What Your Birth Order May Say About Your Health, Wealth, And IQ

LOADING ERROR LOADINGIf you grew up with siblings, you might have noticed your family either adhering to or defying birth order tropes – think “the responsible eldest daughter” or “the invisible middle child”. As it turns out, scientists reckon birth order might actually affect your health, wealth, and even IQ. AdvertisementHere’s what the research says:How does birth order affect wealth, IQ, health, and more? Why might birth order affect us? With that said, birth order traits are far from universal, and not everyone agrees on how much of a difference it makes to things like intelligence and personality.