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Whether we like our family tree or not, it’s something we belong to and there’s nothing we can do about it. Although every family has its strengths and weaknesses, some people feel like they were not that lucky in the gene lottery.
“Which shitty genetics did you inherit?” someone posed a bold question on Ask Reddit, and many people took it as an opportunity to confess some of the traits they’re neither happy nor proud about.
From baldness and anxiety to poor eyesight and acne, many of these genetic traits will hit very close to home, but remember that whatever it is, we’re all beautiful in our own way.
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#1
Likely Alzheimer's.
Both gamma's had it, my mom has it and I'm in my early fifties and starting to feel the beginning of decline.
Frankly, I'm scared s***less.
Sam Dodd 3 years ago
I think we all worry to some extent, my aunt and uncle were both diagnosed in the same year. Remember to remain both mentally and physically active and socially interactive. A lot of new research points to the gut and dietary issues. My Dad kept a daily journal, learnt a new language, walked an hour every day and swam all in his last 5 years. He enjoyed those last years even though he knew he had a terminal illness.His philosophy was he knew it was coming but he was determined to fill each day. A new hobby, learn something new, keep active, engage with people and embrace life. Wishing you good health and a positive future
Headless Roach 3 years ago
I can't possibly imagine how scary that is, I hope you'll be the first to break the chain
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Kyle 3 years ago
I’ve got a terminal neurodegenerative disease that that has no cure and no treatment. I like to say I’ve had 75 good years in the 65 years I’ve actually been alive.. I have no bucket list and few regrets. I can keep myself occupied most of the day with my memories. Start now, even if you’re low on cash or don’t have the time to take off work. And plan ahead. What do you want if you can’t speak up later? Sooo many people don’t do this and it’s a gift to those who will help you through it.
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Phoebe Bean 3 years ago
My grandma had it and one of his sons too (my uncle), so I try not to think much about it because cancer also runs on both sides of my family, heart diseases too... So, take one day at a time and cherish what you have right now. Make the most of your life... I try to do the same. Blessings.
Widdershins66 3 years ago
Yes Pheobe Bean, life is most certainly too short. Make the most of it 😊 *Can't think why anyone would want to Downvote this?! Nowt stranger than folk... *
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Marja Berisa 3 years ago
However, please do note that no one really knows to what extent memory and cognition-related illnesses are hereditary. There is a correlation of sorts, I believe, but nothing that would indicate direct causation (due to related people succumbing to the condition). I'm afraid of these types of diseases - everybody probably is - but one needs to understand that slightly impaired cognitive functions are a normal part of old age (from 70 years onward) that can, however, be fought with keeping an active mind.
Mario Strada 3 years ago
My wife has it. She is fine for now, but I dread the coming years. I'll be there, if I can.
Mari 3 years ago
Enjoy the time now, I wish you both luck and strenght for the coming years.
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Claire Genie 3 years ago
48 and recently been told I have advanced for my age brain shrinkage which will lead to a form of dementia. It's hard and I've shut the world out.
Mari 3 years ago
Try to enjoy the moments now, even on your own. I wish you the best.
Load More Replies... Kimberleia 3 years ago (edited)
I'm terrified of this. My great grandfather had it, my grandmother died before we could have known if she would have had it, and my mother is nearing that age. I'm worried for her, and I'm worried for my brother and myself. Losing memories is probably one of the scariest things I can think of.
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#2
A very rare recessive progressive genetic disorder. I'm a carrier. My wife also is a carrier. Incidence of being a carrier is over 1 in 1,000,000. Unfortunately for our kids, they have a 1/2 chance of being carriers, 1/4 chance that they won't, and 1/4 chance that they'll inherit the double recessive gene and manifest the disorder. 2 out of our 4 kids have manifested the disorder and their life expectancy is 10-12 years.
Life sucker punches everyone.
InvincibleRodent 3 years ago
And this, folks, is one of the instances where adoption is an infinitely kinder option to become a parent than having biological children.
Chris Kane 3 years ago
it's recessive, they maybe didn't know they had it.
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Jackie Lulu 3 years ago
Oh really, people, stop hurting these parents. They have enough heartache already.
RedMarbles 3 years ago
Agreed. This is where benefit of the doubt should be given.
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Cloudberry 3 years ago
It's obvious they didn't know until one of the kids got sick. And probably it was a difficult diagnosis to set since it's so rare.
Laura 3 years ago
Is nobody reading the original posts before passing such a hard judgement on people? It was my first though as well: Why did they have four children? But then I clicked on the poster's name and they explain they didn't know before the second child with the disorder was already born. Symptoms don't always show early in life and if it's such a rare disorder it would also take some time to get a diagnosis.
RedMarbles 3 years ago
People seem to absolutely itch to pass hard judgment on others.
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Ela 3 years ago
This is why I am firmly of the opinion that genetic testing and assisted reproduction should be standard covered healthcare. Genetic testing would mean they would have known they were carriers before they had children. So, instead of playing roulette they would have harvested eggs from mom, sperm from dad, tested resulting fertilized ova and kept only the 25% that did not carry any copies of the lethal recessive. And voila, in one generation this family no longer has this tragic time bomb in their gene pool.
MiriPanda 3 years ago
Unless they only discovered the genetic disorder after the birth of their 4th child (which I doubt very much), having 4 kids is beyond irresponsible... And no, life didn't sucker punch the parents, the parents sucker punched their own kids... FOUR children, for fücks sake!!! How selfish some people can be is unbelievable.
Chris Kane 3 years ago
it's recessive, they might not have known they had it until their kids started showing symptoms.
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RandomHumanBean 3 years ago
to people saying that they could have adopted or had less kids, here's a possible scenario: neither one knew that they carried this gene. they have child #1 and #2, and neither showed symptoms because they are either carriers or not, but do not have the double recessive gene. child #3 was born, and by the time the disorder manifested, child #4 had been born or conceived. by this (and this is not the only possibility, obviously), the parents are in no way at fault.
#3
Teeth. I brush using an electric toothbrush for 2 minutes twice a day using prescription toothpaste, I floss twice a day, I've had braces and I floss under the permanent retainers once a day, I wear my night retainer every night and clean it every morning, have a dedicated tongue brusher and scraper that I use as needed, I go to the dentist twice a year and get fluoride treatments, I don't drink soda or eat excessive sugar, and I still have cavities.
I had to get a root canal that ended up failing (missed by the guy who did the root canal and 3 separate dentists) and when the cap eventually rotted off I had to get an implant which got infected, then got infected again, then was deemed chronically infected and had to be removed.
