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[–]chottohen 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There is definitely a genetic factor involved but as HKP says, there are environmental factors at work too. Neither nature nor nurture determines your personality but a combination. But even if a close relative is stark raving mad, you could turn out just fine and the opposite is true.