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September 25, 2003

Genetics and Heredity

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From Spokane, Washington, USA type�1 diabetes, and my other girl is a bit overweight. (She has a nice belly showing.) What are the odds of her developing type 2 diabetes? What are the chances the rest of my children will get any type of diabetes?

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From: DTeam Staff

See The Risk of Developing Type 1 Diabetes.

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[Editor’s comment: Type�2 diabetes is inherited independently from type�1 diabetes. So, the fact that you have one child with type 1 does not mean increased risk of type 2 in the other children, and an only slightly increased risk of type 1.

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