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No, but as someone with a similarly unfortunate gene pool (I'm one of those people who can answer "yes" to 90% of those questions they ask in an initial medical interview: Have you or anyone in your family ever had...?)I guess I would have to say we take what we are given and try to live with it as best we can. We really have no other choice. Carole H. --- William Harshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > To: The P.I.E.N. List > > From Bill Harshaw > > Subject: A Question of Genetics > > 1. I have Parkinson's Disease > > 2. My mother and maternal grandmother each had > Parkinson's Disease > > 3. My father's sister was likely schizophrenic. > The only description we > ever had of her medical condition was that he had > ‘nerves'. This woman was > born in 1899. > > 4. My wife's aunt (a fraternal twin of her mother) > had both Graves' disease > and Multiple Sclerosis. > > 5. My wife's father had both Graves' Disease and > Ankylosing Spondylytis > > 6. Our son has ulcerative colitis > > 7. My wife's mother is subject to depression as is > my wife and two of three > of her siblings and several of their offspring are > subject to depression as > well > > 8. Our daughter has an eating disorder, is subject > to depression and is a > substance abuser > > Question Does anyone know what is likely to happen > next? > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com