Eldest, youngest or in the middle? Which child is ‘genuine, agreeable and fair’, according to experts?

Christmas is often a time for family arguments. But it seems like you’re less likely to get involved when you’re a middle-aged kid.

Because according to a study, they are more likely to be honest, sincere and agreeable than their siblings.

Researchers investigated whether personality traits are related to birth order or how many siblings someone has.

More than 700,000 adults completed a questionnaire assessing personality traits.

They found that first-born children were most likely to be open to new experiences, that middle children showed traits that made them more honest, sincere and sincere, and that youngest children had more traits related to emotions.

Researchers at the University of Calgary defined children as “middleborn” if they were not the first or last born of three or more siblings.

They also found that people with siblings were more likely to have cooperative traits, compared to only children.