Team Building: How to Find Double Birth Orders

Team members with double birth orders can have 
a devastating effect on a team. Single birth orders 
the Only, firstborn, second born, third born and 
fourth born all have both positive and negative
aspects. When a person has a double birth order 
they have 2 positive and 2 negative personality 
characteristics. Fellow team members will have 
great difficulty working with these people.

There Are No Bad Birth Orders

One may think that there are bad birth orders.  This
is not the case. There are not Bad birth orders just 
differences.  Its understanding the differences that 
can make you and your team’s life less stressful and 
more productive. Double birth orders can be very
good for a business if you know how to use their 
special talents. Letting them work alone on projects 
and not on a team will be beneficial.

Double Only Birth Orders

Each of the single birth orders can be paired with an 
Only birth order when there is a space of at least 4 
years between any child both above and below their 
order of birth. The possibilities are: One/Only, 
Two/Only, Three/Only and Four/Only. The Only birth 
order amplifies, intensifies, and magnifies the personality 
characteristics of the individual birth order.  The greater
the distance between the two birth orders the greater the 
personality fluctuation. The One/Only will have far less 
personality fluctuation then the Four/Only.

Double Ordinal Birth Orders

These birth orders occur when there are four of more 

years between groups of siblings.  When this happens
 the second group is more like a second family of 
children.  The oldest has to operate like a firstborn but 
they also have their own numerical number of birth.   
They could be the second, third, fourth, or fifth birth. 
Numbers such as 2/1, 3/1, 4/2, 2/3, 4/1 are the most 
common.  Just like the Only double birth orders the 
greater apart the numbers the greater the difference in
their personalities.

Double Birth Order Questionnaire

How to find the Double Birth Orders on your team. 
This simple questionnaire will reveal the “real” birth  
order of your team member.
 
   Answer the following questions to find 

     if you have a  Double Birth Order  

1.      How many siblings are in your family?

 (include steps and halves that you lived with) 

 LIST THEM

2.      What is your number?  (count from oldest to you)

3.      Were you the  FIRSTBORN and your next sibling was

four or more years younger? no, proceed to #4               

yes, add an ONLY # to your birth order and stop here.

4.      Did you have any siblings older than you with handicaps

or died before you were 16yrs old? no, proceed to #6.              

yes, move yourself up 1 B/O# for each death or severe

handicap. 

5.      Did the death or handicap of the sibling older than you

create a gap of 4 or more years between you and your

next oldest sibling? no, proceed to #12         

yes, proceed to #6

6.      Is the sibling who is immediately older than you,

older by 4 or more years? no, proceed to #7          

yes, add a Only # to your B/O#  and proceed to #11

7.      Did you have 2 older siblings?  Where was the 4 or 

      more year gap between ages?  no, proceed to #8                  

 yes, Between 1&2?   Add a #2 to your B/O# proceed 

 to #12

                      yes, Between 2& me?  Add a #1 to your B/O# proceed 

                      to #12

8.      Did you have 3 older siblings? Where was the 4 or

       more gap between ages?  no, proceed to #9      

 yes, Between 1&2?    Add a #3 to your B/O# proceed

 to #12

                      yes, Between 2&3?    Add a #2 to your B/O# proceed 

                      to #12

                      yes, Between 3& me?  Add a #1 to your B/O# proceed

                      to #12

9.      Did you have 4 older siblings? Where was the 4 or 

       more year gap between ages? no, proceed to #10          

 yes, Between 1&2?    Add a  #4 to your B/O# proceed 

 to #12

                      yes, Between  2&3?   Add a  #3 to your B/O# proceed

                      to #12

                      yes, Between  3&4?   Add a  #2 to your B/O# proceed 

                      to #12

                      yes, Between  4& me?  Add a  #1 to your B/O# 

                      proceed to #12

10.    Did you have 5 older siblings?  Where was the 4 or 

       more year gap between ages? no, proceed to #11         

        yes, Between 1&2 Add a #4 to your B/O# proceed 

        to #1

        yes, Between 2&3 Add a #3 to your B/O# proceed to

        yes, Between 3&4 Add a #2 to your B/O# proceed to

        yes, Between 4&5 add a #1 to your B/O# proceed 

        to #1

        yes, Between 5& me add a #2 to tour B/O# proceed 

        to #12

11.  Do you have an immediate younger sibling no more

 than 3 years younger?  no, proceed to #12          

 yes, add a #1 to your B/O#   (remove the ONLY number)

12.  Is your next younger sibling more than 4 years 

       younger? no, nothing changes              

         yes, replace any secondary # with an Only number to 

         your Birth Order number.. 

     The following people have Double Birth orders that 
                        add the Only Characteristic: (0)
    Sylvester Stallone    Sean Connery        Monica Lewinsky
    Bill Clinton               Judge Judy             Mick Jagger 
    Jon Bon Jovi            Barack Obama       Bernie Sanders
    Britney Spears         Ellen DeGeneres    Jerry Springer
    Jennifer Aniston      Brian Williams       Howard Stern 
    Adolf Hitler              Robin Williams      Suzanne Somers
    Oprah Winfrey        John Wayne            Valdimir  Putin
    Eli Manning             Dr. Phil McGraw     Billy Carter 
    Honey Boo Boo         Paul Ryan               Ted Cruz

      The following people have Double Birth orders
                  with only Ordinal Numbers: (1,2,3,4)
    Walt Disney        Donald Trump          Khloe Kardashian 
    Will Smith          Robert Kardashian  Harry Reid
    Princess Diana   Kim Jong-un             Glenn Beck
    Jeb Bush             Marco Rubio             Katie Couric

  To find the Double Birth orders of these people and learn
  more about yours contact me, Dr. Robert V.V. Hurst through
  my website at  www.mybirthorder.com  Even better, buy my
  book:   Life’s Fingerprint: How Birth Order Affects Your Path
  Throughout Life.

   For the first 10 people to send me an e-mail I will give you the code
   to download a free audio copy of the book,  Life's Fingerprint