her husband scored as an ESTJ. My wife scored as an INTJ, and our spouses are both strong-willed and argue often, to my sister's and my amusement and occasional irritation. Love, or something like it I suppose, helps us all find a middle ground for mutual acceptance and growth... :cheers:

I'm not so much interested in our spouse's scores, though, as I am our own. My twin sister agrees with her personality preference, and I agree with hers too. Does anyone else here have twin siblings with the same personality preference? If so, any thoughts to share?

[Division56]

I know someone else does, not sure who...

[Hamro]

i am INTP. Brother is INTP. Mother is ENTP. dad possibly XSTP

[garak]

Earlier I was thinking about how weird it'd be to see two INTP parents with one or more INTP kids. Not sure if that adds anything to the discussion but it was an interesting thought. :P

[euterpenc]

Dad - INTJ
Mom - ISXP
Sister - ESFP
Me -INTP

Me and my dad relate well, and me and mom do alright, and I hate my sister with a passion.

[Vagabond]

That "I hate my sister with passion" quote was terribly funny :P

Dad INFJ 4w3 sp/soc (or soc/sp, not sure)
Mom ESFJ 2w3 soc/sp
Sister ESFP 7w6 sx/soc

Apparently I am the weird one in my family and I don't relate that well with any of them. My dad is an Introvert iNtuitive, which makes it better (now that I grew up at least, because we had major FJ vs TP conflicts in the past), my mother is my opposite and we only relate whenever her sensorish common sense identifies to my intuitive thinking and my sister is nothing like me, but kind of admires that NT thing I have. They have no clue what my world is like, but I appreciate a lot the fact that they sincerely try. Mostly they try to respect my needs (like my need for isolation) even though they can't understand them - I realise it is not easy for them, but I really do appreciate the effort. (Again - now that I am by far an adult; I had big problems with my father throughout my teenage and my mother realised she should give me space although she won't understand me the last few years. My sister on the other hand tends to look up to me and down on herself, which kind of worries me... hmm).

And I hate none of them, lol...

[nobarcode]

I know twins and I keep trying to get them to take the test. It would be interesting to see the function percentage similarities/differences, between those two. Does one make up for the other in a particular area, for example?

[Witticism]

My twin's an ENFP; I'm an INTP. My brother is an ESFJ and my father's an INTJ and I haven't a clue of my mother's type.

[Swift]

I know twins and I keep trying to get them to take the test. You're probably the hundreth person that comes to them to use them as lab bunny's. They're probably annoyed by the unwanted attention.

[nobarcode]

I think it's because they are both P's. I'm good friends with them, so they'd just tell me to "go to hell" if they really felt that way.

[Aryan]

Dad - ISTJ
Mom - INFJ
Sister - ISTJ / INTJ (not sure)
Me - INTP :D

With all I's in our family is a calm and quiet atmosphere, and so i dont fear of my space being invaded. My mom and i share at an intuitive level mostly, we both are INs.
My sister joins me and my mom frequently, she might turn out to be INTJ.
With my sister its simply jokes, or stright forward brawls. ;)
With my dad its also fun except when he starts out with his rulebook of should and should nots.

Anyways, with all I's in the family its a pretty cosy atmosphere here. :)

[L. Bartholomew]

dad- ENTP
mom- ESFP
little brother- ESTP
me-INTP

Yeah...I don't eactly fit in. I learned to ignore the unceasing lectures on my social habits. ("Why don't you have any friends?! Why don't you do things that normal people your age do?...etc.) I've even learned to deal with the obnoxious, stubborn, idiotic ways of my little brother. And my mothers' acting like an overly dramatic teenager. My dad and I get along best, always have.

[Ascending]

Mother: INFJ
Sister: ESFP
Brother: ENTP
Me: INTP

[Eileen]

Mom: ISFJ
Dad: INTP (though he swears he has changed personalities from INTP to INFP, I think that he's just learn to use his inferior function of Fe; he is still CLEARLY INTP in my view)
Sister: INFP
Brother: Untestable, as he is mentally retarded, but he is definitely IxxJ.
Me: INFJ

Family full of big time introverts!