Now my wisdom teeth are acting up and need to be removed.
I am so f*****g sick of putting in so much time, energy, and money to be *below par* with most of the rest of the world
I'm only 33
JJ 3 years ago
All the pain comes on top. I can relate so well to this. I also had too many teeth on one side, and one less on the other which made my braces-time (5 years) even more painful (and also is the root of my chronic headaches now). The last root-canal-treatment meant one appointment per one to two weeks for half a year (!), two antibiotics and one infection also affected my sinuses. Luckily I have a great dentist and live in a country where public health covers the costs (except for fillings). Still it sucks.
Ausrine Ciapaite 3 years ago
THIS! We are brought up thinking that the only reason young people get teeth problems is because they slack with they oral hygiene. This needs to change. There are number of reasons why one could loose his/her tooth/teeth before their 30s (medical/genetic/accidents/ circumstances/etc.). On a personal note, I also have the same issue. Both, my grandmother and my mother, started loosing their teeth early in life and struggled with them for the rest of their life. Luckily my situation isn't as bad but I already had 2 root canal treatments before I hit 25.
Sammie 19 3 years ago
My mother took antibiotics while she was pregnant with me. Back then they said that they were safe to take during early pregnancy. Sadly it was discovered a few years later that they caused issues. When my teeth started coming through they were all brown and already had cavities. I hoped and prayed that when my adult teeth came through that they would be perfect, sadly they are exactly the same my baby teeth. Came through brown and full of cavities.
featherytoad 3 years ago
My baby teeth came in gray but my adult teeth came in normal. My mother also took some drug when she was pregnant with me that everyone thought was safe. Long story short, in my late 40s I had to get almost five grand worth of crowns because some my upper teeth were all pitted and getting thin.
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idrow1 3 years ago
This really does suck. I recently had a root canal that failed and I can't afford to get it dealt with, so I live with the pain. I paid $1,200 to fix a tooth that didn't hurt, and now it hurts all the time. They said they told me there's a 20% fail rate with them. No, they absolutely did not tell me that. I would not gamble $1,200 on a 1 in 5 chance of it not working.
Suutashi 3 years ago (edited)
I think this person really needs to see a different dentist if they keep having problems like this. I used to have cavities every single time I went to the dentist no matter how carefully I cared for my teeth. I changed dentists and after I had a ton of work done on my teeth, I've only had two cavities in the span of five years and that was right before I had a deep cleaning over a year ago. It turns out having a dentist that cares more about their patients and less about lining their pocket makes a world of difference. Apparently, the one I had been seeing before intentionally let people's teeth get really bad so he could charge a ton of money for more expensive procedures.
CJT MSG 3 years ago
I understand your struggle. I grew up on well water which had no fluoride. I've suffered from teeth problems all my life. Twice I had to have gum grafts; I needed so much tissue the periodontist had to use donor tissue. So who knows from what part of the body that tissue came...that's now in my mouth! And unfortunately, I need at least one more. Ugh!!!
Mad McQueen 3 years ago
I feel the same. I'm ready to just rip them all out and get the four over four implants. My dad had two extra full sets of teeth an they took all three sets out of him at my age. Now I've gone through a wisdom tooth coming in (only have top ones) and that was hell at 50. I've had a filing come out and the tooth split in half and now it's getting to the point I need that out. And I can only eat on the top right in my mouth. A cap fell off a post so I have a rod in my mouth that I'm waiting for lighting to hit. It's a mess. I hate talking or smiling.
#4
My parents met in their 20s, bonded over how they both have shitty circulation and everyone in their families has shitty circulation, and were like ‘I know, let’s breed!’.
Went as you’d expect.
Bobby 3 years ago
Random thing here but people about 70% of people with idiopathic hypersomnia also have raynauds. Dr aren't sure if it's related directly or indirectly though.
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P R 3 years ago
I had always had cold-ish hands and feet, frequently bluish color, seemingly poor circulation. Unrelated, at about age 31 I decided to try acupuncture for chronic back and leg pain and headaches from a serious motorcycle collision injuries from 10 years prior. Not only did the acupuncture relieve the pain that no other doctors could; I noticed about 6 months after the acupuncture that my hands and feet no longer got cold and blue. Has stayed that way for over 30 years. Give acupuncture a try, you may have to try a few different practitioners.
Bobby 3 years ago
We use to tease a (male) friend that your cousin(girl) seems to like you. When she was innocently went by here and there. But we keep on doing this to our friend. Due to some Job business we were away from each other. After some time he told us that he has asked his mother to ask for her for marriage. So they ended up married.
Aga S 3 years ago
See, that would not normally happen to any other animal. Survival of the fittest and all that. From biological and evolutionary perspective, our "quality" as a species deteriorates. Just to be clear: it's just my opinion/observation on a macro level. I've not actually see studies about that - wonder if any exist? 🤔
gas station cola 3 years ago (edited)
our "quality" as a species deteriorates... because less than perfect specimens exist? because disabled people exist? keep in mind, the people that make our species "low quality" are kept alive to even impact our species' status because of our species' incredible intelligence that's led to all kinds of medical treatments & life-saving procedures, the kinds of things that animals could never accomplish. & we humans use that medical technology to help sick & injured animals, too! our "low quality" species is capable of significantly improving the quality of life of people & animals alike, sentient beings that deserve a chance at life & happiness despite what you may think. tell me that caring for others in need is lowing the "quality" of our species one more time, aga. tell me that eugenics is a good thing, aga. because when people start talking about humans with congenital illnesses & bring up the phrase "survival of the fittest," chances are that person supports eugenics. yikes, dude.
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Hair on every inch of my body except for the top of my head
Bobby 3 years ago
I have a friend with hairy palms. In his case though he fell into a camp fire as a very young child and needed a skin graft from his butt. He's very good humored about it though. Anytime he shakes hands with me he says "stop grabbing my a*s"
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RafCo (he/him) 3 years ago
Fairly common among us Ashkenazi folks, sorry to say sir. I started losing my hair at 16. Or it migrated perhaps.
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
HA! My husband is a fur bearing mammal as well. I nicknamed him "The Domesticated North American Ginger House Bear".
