‘It’s the Longest Relationship of Your Life’ Catherine Carr & Georgia Jones on Siblings, Favouritism & Why Birth Order Isn’t Destiny

‘It’s the Longest Relationship of Your Life’ Catherine Carr & Georgia Jones on Siblings, Favouritism & Why Birth Order Isn’t Destiny

From Mum's The Word! With Georgia Jones & Kelsey Parker by Create

June 14, 2026 · 50 min · Season 3 · Episode 91

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Georgia Jones interviews Catherine Carr about sibling relationships and the myths surrounding them.

This week on Mum’s The Word, Georgia Jones sits down with award-winning broadcaster and Relatively host Catherine Carr to talk about the relationship we rarely know how to talk about: the one with our siblings. Her debut book, Who’s The Favourite?, busts the myths and shares the science behind the brothers and sisters we love and occasionally want to throttle. Why might siblings be the longest relationship of your life? Why is no child ever born into the same family? And why do labels like the golden child, the funny one or the baby follow us into adulthood? Catherine and Georgia get into birth order, the truth about only children, whether firstborns really are cleverer, sibling rivalry, and the stat that 74% of parents admit to having a favourite. Plus the beautiful idea that reframes it all: that family isn’t a hierarchy, it’s a constellation. Find out more: Listen to Catherine’s podcast RELATIVELY Get the book WHO’S THE FAVOURITE? Follow Catherine on Instagram @tall.lady.carr Grab a cuppa, get comfy, and tuck in. A Create Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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