Siblings growing up in "different families?"

A very typical belief today is that the order of your birth can cause you to have a certain personality type.  The oldest is the hardworking over achiever, the middle is always trying and catch up to their older sibling, and the youngest is outgoing.  A New York Times article discusses this and also the family experience that each child in a family goes through.  The author discusses that birth order doesn't really effect a child in the way we usually think it does an that a specific kind of personality cannot at all be assumed by the child's birth order.  One claim that the author made that I found very interesting was "children and parents alike are profoundly affected by the constellations of siblings; it is said that no two children grow up in the same family, because each sibling’s experience is so different."  So other siblings and parents past experience with their children effects how a child acts.


How does the birth order stereotype fit in with your family?  How do you think your siblings have effected your growth?  Do you think you have grown up in a "different family" then your other siblings?