Family Traits

I have had occasion as of late to consider the true personality traits of those that we admire, detest, or simply put up with. What has made me put fingers to keyboard on this subject is the following question - Where do we get out traits from??

Do I get my absolute anality from my mother? My lack of financial aptitude from my aunt? My strict attention to hospital corners from my cousin? What about the criminal element in my family? Have they somehow influenced me as well???

I don't pretend to be an expert on things, oh hell - I am no expert on anything. However I do think that I have come up with one nugget of truth. I firmly believe that EVERY family, regardless of country derived from, school metriculated from, or level on the poverty line will contain at least one anal person, one financial screw up, one neat freak, and one criminal.

I said this to a friend of mine and he promptly said "what about those that have no family" Well, I guess you have to work then on being all those things at once, which should make work interesting.