Bad genes

[scottish]

Are there any conditions that run through your family you're worried about perhaps you having or your kids?

Or just any that generally run in your family?

[Futz]

my great granddad was a murderer

i hope that hasn't been passed down

[Hannah]

We have a family history of breast cancer and diabetes - though a lot of my family are overweight so I'm not really sure whether it is in the genes or just aided by lifestyle choices - haven't really bothered looking into it too much.

[buttons]

addiction, mostly alcoholism and drugs

then psoriasis runs in family, friedreichs ataxia, fat distribution goes to top part :'(, bad eyesight, thyroid problems aaaaaaaaaaand breast cancer. one had klinefelter syndrome. probs more.

[Absently]

err afaik there's nothing really that i've noticed has been passed along, grandad died of cancer though and my gran-aunt has alzheimers, would be quite worrying if they were passed on

[FlyingJesus]

Being short idk not much really, seem to be fairly ok in terms of genetic illnesses and stuff

[Phil]

Just heart disease and hairyness I think :(

[Empired]

I assume drug addiction but i don't really know tbh.

[dbgtz]

There's nothing really that bad that runs through my family as far as I'm aware, which is always nice :)

[Jazz]

diabetes, both sides of my family have it

[Kardan]

Gingerness?

[The Don]

Gingerness?

I'm so, so sorry.

ot: All the genetic illnesses in my family seem to belong to step parents/grandparents so as far as i'm aware there aren't any that I have to worry about. I would have already been diagnosed for the only one I can think of if I had it so I guess i'm quite lucky.

[Lewis]

Heart disease (possibly) and there could be cancer running through the female side of my family, although that's not certain either.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I'm not aware of anything, no.

I met both my great grandmothers and they both lived to the grand old ages of 89 & 92.

[Sharon]

nothing genetic luckily

traits that run are we are all too materialistic, everyone is just a rude **** but they're hilarious too

[Sian]

bowel cancer runs in the family, as do heart problems and arthritis (dad has rheumatoid, so that worries me a bit, especially how painful it can be and how young it can hit). That's just on dad's side.

Nooooo idea about mum's side, she was adopted.

[lawrawrrr]

High cholesterol & blood pressure runs through both sides of the family, especially the women. I'll be heartbroken if I have to stop eating cheese or drinking milk!

There are some more serious ones too, but I'm careful to get checked for them and I know what to look out for.

I also have something which is supposed to be genetic but from what I've gathered noone else has suffered from it! Must be super unlucky :(

[RyRy]

My family has balding & hairiness on the male side... which is a cruel irony. I've also been told that I'm particularly vulnerable to schizophrenia and other mental illnesses related to drug abuse (one half of my family are druggies and drug dealers & the others are police officers and really rich professionals), and that's why I've never touched any sort of illegal drug in my life. Very boring.

Other than that, it's all funky dory.

EDIT: The male side of my family also have great sense of humour, me being no exception.

[IceNineKills]

the ugly gene