#6
Short, acne, small tits, crooked teeth and underdeveloped/too far back jaw (they got mostly fixed with braces), thin hair, mental illness, scoliosis, tiny toes (what the f**k is up with that, I get too many comments about my baby feet)
Can't think of anything else atm
It's like I won the reverse genetic bingo. If this was medieval times I would definitely be the repulsive town witch
Wdit: oh right, forgot IBS
DEW 3 years ago (edited)
I had really thin hair all my life.I started taking an OTC hair and nail pills. They are from appliednutrition. They are with biotin, silica, collagen. They say three times the biotin. My hair is thicker and stronger. I have to take them daily. The stores now seem to just have the gummies which I don't care for. My son is 19 and takes a medication for his liver disease which caused him to lose his hair on top. He has new hairs coming in. He likes the gummies. Amazon is where I get them from now. I hope this will help you. I too have IBS-C
Karin Morris 3 years ago
don't say that about yourself. Find the good things about yourself and think about those. I can tell you have a sense of humor. do you know humor is the most attractive thing about a person? Intelligence also, start reading, go to school, don't focus on all these stupid petty items. You are amazing.
SpongeBob SquarePants 3 years ago
i would be the tiny troll sitting on your head and helping you
Load More Replies... Susie Elle 3 years ago (edited)
It's probably easy for me to talk as a spectator, but being short, having small breasts and small feet are not things to be ashamed of. It's not better or worse than to be tall, have big breasts and having large feet. It's a matter of what you compare yourself with, learn to love yourself regarding these aspects.
Upstaged75 3 years ago
Poor person! I'm sure it's not as bad as they think it is. "Repulsive town witch" made me laugh though!
#7
Lynch Syndrome. I am on my third round of (different each time) cancer.
Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
I'd never heard of "lynch syndrome", so I looked it up: "Lynch syndrome, often called hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), is an inherited disorder that increases the risk of many types of cancer, particularly cancers of the colon (large intestine) and r****m, which are collectively referred to as colorectal cancer." Medline.
Kim Lorton 3 years ago
Thank you for the definition. I had never heard of it either.
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Melody Johnson 3 years ago
My family is a carrier for Lynch. Lost both my maternal grandparents, half my aunts and uncles, and my mom to it. Absolutely devastating. Sending you strength and peace in your journey with cancer....it's beyond difficult. 😢
Kim Lorton 3 years ago
I am so very sorry! I haven't heard of that so I will need to go look it up.
#8
The gift of over thinking (anxiety)
Ranger Kanootsen 3 years ago
It can be, yes. If your family has a lot of history of mental disorders such as anxiety, then you are significantly more likely to suffer from it.
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Lou Cam 3 years ago
You can have a gene that makes mental illness more likely but usually only triggered under certain circumstances. For instance ADHD is genetic and some people, especially those undiagnosed or sybject to extreme stress go on to develop bipolar, OCD or substance abuse problems. (My family in a nutshell). Another one is a family history of schizophrenia being triggered by high strenght cannabis use in the teens. Anyone with a family history of severe mental illness in their family should avoid cannabis as result.
Delta Dawn 3 years ago
You can also develop a mental illness without a triggering factor. Not all schizophrenics had a bad childhood or used cannabis as a teen, for example.
Load More Replies... DuchessDegu 3 years ago
I got anxiety from my mother and chronic migraines from my father, yay.
Lea Panthera 3 years ago
My mom misses the past. My dad worries for the future. I'm stuck somewhere in between.
#9
excessive sweating
KING ILLEGAL FOREST 3 years ago
Idk if my sweating is excessive, or just a result of general heat intolerance. if the temperature goes up past 75F/24C, I start losing the ability to function. Summer is a nightmare.
Christian Miller Dunbar 3 years ago
I suffer from this and aside from the obvious constant discomfort, I'm tired of the embarrassment too. I'd love to not wear black all the time!
Nicki 3 years ago
Me too! I only wear black shirts... I have all black shirts but with different graphics on them. It sucks...
Load More Replies... Phoebe Bean 3 years ago
I think there is some medical procedure to alleviate this problem.... read it somewhere...
Susie Elle 3 years ago
Botox injections can help - maybe discuss it with a doctor, OP!
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JelliTate 3 years ago
miraDry. Lasers collapse sweat glands in a grid pattern over the treatment area (armpits in their case). My husband and daughter had the procedure. Works!
Miles Mawyer 3 years ago
I need to pass that along. I have an ex-gf with hyperhydrosis, she was real self-conscious about it. She could hold her hand out and think about sweating and it would bead up.
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Ciara Jennifer 3 years ago
My head overheats easily, making sweat trickle down my face a lot. I have beautiful thick blonde hair that I can't stand touching my neck or my face because it heats up. I've had to keep my beautiful hair short despite thinking I look better with it long. I am trying something different with my hair to see if I can compromise having it short to keep me cool and growing it long because it is beautiful: I have an undercut that goes around my head from temple to temple, and I am trying to grow out the hair on top. So far it seems to work, as long as I keep my hair up and off my neck. You might want to know I went bald for a while in order to stay cool, but I prefer how I look with hair.
SewingStaffy 3 years ago
Pretty much my current situation. Except I'm about to shave my head again, despite heading into autumn/winter
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Shauna Voigt 3 years ago
I feel this. I got it from my dad and I am always worried about embarrassing my husband and/or kids when we are in public because I sweat no matter if it's hot or cold.
MantisGirl15 3 years ago
I have this. I haven't been able to find anything that helps yet unfortunately.
🌵 Drazil 3 years ago
Keep reading in this site. I've seen several things mentioned to help with this condition or stop it completely. I'm writing down names or drugs and also surgeries which are recommended. Then I'll research those aspects of it and also start to look for a doctor who will work with me on this. Keep in touch. Please, let me know if you do find relief. Thanks.
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#10
Starving myself and still being fat
Chich 3 years ago
I was just thinking today of a comment someone made about this. She tried to loose weight but according to her her genetics responded with something like "Oh! are we runnin' from the english lass? Don't worry! I'll keep you plump as a partridge to help you survive"
Ian Conelley 3 years ago
I relate to this. I was in the military when I was younger. Even before then, I was a distance runner. I was in shape that rivaled olympic athletes, and have weird residual health problems from training so hard for so long with no breaks... but I've never and will never have a "six pack." My abs are like rocks, getting punched in the gut doesn't faze me, it's more likely the person throwing the punch will hurt their hand, but you'll never see them under the "Ya missed a meal, laddie, the English must be invading again" genes.
