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A young Macaulay Culkin grabs a cola during an interview in 1991. At just 10 years old, he was the world's highest-paid child actor for his role as Kevin in the movie 'Home Alone'. Foto: Malcolm Clarke

From the Culkin brothers to the Jackson 5 and the Olsen twins: What becomes of those in the spotlight and their siblings in the shadows?

The chosen sibling carries the weight of the family's dreams and its traumas

A young Macaulay Culkin grabs a cola during an interview in 1991. At just 10 years old, he was the world's highest-paid child actor for his role as Kevin in the movie 'Home Alone'. Foto: Malcolm Clarke
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Every sibling group has a subtle hierarchy. Often unconscious, but differences and competition for attention and love are always present. Roles are distributed – one can be the funny one, the angry one, the immature one, the responsible one, and sometimes, the specially chosen one.

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