Various

Your Birth Order Reveals Key Personality Traits: Are You Firstborn, Middle, or Youngest?

Which Child Are You: Firstborn, Middle, or Youngest?

The youngest is often seen as the spoiled one, while the firstborn is viewed as the responsible leader. These stereotypes about siblings may hold some truth, but science suggests your birth order reveals much more about your character. In the 1920s, Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler—a close collaborator of Sigmund Freud—developed a theory linking personality to birth order.