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- How many children were in her family? How many boys? How many girls?
- What did she do with her siblings? Did she play together when they were young? Did she talk about friends, school, or other matters as they grew up?
- Did she have to share a room with any of her brothers or sisters? If so, what was it like? Did she enjoy having the company, or did it seem like she never had any privacy?
- Did she fight with her brothers or sisters a lot? If yes, what did they fight about? Attention? Friends? Chores? Clothes? What did her parents do when they fought?
- Was there ever any teasing among her and her siblings? Did any of the jokes continue throughout their lives?
- Was there one brother or sister she always felt she could count on? Someone she could always talk to? Did they always seem to be there when she needed protection? Did she think of this person as her best friend or guardian?
- Did they borrow each other's clothes? If yes, with or without permission? Did anything ever get ruined or stained when it shouldn't have been worn? If yes, what happened?
- What was the best part about having brothers and sisters? What was the worst?
- Did they go to school together? How many years apart were they? Did they do things with the same crowd? If so, did it ever cause any kind of conflict? What was it? Whom with?
- Did she ever date a brother's or sister's friend? If so, how did they feel about it? Did it cause problems between them? What kind? How did it all turn out?
- Did the baby of the family seem to get away with murder? Was it she who was the baby?
- Did she always seem to get blamed when something bad happened? Did she ever try to blame things on her siblings? If so, what were some of the incidents? Were her parents good about letting everyone tell their side of the story?
- Was she and her siblings often asked to watch each other? What happened during these times? Was anyone bossy? Could she do anything she wanted?
- Did she look up to one of her siblings with admiration? Did she want to be just like them? Did she turn out with similar or completely opposite personalities?
- Did she feel her parents favored one of the children more than the others, or was everyone treated equally? Did she ever wonder what it would be like to be an only child? Did she ever wish she was? Why or why not?
- If she was a middle child, did it seem like she was always too young but not old enough? Did the older ones always pick on her and leave the youngest alone? Did the youngest always blame her instead of the oldest?
- Once they were grown, how did the relationship between her and her siblings change? Did they see each other very often?
- Did she have a twin? Was it a brother or sister? Were they identical? What was her twin's name?
- If she had a twin, did they ever play the switching game? Whom did they try to convince? Did they succeed? Did they do this often? How did this affect her relationship with her twin?
- Did she feel like they were always competing? How did they compare to each other in different aspects of life? In sports, musical talents, academics, friends, and character, for example?
- If she had other siblings, was she closer to her twin? Did they share everything like best friends or did they fight and compete over everything?
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