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Get your thyroid checked, and by a hormone specialist. Any other doctor will rely solely on the TSH test, which tells them practically nothing about the condition of the thyroid. Be sure they test all your T3s. T3 is the hormone that regulates your metabolism. Low T3 can mean your body isn’t burning calories, and no matter how little you eat, you cannot lose weight. Also have them test to see if your body creates T3 from T4. Not everybody’s does, and if you somehow get put on that s**t prescription called Synthroid (or generic levothyroxine), you will end up with no T3 and toxic levels of T4. How do I know all this? I had the same problem my whole life. Once I realized it was my thyroid, I made the mistake of going to an endocrinologist who only did the TSH test and only prescribed Synthroid. After gaining 70 lbs in 4 months, feeling like I had arthritis, having zero energy, and just wanting to die, I tried to convince my doctor the Synthroid wasn’t working. Their answer? Increase the dosage of the same meds that were practically killing me! So I fired them and went to a hormone specialist, who did the full range of thyroid-specific tests (NOT the TSH), discovered I don’t convert T4 to T3, and that Synthroid only had led to T4 toxicity, so prescribed meds with T3—which totally changed my life for the better! I can now eat like a normal person and either lose or maintain a normal weight (depends on the dosage of my meds), and will never have to starve myself again.
Jackie Lulu 3 years ago
I can't upvote this enough!! It makes no sense to only test the TSH, which is produced in the pituitary gland. What if the pituitary isn't functioning? Shame more doctors don't think this through.
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LittleMissPanda 3 years ago
Starving yourself can also lead to obesity - some bodies respond by putting away all and every nutrition you then give it because it thinks it might not get food in the survivable future. So please don't starve. See a doctor, check out your hormones and vitamines and get a personalised meal plan. A bit of exercise on top of that and you're good to go (unless there' some underlying medical condition, of course). Best of luck <3
Taibhse Sealgair 3 years ago
I was going to add this comment. If you don't get the _right_ amount of nutrients, your body will adjust. Lower energy, lower body temperature, mental "quickness". If you have ever heard someone talk about hitting a "plateau" on a diet, that's why. Their body has adjusted. It's a long book, but The Obesity Code by Dr. Jason Fung goes into great detail on this. First step though, as others have pointed out. Go see your Doctor!
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J Nic 3 years ago
Starving yourself never works. I mean, if you literally starve yourself for a month, you’ll lose a lot of weight. But the damage it does to your body isn’t worth it. A healthy, low calorie diet and plenty of exercise will always work to lose weight. People (including myself) often have trouble sticking to a diet and get frustrated. If you truly stick to it, you will lose weight.
Cate 3 years ago
There is a new area of research opening up about gut biomes, etc. Some genetic types definitely hold onto weight, which is great in a time of famine.
J Nic 3 years ago
Poop transfers have worked wonders for people. They take poop from skinny people and insert it into your bum. Science is magic.
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Starving yourself does the exact opposite of your desired effect. Your body will hold onto your fat in order to survive.
Sally Signup 3 years ago
I had a doctor once who insisted I eat only 500 calories a day, then proceeded to give medication that had to be taken with meals if I didn't want to get sick to my stomach. I rarely go to the doctor anymore, since everything apparently is caused by being fat or being female.
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DennyS (denzoren) 3 years ago
Yep. I try everything and it's almost impossible to lose weight. Gaining weight...not a problem. Lol
Anne Wyckoff 3 years ago
Try eating earlier in the day and limiting calories to a reasonable amount. That helped me lose a lot.
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ZombieSushi386 3 years ago
I relate to this so much! I was overweight most of my life and beginning around age 10 I started to starve myself to try to lose weight. I told this to 2 different doctors and they both laughed at me and said I was basically to fat to have an eating disorder or to be anorexic. This really hurt and I never opened up about it to a doctor again. After having a heart attack at age 28 (caused by a previously undetected genetic disorder )I managed to lose the weight but I still struggle with issues with food and body image thanks to those doctors.
RedCorvette 3 years ago
My aunt starved herself and did all kinds of diet and exercise combo but her gut wouldn’t budge. She finally had a liposuction and excess belly skin removed. She looks great now but she always said she wouldn’t do it had she known recovery is painful.
#11
Half of my face has my moms bone structure, the other half my dad. Come on, evolution, I thought this was all about symmetry.
OH and they both have addictive personalities which makes substance abuse almost instinctive. Luckily I was a pothead instead of an alcoholic or pill popper. We’re all doing better now LMAO!
Susie Elle 3 years ago
Well no but there's asymmetry and then there's asymmetry.
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MimSorensson 3 years ago
Bah. Symmetry is overrated. I’m just glad you’re doing better when it comes to the drugs.
Draco's Dragonfly 3 years ago
Sometimes I wonder if there's an alternative meaning to LMAO I dont know yet....
RedMarbles 3 years ago
I know what you mean. Seems like it's often used to sort of lighten a heavier comment or as gallows humor (I think this is more an example of the former but not sure).
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Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I am very pleased I got the perfect mix of my parents hair- I got the thickness of dad's with mum's curls. My siblings all got one or the other :)
#12
No male in my family line has ever lived over 53 years old. I went through our family graveyard to verify this is true back to the 1860’s. My family do not like me mentioning it. I am 38 now and have fully accepted my genetic fate.
MiriPanda 3 years ago
Then have it checked out, if possible, what the reasons for the ancestors early demise were. If it is one single reason, it might be fixable today. If it is various reasons, it is bad coincidence.
Pizzagirl 91 3 years ago
Yeah, death by badger or war casualties might screw up the statistics. Former generations didn't live as peaceful as most of us today.
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Kirsten Kerkhof 3 years ago
Have it checked out! In my family almost every male died of either a heart attack or bleed on the brain before the age of 55. So now my brothers (and myself, just to be sure, though the women almost invariably touch 100) get MRI tests every five years for the brain and have regular cardiologist check ups. My oldest brother already had preventative heart procedure done. Just because people died early in the past doesn’t mean you have to.
Tim 3 years ago
Prove whom wrong? No one is rooting for this guy to die early
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Jaaawn 3 years ago (edited)
I'm the same and it's terrifying. Father died at the age of 45, grandfathers at 40. Prior to that generations of male relatives were murdered in the Holocaust so I have no idea when I'm due to kick the bucket. I feel I will die young though. Already mid-30s. Luckily I don't have kids so this anxiety dies with me!
zububonsai 3 years ago (edited)
I met my best friend (male, smoker) when he was 33years. He early mentioned that he doesn't expect to live beyond 45 because his father and grandfather both died at 45years , both of esophagus cancer. He is 55 now. ♥️😉 - so, wish you all the luck and think positive...
