Summary: <p><audio> </audio> </p><p>Supporters of the podcast on Patreon have chosen the topic for this month's episode, and it's a family affair: we find out if parents prefer attractive partners for their offspring. We will also discover if our partners tend to resemble our siblings (*shudder*). And I speak to <a href="https://www.dundee.ac.uk/psychology/staff/profile/jaime-benjamin.php">Jaime Benjamin</a>, a PhD student at the University of Dundee, about her new research on how men and women trade off appearance against wealth in potential partners.</p><p><a href="http://archive.org/download/pap-2017-06-06/pap-2017-06-06.mp3">Download the MP3</a> </p><p><b>Support me!</b><br> <a href="http://www.patreon.com/psychology">Support the podcast on Patreon</a> for as little as $1 and get access to the patron-only feed, including bonus podcasts and blogs not available elsewhere.</p><p><b>Rate me!</b><br> Rate, review, or listen <a href="http://www.robertburriss.com/itunes">in iTunes</a> or <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=63199&refid=stpr">in Stitcher.</a> </p><p><b>Read the transcript!</b><br> <a href="https://medium.com/@RobertBurriss/how-your-family-influences-what-you-find-attractive-6fe8f9971efe">How Your Family Influences What You Find Attractive</a></p><p><img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jmoL-frxHvI/WS5_SQ1Y9MI/AAAAAAAAB_g/t62oYwdN-qoz63OYtNzqr-AAHDYPIP04ACLcB/s1600/godfather.jpg"></p><p><i>The Godfather clan kept it in the family, but do parents interfere in their offsprings' choice of mates? And do our partners resembles our siblings?</i></p><p><b>The articles covered in the show:</b> </p><p>Benjamin, J., & Moore, F. (2017). Mate preference trade-offs a la carte vs. table d'hôte: Examining sex differences using Conjoint Analysis. Poster presented at the conference of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association, Paris.<br> </p><p>Lefevre, C. E., & Saxton, T. K. (in press). Parental preferences for the facial traits of their offspring's partners can enhance parental inclusive fitness. Evolution and Human Behavior. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2017.01.006">Read summary</a></p><p>Saxton, T. K., Steel, C., Rowley, K., Newman, A. V., & Baguley, T. (in press). Facial resemblance between women's partners and brothers. Evolution and Human Behavior. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2017.04.006">Read summary</a></p>
