I’ve dated a girl who is Type 1 diabetic and has several health problems. It has crossed my mind that if I end up marrying her, maybe my kids would have diabetes. Her dad has diabetes and her great uncle died by diabetes as a child several years ago. If I ended up having kids with her, what are the chances of passing the disese to them?
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August 15th, 2010 at 6:06 am
A lot depends on several variables in the affected genes: http://www.genetichealth.com/dbts_genetics_of_type_1_diabetes.shtml
In other words, no easy or reliable way to quantify it other than the risk is there.
August 15th, 2010 at 6:45 am
Going by Mendelian genetics, if there is a history of diabetes in YOUR family, there is a 25% chance with each pregnancy that the child will eventually be diabetic, BUT, there is increasing evidence that type 1 diabetes is NOT inherited. Type 1 diabetes can be induced by a viral infection. Of the five other type 1 diabetics I have either met IRL or talked to online, ALL had a virus infection of some type, including flu or pneumonia, in the months preceding their diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. I had roseola, caused by a virus, with 106 degree fevers in November, 1954. My pediatrician confirmed my mother’s diagnosis of diabetes in May, 1955. I was 26 months old. My mom had three semester’s of medical school in the early 1940′s.
August 15th, 2010 at 6:55 am
That will depend on the family history and genetics of both of you and the recessive and dominant traits of both of you.
August 15th, 2010 at 6:56 am
Yes definitely type1 diabetes is a hereditary disorder. But there are only few chances of it passing to the kids i.e there are only 10% chances of passing to our kids.
August 15th, 2010 at 6:56 am
It isn’t pased on by mandelian genetics. It’s nothing that simple.
Basically, if the mother is diabetic, and badly controlled, there is a 0.01% higher chance than normal.
I.e for every 100 normal children who get type 1, there may be 101 who have a diabetic mother.
It really is absolutely nothing to worry about.
I’m diabetic, and have a 13 month old daughter.
August 15th, 2010 at 7:31 am
No it is not hereditary. Diabetes does not run in my family, and I still got it. Type 2 is, however. —————————