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Re: Suspected genetic patterns in family history
Kelly OsbornFeb 5, 2016 8:07 PM (in response to Mary B)
Fascinating, but also, oh, ouch.
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Re: Suspected genetic patterns in family history
Michael PierceFeb 8, 2016 9:10 AM (in response to Mary B)
My gg Grandma and Grandpa Pierce were at the other end of this spectrum. They had 22 kids, and 20 lived to ripe old ages.
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Re: Suspected genetic patterns in family history
Mary B Feb 10, 2016 12:08 PM (in response to Michael Pierce)Wow, that is amazing. I've never heard of a single couple with that many surviving children.
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Re: Suspected genetic patterns in family history
Thomas RichardsonFeb 8, 2016 9:10 AM (in response to Mary B)
Wow, that's an intriguing find. It'd be handy in learning more about the family medical history.
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Re: Suspected genetic patterns in family history
Amanda Dotson Feb 18, 2016 12:17 PM (in response to Mary B)In my dad's family, the pattern I've noticed is that every single generation has at least one centenarian, and the majority have made it to at least 80.
In addition to that, there may also be a twin gene from one of my ancestors on my mom's side. My great-grandmother had two younger siblings who were twins, and their ancestry traced back to a woman who had twins in the 1730s in Louisiana. We're actually descended from both of those twins, and while there weren't any others in our direct line that I can recall, instances of twins popped up fairly frequently among descendants of that family. I've wondered if it was just the higher number of children people had back then that increased the odds or if there really was a genetic predisposition being passed down.
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Re: Suspected genetic patterns in family history
Kelly OsbornFeb 18, 2016 12:32 PM (in response to Amanda Dotson)
My sister and I are twins, and to our knowledge the only other twins in our family were French immigrants to Louisiana in the mid 18th century. I've wondered, too, if twins might run in my family, and was sorely disappointed (and at the same time, overjoyed, of course) when both my kids were singletons.
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