Ela 3 years ago
Everyone in my mom's paternal line died in their early fifties, including her father. Except her uncle Jimmy. Jimmy lived long enough for the advent of bypass surgery. He survived the heart attack that killed everyone else, and following surgery, lived into his seventies. My mother, whose inherited cardiovascular disease is carefully managed and monitored, will be 74 soon and is still kicking. I'm in my mid forties and I will get a cardiac workup at my next physical. Take this family history to your doctor. Get tests, figure out what your killer is. Modern medicine changes things. And yes, talk about it! Do you know how many people in my family hav gained decades because we still talk about Uncle Jimmy's magic surgery?
Maurice Gauna 3 years ago
Maybe you will be the "mutation" of your bloodline and break that genetic code and live a full life
Monday 3 years ago
Hopefully his mother's genes overwrote his father's and he lives so long he gets sick of it.
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My wife says it not a big deal but I always tell her she would be freaking out if she started to lose her hair too. Hair means just as much to men as it does to women. Confidence killer.
Jan Rosier 3 years ago
alopecia universalis diagnosed at age 3... took me until 25 to get to grips with it, when i ritually burned my wig in our backyard (which I had been wearing since about 13)
Jan Rosier 3 years ago
want to add : at 25 I just thought F - it, gonna show who I am. Don't like it? Tough nuts for you...
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JJ 3 years ago
My husband's hair loss started when he was still a teenager. When he graduated from school he looked so, so much older. He had to suffer from a lot of bullying during that time and made peace with being bald when he joined the army (duty around that time). After that he made peace with it. A few years ago he started growing a beard and loves it. It suits him so well. Now I buy shampoo and conditioner for my long hair (husband would probably cry if I cut it) and hubby shampoo and conditioner for his beard 😆
Mario Strada 3 years ago
In this respect, I won the genetic lottery: my father was balding by age 17. His father was bald at 30. My mother's father bald at 30 too. My brother has the same male pattern baldness despite spending a fortune on baldness cures. I am 63 with a full head of hair. My father would be horrified if he knew I cut my own hair with a #1 buzzer.
Asteríx Viking 3 years ago
But why? Its just hair! Confidence is inside you, and who you are, not if you got a lot of hair or not.
TheElderNom 3 years ago
All my older male relatives but one are bald. My younger cousin is starting to bald at twenty (ironically, his father is the one with hair). I'm going gray, started at 25 but I'd take that over balding any day and I'm too lazy to colour my hair.
King Joffrey 3 years ago
I'm bald at the top and couldn't care less. Started growing a beard last year when I had Covid and rocking the beard+bald look. The irony is when I still had hair, I cut it really short.
#14
Two of my sons have muscular dystrophy. That's about as shitty as it gets.
Asexual nope rope 3 years ago
Its a set of muscle diseases that slowly make it harder to do average tasks (basically your muscles get really weak) also you are not dumb
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Okasan Willis 3 years ago
My dad lost 2 brothers to it. His sister lost 2 sons to it. I now have a nephew fighting it
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
This is the closest thing doctors can describe to what my brothers had :(
#15
Severe acne when I was a teen that left behind scars.
Mary Marchione 3 years ago
Have had acne from 12 to 53, still going strong. Put both my children on Accutane when they started, they wont have to deal with it like I did.
Delta Dawn 3 years ago
Did that too and she still needed more treatment afterwards. Poor kiddo, but it’s much better now.
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CD King 3 years ago
No acne as a teen/ 20s but guess what. I've had acne from my 30's to today, 50's. Even had to start taking birth control in my 40's to deal within. My mother and aunt had the same issue.
3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago
Interesting, I wonder why? 🤔 hormonal thing maybe?
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Bookmaiden 3 years ago
Same here. And ended up passing that gene on to my youngest daughter and my son. My oldest daughter lucked out with her dad's acne free skin.
#16
My grandma's large chest. Have a lot of back pain now and everything hurts. Getting a bit of them removed in a few years👍
Susie Elle 3 years ago
My mom had a large cupsize and it was the bane of her existence for a good 40 years. After reduction, she felt so much better, I hope the same for you OP!
Ciara Jennifer 3 years ago
I have been trying to get a reduction for mine (can't remember if H cups or J cups now), but I have to lower my bmi to a certain level in order to qualify. Unfortunately, chronic back pain caused by the large chest makes it hard to exercise properly.
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Hey, I got my grandma's large chest too! I don't remember if I'm wearing H cups or J cups now. Yes, I do have chronic back pain, and the shoulder straps cut into my shoulders leaving red marks. If anyone here is thinking about getting a larger cup size because they think it looks good, make sure to look into the cons. Believe me, I think there are way more cons than pros.
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
Same here. My Nana was 5ft tall and so am I. Size H. Thank goodness there is such a thing as breast reductions now. What a relief!
Wicked Moon216 3 years ago
I always had a very large chest. Even after Roux-en-y gastric bypass. After I lost over a hundred pounds I managed to get 5 herniated disks. For years I kept saying it was because of my breasts, and doctors kept telling me that it wasn't, and kept insisting that I get steroid injections in my back (that didn't work), and just kept feeding me pain pills or tell me to do more yoga, or more exercising. None of it worked. I finally had enough money to pay for a breast reduction. TWO DAYS after surgery all the pain was gone. I am so bitter and angry that I missed out on so many activities with my young daughters. They tried to paint me as a drug addict that didn't want to try hard enough. Turns out *I* was right the entire time & they just wanted to make more money off of me. I hope all of u ladies who want a reduction are able to get it!! You won't be sorry!!
KittyGotClaws 3 years ago
I got a breast reduction several years ago. Best money i ever spent.😁
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
Big boobs are so highly overrated! I "matured" early. When I was in 6th grade my measurements were 36/28/36. Yeah, really creepy to have grown a$$ men staring at your chest when you're ELEVEN.
Katherine Callahan 3 years ago
Until then..... Curvy Kate bras are a LIFE SAVER! And they are ACTUALLY cute too :)
aceupyoursleeve 3 years ago
Reduction is a good option, so are corsets, which really help with back and bust support.
#17
I'm slowly going blind from RP. Thanks mom. My spinal discs are deflating and pinching off my nerves, Thanks dad.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
Hey! I have RP too! Knowing that being blind is a guarantee in my future is actually scary. I don't see very well in the dark, I don't drive, I never have, it's hard to see small objects when going fast. One day I won't be able to read, to see colours. I often wish I'd simply been born blind, because I know what I'm about to lose. Not having it at all would have been better. There are days I feel grateful, but many things are already a challenge. And I hated sports in school, I wasn't good at anything that required eyesight.
