Do you think introversion can run in the family/be genetic?

[ScorpioDW]

I know this is a weird question lol but I was just sitting here thinking about it and all of my immediate family (which Is not that many by the way, I only consider 6 , including me, my immediate family, I have a small family :p) are pretty introverted. The younger ones (including me) are on the quiet side. And the older folk were never the type to go to parties like that and are also on the quiet side. S
We all don't like being around people too long. We can all be ourselves around each other, trust me, it's not quiet when we're all in the same room haha but we're more quiet when we're out. And it just makes me go "hmm, how is there not one extroverted person in my immediate family?" It may not be genetic but do you think we somehow adapted to being introverted because of the other family members around us? Or is it something you're just born with and we all just so happen to be introverted?

[jacquesvol]

I don't know if introversion is genetic but if you were raised in a family where a few people are introverted or old fashioned, you may have learned it when you were young: Hearing things like
*-"don't stare at people",
*-"don't show people with your finger",
*-"don't speak when adults speak",
*-don't listen in to adults conversations"
*-"children should been seen, not heard" etc,
all day long would make any kid introverted.

Think about it when you'll raise your children.

[ScorpioDW]

Well I think not staring and not pointing at people is just common sense lol because that's just rude :p but I have noooo idea what you're talking about with the other ones. I thinking hearing those things wouldn't really determine whether somebody is introverted or extroverted. Somebody could have been raised in a strict and old fashioned household and STILL been a wild party animal. And what you mean think about it when I raise my children? You're acting like being introverted is a bad thing.

[jacquesvol]

-It's indeed rude when adults or adolescents do it, NOT when a little kid does it.
Being introverted isn't a bad thing in se but it won't get you many friends and many employers judge employees on it.
Those who revolt against their education will shed part of it. Not every adolescent revolts.

[front2back]

My dad, bro, and sis are all major extroverts while my mom was introverted. I get a lot of my metal behavior from my mom, so I guess it does make sense that I'm an introvert, too.

[MaskofInsanity]

I think upbringing has something to do with it. My sisters and I are all introverted.

[Mgoods]

More inclined to believe that's learnt behaviour.