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wisconsinteacher 03/15/2012

Question for everyone. Do other people in your family or extended family also have MS or are you the only one? When people found out I had MS, one of the first questions asked was if other people in my family had it. They looked concerned when I said no one else in my family did. People probably think they are safe from diagnosis if it doesn't run in the family.

Also, I wondered if not MS, just other auto-immune disorders are common in your family? My dad had a number of allergies that were quite severe at times. Thanks!

Take care.

deleted_user 03/15/2012

First cousin had MS.

djbritt 03/15/2012

I have a half-sister with MS.

deleted_user 03/15/2012

I have a great uncle with MS. My mom has Lupus, fribro and copd. my grandmother has diabeties and rhuemtoid artheritis

xaviermom74 03/15/2012

No other persons on either side of family with MS. I am also only type 1 diabetic on both sides of family, extra special I guess. LOL

almairis 03/15/2012

Daugther has ms
I have ms
Aunt parkinson
Cousin fibro
Cousin fibro
Uncle alzheimer
cousin lupus

It's been said that neurological issues can run in families.

Alma

wisconsinteacher 03/15/2012

This is interesting so far. It seems MS does tend to run in families. I can't say anyone in my immediate or extended family besides my dad had immune issues or any issues at all really. I am the youngest of 5 children, so I was able to study the health of my siblings and parents. Everyone is a-okay, but me. I do have a first cousin with Fibro. Is that an immune disorder? If so, that would be a close relative with something.

deleted_user 03/15/2012

hi, i do not know any family members with ms, but my neice was diagnosed with ra at about 5 months, shes now 26 and my brother has uc , both autoimmune diseases.

deleted_user 03/15/2012

My great grandmother had MS, and my son has HSP.

dcinadr 03/15/2012

No one in my large family has MS. But my aunt had some form of ataxia that ended up taking her life.

BlueIndy 03/15/2012

My Mom is suspected to have benign MS.

wisconsinteacher 03/15/2012

Just wondering what benign MS is. Would that be inactive MS? The other thing is that the MS I have is not a mild version. Since everyone else in my family and extended family is fine, it would seem more likely for it to be mild or something. I know it is there each and every day. I woke up this morning and told my husband, "Good news," and he wondered if I was being sarcastic. The good news was I didn't feel horrible for a change. We celebrated just a little. Take care.

deleted_user 03/15/2012

My husband has no history of m.s. in his large family. He is also a twin and his brother is fine. My husband is the only one with any form of neurological disease, m.s.

princessgwenda 03/15/2012

Nobody else in my family had MS that we knew of. But a bunch of relitives passed away when they were "still quite young", so who really knows if I had others.
It was ALWAYS the severe Chronic Depression, weak lungs/ weak hearts and vericose veins that I was lucky to inherit from my mothers side. The heart problems came about on my fathas side this/last year. I come from a very "happy" place and nevea felt a child of mine should live as I exist.

tarabunnyears 03/16/2012

No MS in my family.

Grandma and aunt had Alzheimer and a cousin with RA and fibro.

deleted_user 03/16/2012

I could tell you about all the other things the family has But I am the only one with MS

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