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[Rodstar]

Hi guys .. I didn't post here from long time but I'm having this issue that I wanted to share .. Nothing related to AAS

Few weeks ago I got engaged to this nice lady and everything was perfect.. Few days ago I invited her family to a dinner and there was her 6 year old sister and looks like she is having some severe Austism .. The girl can't keep an eye contact and as many of you know , the severe symptoms looks little bit scary ..

I'm so understanding to their situation and I feel sympathy , but anyone knows if the there is a (higher) risk that one of my kids would have Austism?

I've been reading a lot but didn't find a clue ..

Ur help is highly appreciated ..

 

[halfwit]

Hate to do it, but...

Let me google that for you

You may be a carrier yourself and not know it. There's still much research needed to understand the disorder better.

 

[Rodstar]

Hi halfwit .. Looks like you missed the part in my post where I said I went on line myself but couldn't find anything related to % of risk When a person is healthy while having sibling Diagnosed with it..

Most of the studies I saw were related to twins , and /or the % of getting austism For a family that has a child with the disorder ..

Thnx for your input though

 

[3J]

if both parents have the recessive trait in their genetics the child has a 25% chance of getting the defect.. this is a standard formula for most hereditary diseases..

if only one parent has the recessive trait (which we know for sure with your gf) then the baby would be safe

 

[juced_porkchop]

if both parents have the recessive trait in their genetics the child has a 25% chance of getting the defect.. this is a standard formula for most hereditary diseases..

if only one parent has the recessive trait (which we know for sure with your gf) then the baby would be safe

safer... as said he might already have the trait in there. but I would not cut her lose due to her sister having a disability. but in my OP a disability on either side, specially if on both sides, is going to be greater chance of kids having issues IMO

 

[halfwit]

Not to mention there are at least 6 different genome groups for different forms of autism (not including higher functioning variants).

Honestly, there is no way to know a specific percentage risk as (like my initial reply stated) we simply don't understand it enough yet. It's a risk even if neither parent has close family with autism as it can lie dormant in recessive genes that are carried in non-mutating DNA.

Even if there were a given percentage, people often fail to realize that it's those odds every single time a recessive gene trait is paired. Bleh, I won't go into the math beyond that, but it's not something I'd be concerned with personally until it's time for an amniocentesis - then I might get a lump in my throat.

 

[cybrsage]

Like Halfwit said, it is not as simple as the four box genetic sequence you learned in school. There are multiple genes at multiple locations that cause ASD (autism spectrum disorder). I did find this on the National Institute of Health's website:

In families with one child with ASD, the risk of having a second child with the disorder is approximately 5 percent, or one in 20. This is greater than the risk for the general population.

Autism Fact Sheet: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)