Pamplemousse 2 years ago
My (F44) Father had RP. He was diagnosed in his early 40's and still had most of his vision intact when he passed at 80. There are different types of RP (three if l remember correctly); one is super aggressive and renders you completely blind in just a few years, one is only inherited by male offspring, and the third develops slowly (this is the type my Father had). Please feel free to correct me should l have gotten this wrong. I had my eyes checked for possible signs over 10 years ago (l am 44 now), but have since decided that l don't want to know whether l will be affected or not. I can't say that l have noticed any of the symptoms (my Father had very poor night vision and his periferal vision kept shrinking). Then again l can't really tell how my perception of e.g. my night vision is compared to other people's. Either way, if l were to develop the same type as my Father, he has shown me that there are great ways of adapting and living with the condition. I wish you the very best.
Pamplemousse 2 years ago
My (F44) Father had RP. He was diagnosed in his early 40's and still had most of his vision intact when he passed at 80. There are different types of RP (three if l remember correctly); one is super aggressive and renders you completely blind in just a few years, one is only inherited by male offspring, and the third develops slowly (this is the type my Father had). Please feel free to correct me should l have gotten this wrong. I had my eyes checked for possible signs over 10 years ago (l am 44 now), but have since decided that l don't want to know whether l will be affected or not. I can't say that l have noticed any of the symptoms (my Father had very poor night vision and his periferal vision kept shrinking). Then again l can't really tell how my perception of e.g. my night vision is compared to other people's. Either way, if l were to develop the same type as my Father, he has shown me that there are great ways of adapting and living with the Does OP know which type (s)he has?
#18
It's alcoholics all the way down
Kobus Loots 3 years ago
I used to think that this wasn't real until I experienced it as well, my grandfather is an alcoholic (clean 30 years) and I became one as well (clean 1 year 8 months)
Ponypower 3 years ago
My family has had a lot of drinking problems up my generation. Now my thinking is we had a lot of undiagnosed mental health issues being self medicated with drink.
Delta Dawn 3 years ago
My mom, a severe alcoholic, had 4 kids. Two went on to become addicted to drugs and alcohol, and two of us are completely straight and narrow re: substance abuse… we handle our childhood trauma differently (not necessarily better, just differently). I’m convinced it’s at least partly genetic. I really don’t process alcohol the way most people do.
Load More Replies... Sandra Morison 3 years ago
IT HAS stopped with me and 1 of my siblings, but the other 2 are following family trait
Babsevs 3 years ago
Well done you, it's so hard to fight. I've watched a family (friends of our family) fighting it over a few generations....rife in the maternal side, paternal side only occasional drinkers. The mum died young leaving 3 small children, who when grown, 2 completely alcoholic, 1 of which already dead at 38yr old, other lost her kids and husband in a nasty family split, and the 3 rd is a neurotic food addict. Mums sister is also a raging alcoholic, a bag of bones of a woman ...no kids, can't keep a relationship alive, and is probably weights 90lb (lives on vodka and cigarettes). So sad to see the poor dad (in his sixties) trying to hold his life together as the only sober one
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Paul Brown 3 years ago
I absolutely believe it's hereditary. My great grandfather, grandfather on my mother's side were alcoholics. My father was an alcoholic and im an alcoholic. I've been sober 11 years now.
Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago
I thought I was the only alcoholic in my family but it turns out my paternal grandfather was as well. My parents were both moderate drinkers but not alcoholic like I am. 7 ½ years sober.
Powerful Katrinka 3 years ago
I did what's called a genogram, charting illness and mental health issues in my family. Going back as far as I can get, about 7 generations, there was only ONE person (my oldest sister) l who did not suffer from alcoholism. That's one of the many reasons why I chose not to have children.
Paweł Duda 3 years ago
Uncle, aunt, father, cousin. And me. Quite sure there are more of them, but i dont have any contact with other relatives. Now over 2 years sober, but stopping that wasnt easy.
Aubrey Mortensen 3 years ago
I'm attempting to break that. My oldest was told at a very young age that alcoholism is not really a choice for him due to s few medical diagnosis. He's seen it his whole life and I'm just now able to cope with my alcoholic gene.
#19
Being unusually hairy, oily, and large framed for a woman. It's a thing with my family, none of the women in it are exactly the picture of traditional feminine beauty. I have to wear guys sizes in shoes because my feet are too wide for most women's shoes.
similarly 3 years ago
Don't let it make you self-conscious. Two of the most elegant and fashionable women I know have large frames (broad shouldered, barrel chested), and I don't think I ever saw either of them wear a skirt. One woman wears mens suits often and looks fantastic. Just wear the kind of clothes that look good on you.
Robin Childers 3 years ago
I hear ya sister! I'm a women's size 12W shoe and forget finding a cute ring, or bracelet, or anklet or necklace. Women's shirts are too short in the arm and sometimes even 'tall' pants aren't long enough or hit me wrong. Forget tailored blouses, my shoulders are as wide as a linebackers. I hate clothes shopping.
Ela 3 years ago
Oh, gosh. You brought back a memory. Long ago one of my sisters made me a bridesmaid. So we are trying on dresses and this one is sleeveless, backless, with a yoke-type neck. I was an athletic young woman in quite good shape, so should be fine, right? My MOTHER cracked up and said, you look like you are crossing the plains, and you're the ox. And I agreed that I looked like a linebacker in drag. Mom assured me I could thank all the Amish women on her side of the family for those shoulders.
Load More Replies... Elijah Morningwood 3 years ago
This sounds like it could be PCOS (poly-cystic ovarian syndrome). Tiny cysts in the ovaries cause an over-abundance of testosterone in women which usually results in facial hair, more than usual acne, inability to lose weight, irregular menstrual cycles, etc.
Celia T 3 years ago
I get it. Im fairly medium sized but one of those women that look less feminine when I gain weight. I also like making things and moving around, think construction, fabrication, working with my hands. It is really tiresome the judgements I get for loving to make things and dressing for the job. Be who you are and people will love you for it. Those that don’t are irrelevant, if not immediately, then sooner or later.
Anna Chase 3 years ago
As far as I can tell there isn’t anything really wrong with having those traits. Being big boned has some definite benefits.
