If my grandmother has type 1 diabetes, and no one else has traces of it in the family, what is the percentage chance that I have inherited it?
2007-09-12 16:49:37 · 7 answers · asked by simplycurious 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
If it were that simple the answer would be 25%. It is not that simple. Diabetes can skip generations by being in the recessive genetics and no one carrying the recessive genetics would show any trace of diabetes. Until we are better able to read people's genes/DNA your question must go unanswered. Scientists are only now identifying the DNA on the genes that produce diabetes and it will be awhile before you and all of your family members can be tested to see if you carry the hereditary factors.
2007-09-14 11:07:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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We have a son, now 31, who was diagnosed Type 1 in 1987. We had no diabetes in our family and it is thought that he caught it from the Coxackie B4 virus.
The doctor told us that even if he married a diabetic woman, the chances that their children would inherit the gene is about 1 in 4.
2007-09-12 17:01:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mom have had Type 1 since she was 9. Out of 5 siblings 3 of them have Type 1 diabetes.
She was told there was a 1 in 3 chance of her children getting it. So far so good, we haven't got it yet. But there are also some roumours that it tends to skip a generation although I have seen no actual research to support this.
2007-09-12 23:49:57 · answer #5 · answered by atlantisflicka 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a type 1 and I have been told by many doctors that my kids only have a 3 to 5 % chance of getting it. So your pretty safe.
2007-09-13 08:13:52 · answer #6 · answered by BAR 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
50 percent
2007-09-15 15:56:21 · answer #7 · answered by Tsunami 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