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Genetics and Heredity

My four year old son is in the pre-clinical stage of type 1 diabetes. see parents writing in asking about the likelihood of having another member of their immediate family (a child or sibling) develop diabetes, and I have seen your response that there is only a 2%-5% chance. I see so many situations in which type 1 is passed on that your numbers of 2%-5% shock me! Where are you getting your figures?

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I have two cousins on my dad’s side who have type 1 diabetes and a great-grandma on my mom’s side who had type 1 diabetes. Does this put me at high risk?

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This week, I took care of a newly-delivered mother, who claimed that her husband’s doctor stated that their new baby couldn’t get diabetes, since it “skips generations.” Does this make sense to you?

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My 15 year old daughter has type I diabetes. My hobby is genealogy, and in my search, I have found a strong history of type 1 diabetes. We also have a strong history of heart disease. Are there any studies linking the genes that cause type 1 to the genes that cause heart disease or is this just one of those fluky things?

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My husband has type 1 diabetes and so do my two year old son and four year old daughter. How often to you hear of or see families in which a parent and both children have type 1 diabetes?

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I have type 2 diabetes, and I’m worried that my three year old daughter may have gotten diabetes from me. I checked her blood sugar with a meter and found her fasting blood sugar to be slightly high, but she is very active and has no symptoms now. Does this mean she has diabetes too?

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What are the chances of a woman with type 1 diabetes giving birth to babies who go on to develop diabetes?

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Is there a relationship between myasthenia gravis and type 1 diabetes? Should we be concerned about those with type 1 developing myasthenia gravis?

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Both my husband, his brother and their late father have/had diabetes. I am concerned about my two year old son who is drinking more and soaking his diapers. Is he at risk for diabetes?

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If I have type 1 diabetes, hyperthyroidism, and confirmed type II polyglandular autoimmune disease, does this increase my chances of passing my autoimmune genes to the baby I want to have?

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