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Crohns / UC in the family

I wanted to see if anyone else had these diseases running in the family. My grandfather on my mothers side had crohns, my mother has crohns and has been dealing with it for over 30 years, I was DX with crohns in 1993 and my daughter was DX with UC 5 years ago. My grandfather passed away, my mother is being treated with steroids, I am on Tysabri and my daughter takes Humira. I know it's hereditary but I didn't know if anyone else had that many family members affected. :sign0085:
 
My half sister(father side) has Crohn's and our grandfather and great-grandfather both passed of colo rectal cancers in their 40's.
On my mothers side, there is lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
 
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