Hereditary?

[jamieariss]

Hi all,

I don't have children and haven't made a decision about whether i will want them one day. I have generally been put off as I wouldn't think it fair if i was to pass on a duff gene.

My mother has crohn's but was diagnosed after giving birth.

I just wanted two questions answered really...

- Do your parents have crohn's?
- Do you children have crohn's (if you have any)

Answers will be appreciated

 

[Mimzim]

My dad had Crohn's. My children do not have Crohn's. One is in college and 1 in middle school. None of my four brothers have Crohn's either.

 

[nogutsnoglory]

Parents do not. No kids yet. Other family members do or have digestive issues.

 

[Gobucks2014]

Grandmother was diagnosed late in life with it..... She was a great women so I inherited some great genes and some not so great ones- that's the way it goes. So far my three kids show no signs of having problems and I pray a lot that this skips them and there children.

 

[araceli]

No Crohn's or IBD in my or my kids father's family.

 

[YJ120]

No one in my family has crohns or any bowel problems, just me .... I've always been the unlucky one! Lol!

 

[upsetmom]

We have no family history of crohn's that l know of. Only my daughter.

 

[ellie]

No IBD that I know of. But an aunt had bad rheumatoid arthritis, and I think there are genetic linkages


HD

 

[mbishop]

My parents don't have Crohn's (or UC). I posted some good stats that may help you here:

http://evidencebasedibd.blogspot.com/2012/12/ibd-and-genetics.html

Bottom line from the post:

- IBD has a definite genetic component (but it is not believed to be exclusively genetic).
- Siblings of those with IBD have a 10 – 20% chance of developing the disease.
- Children of parents with IBD have a 3 – 10% chance of developing the disease. If both parents have IBD, the risk rises to 30-50%.

 

[ruhereyet]

Nobody in my family has any bowel issues. This includes all known distant relatives, parents, brothers, or my two kids.

Go figure.

 

[ThanksP]

My father has UC.

 

[HorseLover!!]

No one in my family has Crohn's or any other bowel issues

 

[Cat-a-Tonic]

My great-grandfather (my father's mother's father) had UC. No other known cases of IBD in my family. I don't have children for many reasons besides IBD - I don't really like kids, I don't know if I'd have the energy or the patience for kids, the thought of going through a pregnancy does not appeal to me in the least, etc. And there's other genetic stuff to consider too besides just IBD - there's stuff in my family like depression and OCD that a lot more family members have (including me), that I likely would pass on. In a nutshell, I just don't really feel the need to create a new human who is going to exhaust me and my finances, and will probably just grow up to resent and ignore me the way I do with my parents. That's just me though!

 

[Tony H]

My mother, uncle, first cousin had crohns disease, my 26 year old son does not have it nor did my two brothers.

 

[valleysangel92]

I am the only one in my blood family that has crohns, I do have a step cousin who also has it, but all my other cousins don't, this includes 3 siblings and 4 nephews and nieces. I don't have any children yet but I hope that this gene will skip them .

 

[Daunting]

Hi There,

There is no one in my family with it neither. But I do believe heriditary does play a significant role in it and how bad it will become.
I know a family here in the city where I live and the father has it and 4 of the 5 children as well. My doctor said that it is very heriditary but it also sometimes falls out of that once in a while.

Wish I had more answers.

 

[jamieariss]

Thanks for all the replies. It's interesting to see how many people have family members with crohn's and it's surprisingly mixed.

 

[ronroush7]

None of my parents had or have Crohn's and none of my siblings do. I have a 23 year old son and he has not shown any signs.

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[LodgeLady]

Both parents had digestive issues but none got tested for Crohn's. I am the only one of 4 siblings with Crohn's diagnosis. So far none of my 3 children have it. I was diagnosed later in life (54) so who knows if or when my children could develop it.

 

[rrhood1]

Mom had lupus (auto-immune disease). Dad had bowel cancer. Both sisters have auto immune diseases - multiple sclerosis & lupus. All of my sisters kids are getting checked for auto immune diseases ahead of time.

Alison
Crohn's
Remicade
Methotrexate
Sulfasalazine