More on Marc's question: I just found this wonderful anecdote in my 
file:

The source is a posting to the Sociobiology list in 1998, which cited 
David Rowe's book _The Limits of Family Influence_ which cited 
another book, _Nature's Thumbprint_  (whew!. That's not a secondary 
source, it's a tertiary one)

I like the anecdote so much I'm going to copy it out here:

"Identical twins men, now age thirty, were separated at birth and 
raised in different countries by their respective adoptive parents. 
Both kept their lives neat--neat to the point of pathology. Their 
clothes were preened, appointments met precisely on time, hands 
scrubbed regularly to a raw, red color. When the first was asked why 
he felt the need to be so clean, his answer was plain.

"My mother. When I was growing up she always kept the house perfectly 
ordered. She insisted on every little thing returned to its proper 
place, the clocks--we had dozens of clocks--each set to the same 
noonday chime. She insisted on this, you see. I learned from her. 
What else could I do?"

The man's identical twin, just as much a perfectionist with soap and 
water, explained his behavior in this way.

"The reason is quite simple. I'm reacting to my my mother, who was an 
absolute slob."

-Stephen
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