My father and brother have diabetes, will my children and i get it as well ?!


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My father and brother have diabetes, will my children and i get it as well ?

my father actually died with it. my brother has just been diagnosed


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It would depend what sort of diabetes your father and brother had. If it was type 1 then there is a chance that you will get it before adulthood. If your father was type 2 (adult onset) there is no heredtary element of that, its a disease of lifestyle rather than genes. Just because your brother has what I assume is type 1 that does not mean that you will get it.




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