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By the time you were seven years old, had you discovered a talent for music, art, or anything else? Tell me about it.
I had discovered a talent for...
Had you met a pair of twins before you were 12? In what ways did they look and act alike?
I had met a pair of twins by the time I was...
What do you have in common with your brother, sister, or cousin? Had you realized this similarity when you were still children?
We/I had realized this by the time I was...
What is your birth order? How might you be different if you had been the oldest (or youngest) child?
If I had been the oldest/youngest... (OR If I had had a sibling...)
As a child, what had you dreamed of becoming? Had your goals changed by the time you were an adult?
I had dreamed of becoming...
Were your parents strict or relaxed? How might your personality be different if your parents had been different?
If my parents had been more strict/more lenient...
What is something you had never thought about until you or one of your friends had a child?
I had never thought about...
In what ways do you take after your parents? By what age had you discovered these similarities?
I had discovered this by the time I was...
Do you think that you could be an artist today if your parents had taken you to art lessons?
If my parents had taken me to art lessons...
Tell me something interesting that a relative had done before he or she got married
My (relative) had...
Until what age were your parents a major influence on your life? What important value had you learned from them by that time?
I had learned...
How might you be different if your parents had moved to another country before you were born?
If my parents had moved to a different country...
How had you expected your living conditions to change before your family experienced a major change (such as a move to another country or the birth of a child)?
I had expected...
Before you got to know your closest friend, had you expected that you would get along?
I had expected...
What are some of your intrinsic characteristics? How soon after you were born had your parents noticed them?
My parents had noticed it/them by the time I was...
Do you think that singing ability is genetic? By the time you finished high school, had you sung in public?
I had sung in public by the time I was...
