[marcfawzi]

nature and nurture... you can't dismiss either. one is your genetic wiring (hardware) and the other is your indelible early childhood experience (firmware) ... and then there's your re-programmable self (software) ... His bio father being from that part of the world means his dad's genetic make is probably shared with 14% of Semites (Jews and Arabs of that area), 75% of south east Turks and southern Greeks, and 10% of sub-Saharan Africans. This is by no means an informed analysis of his dad's genetic heritage. Just an educated guess.

[collyw]

I know two identical twins (well they have an unidentical triplet sister as well). Interestingly they have reasonably different personalities - the nice one and the arse (relatively speaking).

[marcfawzi]

and 1% saint or devil, pick one...