Do Parents Matter?

How would Gladwell respond to the identity question from August 27th? How would Levitt and Dubner respond?

Gladwell would respond to my answer of the identity question from August 27th with disagreement, and by talking about how it is not our family that creates our identity, but our surrounding environment outside our household. Gladwell would argue that the experiences we have outside our family environment, mainly with other human beings beside our family, affect us the most in the long run, and would probably note that these experiences would be very closely related to our sex, name (if it was ridiculous enough), and nationality. Levitt and Dubner would most likely agree with some aspects of my answer but not all, they would argue that it is in fact your family that determines your identity. Levitt and Dubner would say that it all depends on what kinds of genes run in your family and which ones you get that make the difference, and they too would probably take into account the fact that sex and nationality would greatly affect that, (though not so much your name).