Lizz 3 years ago
Hairy AF here too... especially my legs. I let it all grow out in the wintertime but need to wax like every 1,5 weeks during summer. Pretty shitty.
similarly 3 years ago
As a guy, I really wish more women would be able to comfortably feel that shaving is an option and a choice and not a requirement. I honestly think our grooming standards need to change. It's funny, because in the 1950s with the beatniks, and the 1960s with hippies, those standards did begin to change. Men started growing out their hair and facial hair, women stopped shaving body hair. Yet in the long run, it seems only men's grooming standards really changed. It's kind of sad.
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Terrible teeth. Extra long roots, extra root points, an extra row. UGH.
Susan Atkinson 3 years ago
I'm 65 years old now and I've had partial plates since I was 13 years old. When I was a kid they called it Milk or Chalk Teeth. Very soft. My first day in an all Catholic Girls School I had NO front or side teeth on the top and No Back teeth on the bottom jaw. It's been a nightmare my entire life.
Catherine Graffham 3 years ago
I have a genetic jaw issue, where I’m missing several adult teeth (as in they never developed) so I still have quite a few baby teeth and am trying to hold onto them for as long as possible so I don’t have to have dentures or implants. My teeth are also really short (probably because my jaw is backwards so my top teeth go behind the bottom ones), but conversely they have super long roots, so I feel the OP’s pain. It wasn’t until I got a dentist that took note of the long roots that I had a tooth extraction that went smoothly and didn’t result in an infection from dentists leaving root fragments behind…
over it already 3 years ago
An extra row?! Like all the way around? I can only conceptualize that they meant an extra set of molars.
Justin Kantner 3 years ago (edited)
They are known as supernumerary teeth, and means that you have extra teeth growing outside the "normal" row of teeth you are supposed to have. But it can also be that the mouth is too small to fit all teeth, and they push each other to create a new row.
Load More Replies... LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
I had two wisdom teeth that had fused to my jaw. I can still remember how painful it was to remove them. The sound the tools made is forever burned into my ears. That's just one thing out of many I went through for dental work. Of you want to lose weight, get your jaw wired shut. That wasn't fun either.
SageHare37 3 years ago
The reverse is also pretty icky. I'm genetically missing multiple adult teeth. I'm also super allergic to acrylics, so most modern dentistry will make my tongue swell up. This eliminates most bridge and all denture options. I'm looking into ceramic implants, but given the cost I think I'm just going to be gumming my food someday.
Bec 3 years ago
Dentists make me nervous. I was having a hard time when getting a filling and finally had a dentist explain that I must have a unique nerve pattern and he put in several more shots of novacaine. Still sucked but I got through it
Yay Pandas! 3 years ago
The last two dentists I had numbed the area they would be injecting with the anesthetic and boy that shot didn't hurt anywhere near as much as it used to!
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Female pattern baldness from my father’s side of the family and white hair from my mother’s side. I don’t mind white hair in theory, but thinning white hair is nearly invisible.
Monday 3 years ago
I started going gray at 17....at first it was mortifying but now at 30 is basically free highlights that don't need any maintenance.
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BasedWang12.6 3 years ago
every time I have another ailment pop up my parents both just shake their head and say I got the s**t end of the stick. Heart meds since 18, cystic acne, depression, psoriasis, pancreas problems and then some
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
I got divorced in 2004 and decided it was time for a change. Quit coloring my hair & when the roots got embarrassing, I got it all cut off (like, Jamie Lee Curtis short). Turns out I have streaks of pure platinum. Will never color it again.
Lo Kindred 3 years ago
MY mother has full on silver hair. It is STUNNING. I hope mines turns that way. 44 and still blonde.
Cheyenne 3 years ago
I love my silver hair and I get loads of compliments on it.
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Debby Keir 3 years ago
I have waist length white hair and being in my 70's, it's definately thinning. But, hey, it's me and it's mine, so don't worry. It's definately not invisible - pile it on top of your head.
#22
Allergies
Lee Stone 3 years ago
Allergies are issues with an overactive immune system. I suppose some specific allergies might be hereditary, but it's more likely that the underlying cause (an overactive immune system) would be the thing that was hereditary.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I hear you! I can't even tell you everything I'm allergic to. When I was younger it was mostly just the hayfever, but then more and more turned up. Turns out my uncle is the same! Steroid nasal spray has definitely helped though.
#23
My back went out in my 20s, and wasn't getting better. After a while I couldn't stand up straight, and had to get it scanned. The found the channel in my spine that the nerve goes through is 1/4 the size of most people's, so the very minor disc slip I'd had became a major problem. They wound up having to carve that channel (dunno what it's called, sorry) wider. Instant relief, but I now have a pretty weak back that's prone to going out. I recover with rest, now, thank goodness, whereas before I wouldn't.
Anyway, that's probably my worst thing, genetically speaking. Bad spine.
Katy McMouse 3 years ago
Me, too. Every day is a c**p shoot, every movement a gamble. It is exhausting, mentally and physically.
Widdershins66 3 years ago
Yup, inherited backs. Both parents had sciatica, resulting in all three offspring having first sciatica episode in late teens.
R A 3 years ago
“Sciatica” is not a diagnosis, it’s just a layman’s term for leg pain, and is is no way hereditary. Not in a “genetic” sense anyway, but lifestyle habits, attitudes that are prevalent in families certainly contribute to chronic pain. Google ways to overcome chronic pain, “sciatica” in no way needs to be a life sentence!
Load More Replies... Ciara Jennifer 3 years ago
My back has been bad ever since a sledding accident when I was 11. Just turned some of the vertebrae a little bit at the base of my spine. Went to a chiropractor to shift it back in place, but the vertebrae would keep slipping back out of place. I am in my 20s and have accepted that I will always have a bad back.
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
I had my hip replaced in 2008. Reviewing the x-rays the surgeon asked when I had my disk removed. I've never had a disk removed, but apparently the one between L4 & L5 is completely gone. Sure enough, I'm about 3/16 of an inch shorter than I used to be.
Thatkamloopsguy 3 years ago
Get your core muscles nice and strong and it will take a huge strain off your spine.
R A 3 years ago
No, no, no, your back cannot physically “go out”! So many of my patients have had chiropractors tell them this and it drives me daft! Misinformation is difficult to reverse sometimes!
Sue User 3 years ago
I have a friend who goes to the chiropractor once a week. Even of it helps, i am trying to convince my friend this is not a cure to whatever is wrong. This is just temporaringly relieving symptoms. They have already had one surgery for spinal stenosis ( same as OP ) but wont go back because surgery didnt alleviate all the symptoms.
