[Del]

Hi everyone,

I just have another question for others more knowledgeable than I- This is something that robs me of way more sleep more than having diabetes myself.

I have the best two kids in the world, 5 and 3 years old. They are both still wonderfully healthy. I was diagnosed about 6 weeks ago now. Does type one run in families- seems to always be the first question I get both from doctors and others- "do you have anyone in your family with diabetes". Are there any studies (or better yet personal anecdotes from you guys) about passing on the autoimmune disease? It's bad enough that I have to go through all this but it would break my heart to have to go through it with one of my kids.

Thanks
Del

[Dewey]

Hi Del,

While I cannot give actual medical facts with reference to heredity, I was able to find this:

Is type 1 diabetes hereditary?

Ninety percent of children who develop type 1 diabetes actually have no relative with the disease. Thanks to studies of families, researchers now can identify at birth when a baby carries some of the genes that indicate risk factors for type 1 diabetes. Certain genes called HLA markers are associated with diabetes risk. If a child is born with such markers, his or her risk of developing type 1 diabetes is about the same as if he or she had a sibling with diabetes, even though no other family member may have the disease. There are other genes that also create risk for diabetes that have not yet been identified.

Resource: JDRF - FAQs

I will say that I am the Only one in my family with Type I Diabetes. In my family, nobody before or since (other than me) has developed any signs of it. Not sure if anyone else has noticed a similar trend, but I think others mentioned that they were in similar situations. When diagnosed, my doctor did say that Type I was not hereditary, and Type II was. Throughout the years, I've heard the same thing. From the looks of it, most of what's been learned by medical communities indicates that it's not.

[Clint]

in my family, my moms parents both developed Type 1 but my mom and her sister did not. It seems to skip every other generation in our family. This may not be true, but it seems to be in our case.

[camjen1]

Originally Posted by Del

Hi everyone,

I just have another question for others more knowledgeable than I- This is something that robs me of way more sleep more than having diabetes myself.

I have the best two kids in the world, 5 and 3 years old. They are both still wonderfully healthy. I was diagnosed about 6 weeks ago now. Does type one run in families- seems to always be the first question I get both from doctors and others- "do you have anyone in your family with diabetes". Are there any studies (or better yet personal anecdotes from you guys) about passing on the autoimmune disease? It's bad enough that I have to go through all this but it would break my heart to have to go through it with one of my kids.

Thanks
Del

Mannnnn, I thought I had the best kids. Just Kidding.

I am T1 and I am the only one in my family to have it. Now there was reason to believe my daughter was diabetic but all the testing done proved she was not.

If your kids ever show symptoms then don't hesitate to request the DR's to do testing. Also since you have a meter it wouldn't hurt to check them on occassion (sp) yourself.

[CarlyesHope]

In our family, no one on my side (mom) has ever had diabetes, on Carlye's dad's side, her great grandfather had it but not her dad or her grandfather.

Another factor we were told is that Carlye is part Asian, her dad is 1/2 japanese with his mother born/raised/concieved and spent 8 months of her pregnancy in Japan all had a factor in my children getting diabetes.

I would agree, I would, in a heartbeat take this away from my daughter and upon myself if I could. We now will have to closely watch my younger daughter for symptoms

[lgvincent]

I was the only member of my family to have diabetes for a long time. However, about 10 years after I developed it, a lot of my aunts and uncles started developing adult-onset diabetes. They must have seen how much fun I was having with the disease and didn't want to miss out but were afraid to commit to juvenile-onset like me.

[duck]

Originally Posted by CarlyesHope

In our family, no one on my side (mom) has ever had diabetes, on Carlye's dad's side, her great grandfather had it but not her dad or her grandfather.

Another factor we were told is that Carlye is part Asian, her dad is 1/2 japanese with his mother born/raised/concieved and spent 8 months of her pregnancy in Japan all had a factor in my children getting diabetes.

I would agree, I would, in a heartbeat take this away from my daughter and upon myself if I could. We now will have to closely watch my younger daughter for symptoms

What does being asian have to do with becoming diabetic?

[daddyo]

MY grandmother got type 1 at age 60, my father got type 1 at age 40, I got type one at age 20, my oldest daughter got type 1 at age 7, Grandmother was the oldest of 2, my father was the oldest of 2, I however am the youngest of 7, my daughter is the oldest of 2, skipping generations, I think not, running in the family, well I quess so. That's my history. I just hope for a cure, Meanwhile you live with it the best you can.

[Cinnabon]

I'm the first that I know of w/ T1. I have had Endos tell me it is, then I had a few tell me that tell me its not and blame it on a bad gene cluster. I know I was ALL WRAPPED UP with that divine cluster.. BLAH!!!! LOL. I think there is SOOO much more that should be researched on this subject. There are a lot of loose ends. My daughter, thankfully, was not Diabetic, but I must always keep checking her.

[Zokes]

I'm the lone diabetic in my family and extended family. To date (thank God) my kids (17 & 14) are d-free. I check them every so often and pray they never enter our club.

[camjen1]

Originally Posted by daddyo

MY grandmother got type 1 at age 60, my father got type 1 at age 40, I got type one at age 20, my oldest daughter got type 1 at age 7, Grandmother was the oldest of 2, my father was the oldest of 2, I however am the youngest of 7, my daughter is the oldest of 2, skipping generations, I think not, running in the family, well I quess so. That's my history. I just hope for a cure, Meanwhile you live with it the best you can.

Can you repeat that and much slower this time. LOL

[daddyo]

Originally Posted by camjen1

Can you repeat that and much slower this time. LOL

Here you go Sandi;

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Well I hope that helps Sandi And have a nice day.

[DeusXM]

What does being asian have to do with becoming diabetic?

Certain races are appear to have higher incidences of developing diabetes, presumably because of genetics. Asians, Orientals and Native Americans all have higher rates of diabetes (both T1 and T2) than white populations.

However, I'm not sure how being pregnant in Japan can influence your child's chances of developing diabetes.

[LauRa Lu]

Me and my cousin are both type 1, although nobody prior to us had it in the familly.

My uncle who isn't blood related to me at all has type 1, he has 3 sons and a daughter and none of them have it. They're all adults now.

[CarlyesHope]

Originally Posted by duck

What does being asian have to do with becoming diabetic?

We were told that Asians have a greater risk of getting diabetes.