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Why gay men often have older brothers: ‘Many confirmations that this pattern exists’
Researchers are further exploring the notion that having an older brother increases a man’s chances of being gay.
“This pattern has been documented around Canada and the United States, but it goes skillfully beyond that,” Stetson University psychology professor Scott Semenyna told NPR this week.
“There’s been now many confirmations that this pattern exists in countries like Samoa,” he continued. “It exists in southern Mexico. It exists in places prefer Turkey and Brazil.”
Known since the 1990s as the fraternal birth order influence, it has been theorized that men have roughly a 33% increased probability of being attracted to men for every older brother they have, according to Semenyna.
Those with one older brother have an approximate 2.6% probability of being gay “and then that probability would raise another 33% if there was a second older brother, to about 3.5%,” he explained.
People with five older brothers have about an 8% chance.
Potential connections and possible biological associations through parental chromosomes
New research shows having a greater number of older brothers increases the probability of a person entering a same-sex union at some point in their lives.
This finding, detailed in our paper published today in the Journal of Sex Research, proposals a rare insight into the origins of sexual orientation.
The origins of sexual orientation
In recent decades, many countries have achieved extraordinary progress towards equal treatment of LGBTIQ+ people, including greater public support and more protective legislation. But despite these encouraging developments, sexual minorities still trial high levels of stigma – and the origins of sexual orientation stay a matter of debate.
Read more: How stigma impacts LGB health and wellbeing in Australia
A growing body of analyze is attempting to shed light on why some people experience same-sex sexual attraction and others don’t. These studies have substantial implications for public view and debate, and subsequently the treatment of LGBTIQ+ people.
For example, we understand people who view sexual orientation as a product of biological factors (such as hormones or genetics) are more likely to support sexual minoriti
A gay couple were revealed on national television to be long-lost brothers after taking a DNA test.
The shocking news was delivered to Paul and Lee on the Jeremy Kyle show, whose DNA testing is supplied by AlphaBiolabs.
The two men were a couple for a couple of years after having met online. They exchanged flirty messages for a full two year before meeting each other in person starting a physical relationship; they were even planning on marrying each other before the uncovering that they were related.
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They had no idea that they shared the equal mother, it was only when Lee’s family and friends first met Paul and noticed a impressive similarity between him and his mother’s former husband, Ron.
The men decided to appear on The Jeremy Kyle Show to receive to the truth, where they requested a DNA test that they hoped would prove that they did not share the same bloodline.
The brothers had never met before chatting online as Paul was taken into care when he was 18 months old, with Lee later conceived by the matching mother, Ena.
Ena said: “When I saw Paul for the first time I instantly thought he looke
One of the strongest arguments against consensual adult incest is that incestuous unions could result in children with genetic defects, but since that concern wouldn't apply to same-sex couples, an Irish political chief has argued that same-sex attracted cousins should be allowed to "marry." And that only begs the next obvious question: Why not gay brothers or homosexual sisters? As reported in The Irish Times, Independent Senator David Norris, himself gay, "has said that gay cousins should be allowed to marry each other following the gay marriage referendum." "It would not take a feather out of me if two cousins married each other,'' Mr. Norris said. "What is the obstacle with that?'' So, no sooner does the Irish Legislature officially announce the legalizing of same-sex "marriage" than an Irish Senator calls for gay cousins to be allowed to marry. Yes, "Mr. Norris said the regulations covering cousins marrying were introduced to protect the genetic pool, but that this would remain relatively untroubled by same-sex marriage." Then wouldn't the same line of reasoning apply to gay brothers or sisters who wanted to "marry"? And if the taboos against homosexual "marriage" are now considered o
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