Rosie O’Donnell a Third Born Birth Order

                               Rosie

Rosie O’Donnell is a comedian, actress, author, and television 

personality.  She is also a Lesbian rights activist and a partner 

in the LGBT family vacation company, R Family Vacations.   

Recently she has made her views public about President 

Donald Trump who himself has not shown any love for Rosie. 

There feud began in 20o7 when Rosie was on the view and 

said negative things about Trump. The feud continues.  A look 

at her birth order will unmask her “real” personality and reveal 

a few things about Rosie that you didn’t know.

Siblings

Rosie is the third born of five children.  Her brother Eddie is 

2yrs older and her brother Danny is one year older. Rosie 

was next in line and was the first girl in the family. She is 

followed by Maureen 1yr. younger and Timmy 4 yrs. 

younger.  Their mother died of cancer when Rosie was 11 

yrs. old.  Rosie was now the woman of the house as their 

father didn’t remarry. Rosie had two choices, one to become 

the woman of the house or a tomboy. She chose tomboy 

competing with her brothers.

Third Borns

The Third born is the most sensitive of all the birth orders.   

Because of this they can be very shy or they develop a 

protective shell by have a tough and loud personality.  This 

is Rosie’s image to the world. The saying “Laughing on the 

outside, crying on the inside” is the description of a Third 

born. They have a utopian view of the world and want to 

save it. They care about others and can be gentle, sweet and 

artistic.

Family

Rosie is the mother to five children. Parker, Chelsea, Blake, 

Rose and the youngest Dakota.  The children give her the 

chance to show her sweet caring side without the protection 

shield she shows the public. 

Charity

The Rosie’s for All Kids Foundation has awarded more than 

$22 million in grants to over 1,400 child-related organizations.  

She has also reported to have contributed several hundred 

thousand dollars for the rehabilitation of war veterans from the 

Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

R Family Vacations

In 2003 she partnered with Gregg Kaminsky to launch R 

Family Vacations catering to LGBT families.  The First all gay 

and lesbian family vacation packages where families can bring 

kids, friends and parents.

Rose has two sides to her personality and is not as tough 

as she looks or acts!

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Fingerprint: How Birth Order Affects Your Path Throughout 

Life  by Dr. Robert V.V. Hurst or visit our website 

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John “Cougar” Mellencamp His Birth Order - Sibling Rivalry

John Cougar Mellencamp, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter 

has recorded 23 albums. He is best known for his #1 hit song

 “Jack & Diane.” Nominated for thirteen Grammy Awards he 

was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.   

Where did his drive to succeed come from? A look at his life

 and birth order will give us some answers.

The Drive and Power to Achieve

Where does one get the personal power to drive themselves to 

achieve? Using birth order theory, we usually see Double birth 

orders that combine the ordinal number of birth with the Only 

birth order that increases a person’s personal power. We can 

also see an increase in drive when one fights for power with 

an older sibling, sibling rivalry. This is the story of John 

Mellencamp. 

Early Years

John was born October 7, 1951, the second of five children in 

Seymour Indiana. He was born with spina bifida but an early 

operation corrected it. His older brother may have resented the 

extra attention he received even though John didn’t know 

about the problem until he was twelve. His older brother Joe is 

three years older. His younger siblings are Ted, Janet and 

Laura. He formed his first band, Crepe Soul, at the age of 14.

Second Born and Sibling Rivalry

John, the Second born child did not want to be told what to do.   

Second borns will usually never give in even if they know that 

they are wrong. The Second born will often go off in another 

direction from their older sibling.  When there are two boys the 

sibling rivalry can become intense. We all know the story of 

Cain and Able and that didn’t turn out too well. Both boys had 

bands growing up but John’s older brother Joe took a more 

traditional route in life than did John.

Two Boys Two Directions

Joe played quarterback on the football team and was a 

member of the student council.  He went off to Indiana 

University after High school and majored in sociology and 

psychology. He finished his education at Ohio State in 

electrical engineering, following in his father’s profession. 

He achieved to become the President of Beacon Electric. 

John took a different route, he was a beer-swilling truant in 

school and eloped with his pregnant girlfriend when he was 

18. This was the first of three wives and five children. He 

attended Vincennes University a two-year college. This is 

when his use of drugs and alcohol escalated. He did 

graduate as his focus got better after giving up drugs and 

alcohol.

John’s Song About Brothers

Nothing can express the feeling a younger brother has for his 

older sibling than the song John wrote called “Brothers”. Some 

of the lyrics show just how powerful sibling rivalry can be.  

 “You don’t care for me and man, I don’t think that much of you” 

“It’s as normal at it can be this sibling rivalry. We should have 

dropped it at 22 but man I can’t stand the things you do.” “Now 

that we’re grown up it ain’t helped nothin’ at all. On my 

birthday, please don’t bother to call.” As we can see the effects 

of one’s Birth order lasts a life time. John may have won the 

battle of the brothers when his father left his job as executive 

vice president of Robbins Electric to become his financial 

manager.

John the Social Reformer

John seems to have been angry all his life and his music tells 

stories of just how life seems unfair.  He was been the scrappy 

musical spokesman for forgotten man. He has been an 

advocate for farmers and testified before congress with Willie 

Nelson. His great-great grandfather, Johann Heinrick 

Mollenkamp was a peasant farmer from Germany that settled 

in Indiana in 1851. John went on to play concerts for Farm Aid. 

