#6: Parental Hobbies in the Lives of Children

In family settings, children often take after their parents. In terms of careers, interests, hobbies, mannerisms, or simply favorite foods. However, not all children take after their parents. Some children grow up to be more like their mother, or more like their father. Some seem to reflect each parent equally. What is it that makes children take after their parents? While there are many different factors that contribute to the effect of parents on children, one large one seems to be birth order. Perhaps the oldest children are more connected to their parents than middle children, and therefore take after their parents more than the middle children do.
This research topic is very interesting to me. In my own family, I am very similar to both my mother and my father while my other siblings do not seem the same way. The hobbies that my parents had in their childhood are the hobbies that I have been involved in my entire life, however my siblings have completely different hobbies.
I am a little bit worried about finding research on this topic because I do not know where to look for my research. I'm not entirely sure how to find research that is specific to my topic because I feel like my topic is very specific. I'm trying to think of several other factors that could contribute to some siblings having hobbies similar to their parents' while other siblings do not. The success of one sibling in one hobby/talent could deter another sibling from trying to excel in that same thing. That could be another factor? I know there are a lot of things that affect hobbies that people gain, but I can't think of very many that are from a family setting.