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That I know of - I have two maternal aunts with diabetes, my older brother, my paternal grandmother. Fleurette At 10:21 AM 4/22/97 -0400, you wrote>^^^^^^GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^ >Ivan Suzman 47/10 [log in to unmask] >Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 45 deg. F >*********************************************************** >Dear Listmembers, > > Just a brief note this morning to let all of you know that,so far, 37 >of us have responded to my question, DO YOU HAVE A DIABETIC RELATIVE??. > > I am hoping for at least 100 responses to make our self- survey >somewhat more worthwhile, since this is not a scientific sampling >procedure. So, PLEASE ADD YOUR RESPONSE if you can manage. > > PLEASE RESPOND WHETHER YOU HAVE A DIABETIC RELATIVE OR NOT. >I will POST the results once 70 or so answers have come in, or when >responses trickle off. > > THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A MATERNAL (X-chromosome?) pattern. > > Also, by "RELATIVE" I should have specified: grandmother, >grandfather,, mother, father, aunt (mother's or father's sister), uncle >(mother's or father's brother),. sister, brother, son, daughter, >granddaughter, grandson, niece or nephew. > > TRY to remember to indicate if your relative is maternal or paternal >(for example, "my maternal aunt") so that we know if the diabetes may >have come through your mother's or father's side of your families. > > I WILL RE-POST THE ORIGINAL POST SEPARATELY, IF THERE IS A NEED. > > Thank you for participating in what I hope will be an enlightening >survey for all of us. > > Ivan Suzman > > P.S. Mary Yost, thank you for the hopeful news about David's >pallidotomy. > >. >