He is politically a left-of-center populist with no love for big 

business.

Health Issues

In 1994 John suffered a heart attack. Today, still a chain 

smoker, he is true to his Second born birth order letting no 

one tell him what to do.  He feels that it is the combination 

of drugs and smoking that will kill you so that is why he no 

longer takes drugs.

For more information about birth orders you can get my book 

Life’s Fingerprint: How Birth Order Affects Your Path 

Throughout Life by Dr. Robert V.V. Hurst or visit my website 

www.mybirthorder.com. For those that contact me through 

the website I will send you a FREE a code to download the 

book through Audible books. Just tell me what blog you read 

from http://doublebirthorder.blogspot.com

Mister Rogers: His Double Birth Order Tells His Story!

 

When you hear the name “Mister Rogers” up pops an image 

of a really nice adult that talks to children.  His show “Mister 

Rogers Neighborhood” ran for 33years on public television. It’s 

theme of music, stories, guests, and characters all designed to 

deliver a message to both adults and children was his gift to 

many. His message was one of universal. What can his birth 

order tell us about the man, Fred Rogers.

Childhood

Fred was born March 20, 1928 in Latrobe Pennsylvania to 

James and Nancy Rodgers. James was an accountant- banker 

and Nancy a stay at home mom. He was their firstborn and 

Only child until they adopted a daughter 11 years later.  Her 

name was Elaine Crozier and he loved her dearly. Fred 

recounts that he was a sickly child and spent a lot of time at 

home. His maternal grandfather also lived with the family 

and like his mother, played the piano.  They taught Fred to 

play the piano at an early age.  While recuperating from his 

many illnesses, Fred found entertainment in music and the 

use of puppets to make up stories. Only children can be 

their own best friend.

The Only Child

All firstborns are Only children until the next sibling arrives.  

The Only child grows up in an adult world.  Adults are his 

peers. He tends to follow in the footsteps of adults not his 

own generation.  In Fred’s case it was his grandfather that 

had an enormous influence on his life. Retired from the 

railroad but living in the same house he became Fred’s 

friend and teacher. Parents of Only children are very 

protective.  As an adult his mother made all of his cardigan 

sweaters that he wore on the show. Only children are also 

an amalgam of their parent’s birth orders and that is why no 

two Only children are alike.  In the movie “Willy Wonka: 

The Chocolate Factory,” we saw two types of Only children.  

 One, very adult like and responsible and the others spoiled 

children. Fred was the responsible type who felt no fear of 

being dethroned by his younger sibling. His adult role as a 

father figure to millions fits right in with his birth order.

The Only/One Birth Order

Raised as an Only child for 11 years before the family adopted 

his sister makes Fred an Only/One Double birth order.  He is 

more an Only child than a Firstborn as the eleven years makes 

a difference.  He never felt threatened by his younger sister 

and instead was supportive of her, more like a parent.  With 

such a secure position in the family he could be gentle and 

caring and not feel threatened.  In real life, it is said, he was 

the same person that the kids saw on screen.

Education/Career

After high school Fred got his Bachelor’s degree in music 

composition from Rollins College in 1951 and a divinity 

degree from the Pittsburgh theological Seminary in 1962. 

His special mission was to keep doing what he was doing 

on television to reach as many children as possible with his 

message of tolerance and love. His show premiered on 

February 19, 1968 and ran until August 31, 2001.  He had 

been displeased at the way television addressed children and 

wanted to make a change. This was his calling as a 

Presbyterian minister. He was a progressive pacifist all his 

life and it showed.

Married

Fred and Joanne Byrd married in 1952.  They met at 

college where she was a music major and became a 

professional pianist. They had two sons James and 

John and three grandsons. They were married 50 years 

until his death in 2003.

Controversy

There have been only a few times that Mr. Rogers had 

to speak up about his image. In 1985 Burger King used 

an actor to impersonate Mister Rogers calling him Mister 

Rodney. Fred contacted the Senior Vice President and 

he pulled the ad. Johnny Carson did a parody skit called, 

“Mister Rambo’s Neighborhood.” Fred complained and 

Johnny publicly apologized. He had no trouble with the 

parody done by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live 

“Mister Robinson’s Neighborhood”. He found it funny 

and affectionate. The fact that it was aired around midnight 

when his viewers would be in bed was another reason he 

ok’d it.  In 1998 he filled suit against a Texas store using 

his likeness on T-shirts which contained a handgun and the 

slogan Welcome to my “hood”. He got the Tee Shirts 

removed and destroyed. He is also credited with saving the 

VCR in his testimony for the Supreme Court that he 

thought it beneficial that children could tape his program. 

Last, the rumor that he was a Navy Seal or Marine sniper 

is false.  He never served in the military.  

 His Legacy

Fred died of stomach cancer February 27, 2003. He leaves 

behind several generations of children that learned so much 

from his program. He was truly the parental figure that 

portrayed the best in parenting.

We will all remember that, “It’s a Beautiful Day in the 

Neighborhood”

and “You made this a special day just by being Yourself.”

For more information about birth orders and double birth 

orders you can find it in my book Life’s Fingerprint: How 

Birth Order Affects Your Path Throughout Life by Dr. 

Robert V. V. Hurst.  Visit my website

 @ www.mybirthorder.com and contact me for a free 

audio version of the book.