What special advantages — ones that most other people can't claim — were already in place for you by the time you were born?

Were you born into a rich or well-connected family, or into a community with exceptional resources and opportunities? Were you born with favorable genes that gave you an edge later in life? Explain.

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bijouxbroussard · F

I was born within wedlock to adult, college educated parents who were also born within wedlock in loving, stable families. That was a bigger deal then, than people probably think it is now.