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Genetics and Heredity

My husband suspects he got type 1 as an adult as a result of eating too many sweets throughout his life. Is this a correct assumption? How can we prevent our children from getting the disease?

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My 12-year-old daughter has had diabetes for 10 years. Since several of my family members are/have been suffering from its complications, might there be some genetic component that my daughter will suffer complications as well?

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I was diagnosed with MODY diabetes when I was 16 (I am 26 now). I have read that MODY is autosomal dominant. Can you explain this term? What are the changes of my children developing MODY?

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Four months ago, my three year old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and I have a few questions.

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I am dating a 21 year old girl whose father developed type 1 diabetes at age 12 and passed away because of it. We are both of Jewish Ashkenazi descent. My grandfather just came down with diabetes recently, and my sister also had some form of diabetes when she was pregnant with her third child. How much does the percentage decrease the chance of the girl I’m dating still getting it, since she is already 21 and is totally healthy? What is the chance of, if our relationship develops, of passing it to our kids?

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We are shocked and find it unbelievable that all three of our children have come down with this disease in a nine month period. What are the chances of this? Do you have any other cases or research that would be beneficial to us in finding some answers?

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I was just wondering if they have found out which gene is responsible for diabetes.

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Is it possible to go from type 2 to type 1 diabetes through the family tree? Is this the beginning of the generation of people with type 1? What will this information do to my daughter’s diagnosis since hers was considered to be a fluke?

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There is a high incidence of adult onset diabetes (parents and grandparents) in my family has, so we have a few questions regarding children.

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My father was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was five. I had heard the myth about diabetes skipping a generation and am worried about my two year old son. Should I ask the pediatrician to test my son, if nothing more than to allay my fears?

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