# Is the way we laugh genetic?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 13, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-way-we-laugh-genetic/29164 "2000-08-13T04:48:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-way-we-laugh-genetic/29164/1 "2000-08-13T04:48:24Z")

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Everyone has a different laugh, basically. Does it have to do with vocal chords, or the way your parents laugh when you’re a baby, and so on? So, is it genetic or environmental, and it is possible to change the way you laugh? (Fran Drescher, if you’re reading this…)