My mom and I get along great, have religious differences that are predictable based on our difference in type. Dad and I get along fine now, but that's pretty recent. We have lots of issues that don't have anything to do with type, and some issues that do. My sister and I get along quite well most of the time, and when we don't, we drive each other crazy in the way that INFJs and INFPs drive each other crazy (in that we can SEEM quite similar in many ways but we function very differently in reality). And everybody gets along with brother bear. Now that he's out of his early twenties, he's a delight to be around (mentally retarded males often act out in their early twenties, and he was no exception...).

[CreativeChaos]

Dad:INFP
Mom:ISTJ
Oldest Brother:ENFP
Second Oldest Brother:ESTJ
ME: INFP


I was wondering if these twins mentioned are identical twins or fraternal twins. I would only suspect that identical twins would end up with the same type. Fraternal twins would no more end up with the same type as usual siblings. Because thats what fraternal friends are, they do not have the same set of genes, like identical twins.

Here's one site that mentions personality used on identical twins. It's half-way down. It says that they test the same.

http://www.industryweek.com/Columns/asp/columns.asp?ColumnID=469

Here's a great one regarding twins and personality:

http://health.yahoo.com/health/centers/personality/897
quote:

In this site it talks about these people you might want to take a look at:
The two have been studied for years now at the University of Minnesota's Center for Twin and Adoption Research, founded by Thomas J. Bouchard, Ph.D. It is the largest, ongoing study of separated twins in the world, with nearly 100 pairs registered,

[nBT]

dad: intp
mom: es(f)j
me: intp/j (im still not sure)
bro: intj
bro: intp
sis: infj

nice and silent. everyone their room. my moms doing all the decoration. doin a good job of hiding my dads mess (electronics). no social wastes of time. my moms keep wondering what the fuck we are. especailly now we start venturing in IN topics. dinners are always posing trick questions and raunchy suggestions. we all switch(ed) schools and interests like a traffic light.

[Biff_Loman]

I have no twin, or an INTP sibling, so I'll do like the other posters and simply discuss my family. ;)

Dad: ENTJ
Mom: ISFJ
Sister: INFJ
Myself: INTP

Damn, the Judging preference is strong in my family - I don't just mean in terms of numbers, but in the prevailing attitude. It wasn't until I moved out that I was able to give myself over fully to my Perceiving nature and finally get some space to breathe!

Still, I am naturally attracted to Judging women via some sort of weird homing instinct, and married an ISFJ. The other most significant female relationship I had was with an XNFJ (probably INFJ in actual fact) with ridiculously strong Judger tendencies ("Of course I'll make time for you! I always love talking with you! But I'm doing a stats assignment. Give me 45 minutes.").

Yep, that INFJ stole my heart, and my ISFJ broke my heart. :cry:

My family's dynamic is interesting. . . My INFJ sister gets quite emotional, which always made for a lot of drama - until there would be a genuine family crisis. Then she'd snap into counselor mode and be the only one who actually behaved constructively. It was always bizarre to watch her thoughtlessly stomp over our feelings - consistently - and then turn into Princess Peacemaker when real conflict arose. Heck, she still does this, even though I've long since moved out.

I suppose that, for the purpose of this thread, it is worthwhile to point out that my relationship with my sister was distasteful until this point. Now that we're in our twenties, it seems like we're finally ready to bury the hatchet, which is fine.

[Eileen]

My INFJ sister gets quite emotional, which always made for a lot of drama - until there would be a genuine family crisis. Then she'd snap into counselor mode and be the only one who actually behaved constructively. It was always bizarre to watch her thoughtlessly stomp over our feelings - consistently - and then turn into Princess Peacemaker when real conflict arose. Heck, she still does this, even though I've long since moved out.


Eeeek....

This rings uncomfortably true for this INFJ! Now that I am more mature, I am less <i>irrationally</i> emotional, but man... I sure was a crazy adolescent. I am embarrassed to talk to some people from that era in my life because of it! But I've always been good in a real crisis! Extraverted feeling is something you have to learn how to use properly, just like anything else, I suppose.

[Zero Angel]

My family is a bunch of feelers, but wonderful feelers nonetheless. You would think that there was a whole lot of drama, but there wasn't, at least not as much as you'd think.

Mother: ESFJ
Father: INFJ
Sister(20): ENFP
Sister(18): IxFx (very balanced temperament and personality, *barely* leans toward INFP)
Myself: INTP