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Hi Ted, Jeff (46,8) has (or 'had') one maternal uncle and 2 paternal uncles with pd. Both paternal uncles got pd when they were quite old; the maternal uncle got pd when he was in his early 40's....I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that the maternal uncle also was heavily exposed to Agent Orange (he was an Air Force Major during VietNam flying the big transport planes LOADED with bags of A.Orange. During his break he would sleep on pallets of AO - we'll always feel this had something to do with his pd. Anyway, Jeff is participating in a study at University of Pittsburgh on the issue of heredity in pd. It's definately got more than casual attention from the researchers. Also, didn't the latest study show some evidence of a genetic factor (but that was relating to the mother's genes). Regards, Lisa Carper [log in to unmask] At 02:32 PM 10/28/96 -0500, you wrote: >The other day one of my sons , Mark asked me about what sounded like a resting > tremor in his left hand. Since this seemed to be a very occasional thing I > told him to keep a record of the occasions , but not to be to concerned. > I got to thinking about Mark, Then I started to worry about Mark. Now I > am starting to worry about Mark's Identical twin brother Ken. Mark and Ken are > 35 years old . I was diognosed with Parkinsons when I was about 57. > Does anyone have any thoughts. > Thanks for listening > Ted Nelson > >