.What is the possibility that a baby between a normal mother and a diabetic Type I father will have diabetes?

Answer 1

Well, just like with everything else that a baby gets from it's parents. It's a 50% chance that the baby can get diabetes.

Answer 2

No precise number may be given but the incidence if 1 twin has diabetes for the other to develop diabetes is 50% so with a Dad who is a diabetic is will certainly be less than this. I know that this may not be very reassuring but there is no precise number or statement of probability despite our knowledge of the specific gene and locus on that gene where type 1 diabetes is carried. The reason that no number may be given is that the gene is required to develop type 1 diabetes but the majority of people with this gene do not develop diabetes so this type of testing is not helpful.

Answer 3

My husband is okay and I have type 1 juvenile diabetes. We have a 2 year old daughter together and everything is so far so good. Diabetes isn't anywhere on either side of my family (father or mother) and I ended up getting it. I have 4 younger brothers and sister, too, and they are all clean. Perhaps it's just random, I don't know what to tell you.

Answer 4

There is no proof that diabetes is hereditry, but surveys have shown that Type 1 or 2 diabetes generally SKIPS a generation, meaning the child is just as likely as the next person to get diabetes - which is very slim. I wouldn't worry.

Answer 5

about a 2% chance of inheriting diabetes from a parent that has diabetes

Answer 6

1 in 4 is what we were told when my son was diagnosed and neither of us had diabetes so I would say 50%\

Answer 7

Neither one of my parents have diabetes but I do have Type I so it can be either or.

Answer 8

Well, my wife is "normal" and I have type 1. Our oldest son is ok so far, but our little girl developed type 1 at age 9 months. So...50/50 I guess.

Answer 9

No one can guess