What exactly is you, your genotype or your phenotype?

[Mortimer]

This is actually a very deep and important thought in this context.

I've heard the saying about identical twins that they are two specimens of the same individual. I don't have this experience but I consider it not at all impossible, that I would view it that way myself, if I were an identical twin. This can actually be another state of identifying than all we others are used to. The connection between identical twins is said to be very strong and maybe the identification even includes the other one. It would be interesting to interview identical twins in that aspect.

I consider it impossible because they don't have the same consciousness they don't love the same wife I assume they are both married they don't have the same thoughts at the same time and if one bleeds the other does not necessarily nor do they die at the same time from the same thing

[Hektor12]

Two full siblings share just 50% of their DNA (statistic expectation).

Or lets say "maximum genetical affinity" or if theres a better definition? They are sons of the same man and woman, neither their ancestors nor their descendans can be as similar to them as each other.

Another explanation= Now i have green eyes and my girlfriend have blue eyes. Lets imagine i have a son with her and he is in the future 20 years old and visits his grandparents. If he has green eyes; grandparents will say "you have your father's eyes" and if he has blue eyes; grandparents will say "you have your mother's eyes" so he will remind people either me or somebody else depending on his phenotype. I once told in this forum that "The best gift nature can give a person is descendands who look like him."

Frankly, i identify with what i am, not what is my potential.

[Nausevar]

I identify with my genotype as my phenotype is pan-South/Central European so it's not something that stands out.

[Zeno]

I identify with my genotype by far.

[Alexandro]

My genotype ofc.

[Ylla]

Genotype, not just ancestral but in so many different ways.

[Sylvanas]

Old thread, but genotype. My complete set of genes, my "code". Phenotype is something we can observe, expressed genes and influence of environment.But so much more is hidden in genotype, our past, connection with other earth species, genes can predict some diseases and explain migrations of people through history.
I believe there is something more in human, something not detected, some call it soul, but in this space-time body, genotype is who I am, potentials I might use or my limitations.

[Sylvanas]

Double

[Benyzero]

Both, genotype is phenotype

[Sylvanas]

Both, genotype is phenotype

No, it's not, if an allele is made up of dominant and recesive gene, only dominant is expressed in phenotype, recesive one still exist and you got it from one of your parents and you can pass it to your children. This is simple example, ofc it's much more complicated