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Rod Wallace 3 years ago
Bad spine Over evolutionary time, the spine bent this way and that to accommodate the huge brain sitting on top.
#24
A bad spine (scoliosis, stenosis, & spondyolisthesis) and arthritis in other joints. Luckily, I’m not as bad off as previous generations of women in my family.
Rod Wallace 3 years ago
Just a few generations ago, short life expectancy didn't see these long term breakdowns.
Thomas Robinson-Aguirre 3 years ago
Had my first spinal surgery at 25 my second at 38 and now at 40 I am told I will likely need another.
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The Mom 3 years ago
Wow. I have the same diagnosis in my neck and lumbar. Plus ostiopenia an osteoarthritis. Dad had curvature problem as do my sons.
Cold Contagious 3 years ago
I can completely empathize with you and OP. I have the same and a few more concerns. I hope you have good treatment for your pain management. I'm pretty lucky that I do have that.
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gabriel Pagonis 3 years ago
i pretty sure its scoliosis sinece my twin sis was born with it im not sure if it works like that though
#25
Mother has a full head of thick hair Father had thinning hair and a receding hairline Guess whose genes this guy got
Maurice Gauna 3 years ago
From the extensive research I did on balding, it comes from the morhsr
The Short Lady 3 years ago
Only 6 of about 63 genes linked to baldness are found on the X chromosome.
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Collin Lyle 3 years ago
My mom has a full head of hair. My dad's hair is thinning. My brother has a full head of hair. I'm the daughter and my hair is thinning.
rorschach-penguin 3 years ago
No, not necessarily. It can just as easily have come from your mother's mother. It definitely comes from your mother, though.
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dark circles under my eyes
radioactivecandy (they/them) 3 years ago
same. hereditary AND bc it's hard for me to fall asleep.
Julie Bradley 3 years ago
Lack of sleep can give you dark pigmentation under the eyes
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Dacă nu pierdeam, câștigam 3 years ago
I can sleep well for an extended period of time and still look like I haven't closed my eyes in a week. Meanwhile, my colleagues will brag/complain (idk) about how they play games till 3 and only sleep 3 hours, and their dark eye spots are not even half as big as mine.
Remen Zack 3 years ago
I've been looking for this on the list and finally, it's here. It's something I have too and hey, who cares about our dark eye circles? It's beautiful and natural.
Mrs. EW 3 years ago
Me too and my son. Mil used to say my son had malnutrition and would let him eat until he puked. She used to watch him while I was at work. I wasn’t aware, until my own grandmother witnessed it while visiting. She pretty much told my grandma it’s none of her business, because that’s her grandson. Gave him an eating disorder that he still struggles with.
Susan Hepp-Cymbalista 3 years ago
My Grandmother had very dark circles under her eyes, even when she was quite young. I'm ever so glad no one inherited it from her!
#27
A very rare case of keratosis pilaris (it covers my whole body not just the limbs, apparently it's super rare)
Vorknkx 3 years ago
I am familiar with keratosis, although in my case it's only on the arms and legs (which is the typical scenario). For those who don't know - it's like having a lot of tiny dark spots on your skin - the photo gives a pretty good idea.
TheElderNom 3 years ago
I didn't know it had a name, I just thought I had sucky skin. Well, I still do, but now it has a name.
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Lea Panthera 3 years ago
I have keratosis pilaris on my limbs, and while my parents have always been concerned about it, I've always been proud of it and called it my "body armor" because everyone would comment on how spiky it felt(idk about the rest of you guys but mine manifests in permanent goosebumps). I will never forget the time my five-year-old cousin asked me why my skin was so spiky and I told him I had armor. He begged my aunt for some! 🤣
Linziaj 3 years ago
I have this and had no idea what it was called. I always say corned beef skin.
Brazen 3 years ago
Oh my goodness, I'm so happy I finally have a name for it. I went to a dermatologist when I was in my 20's, but he did not give me an answer for what it was, or maybe he just didn't know. He also said that my hair loss was "normal", but it was not at all normal for me at all. I'm just going out on a limb and say he just wasn't good at his job. lol
️MushroomAce️ 3 years ago
I have keratosis as well! I have it on my arms, legs, a little on my face, and... not a place i would show to the public. (Not the front)... It was super hard for me when i was diagnosed because all my friends had smooth, silky skin, and i had skin as bumpy as a trolls. I still use QV lotion (it helps, trust me) and when i scratch it, it goes red. all over my body my skin is almost always red or itchy, but it has become part of my life now. Let me know if you need advice on anything, OP!
Marie Pellerin 3 years ago (edited)
My kids have permanent goose bumps (keratosis pilaris) on their limbs. But, if they stop drinking/eating milk, it goes away. They're not willing to give up ice cream though, so we put up with it.
Regina Granat 3 years ago
I have it too. If I go in the sun for a while and tan, it's less apparent. And yes, using sunscreen!
#28
Acne that forgot to leave with the rest of puberty is also not fun. I have the scars AND I have the angry zits that like to crop up along my bra line. At least at this point, my face is taking the least of it and I don't have deep pockmarks or scarring there. But I don't wear plunging necklines because my chest is a mixture of new and old scars.
DEW 3 years ago
Try using cocoa butter. When I had wrist surgery the rehab lady rubbed my wrist with the cocoa butter and you can barely see the scar's. If I don't point them out nobody would know. The new scars should fade for you and the old may become less visible. Hope this helps.
Delta Dawn 3 years ago
I’d recommend a different “butter” as cocoa butter can clog pores in people prone to acne. You can google the comedogenicity of different oils... I think almond and safflower are good options.
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Violet Olivia 3 years ago
Everyone e with adult acne. Please do check into whether it is contact dermatitis. It can be really hard to distinguish (even by a dermatologist) from acne. There are lots of things in soap, shampoo, tooth paste, makeup that ca. cause horrible cysts a d pustules just like acne. Migjt be worth looking at. I thought mine was acne for ages.
SageHare37 3 years ago
This! Bras dig into our skin, so it could be a laundry product. There's even materials in bras you can be allergic to. They even recently found BPA's in some popular brand sports bras. Consider switching to other materials such as cotton for a while.
Load More Replies... Rod Wallace 3 years ago
Had severe acne as a teenager and left a few scars. But in my 30s I developed adult acne and it was brutal. People cringed at the site of me. A dermatologist had me on tetracycline for years to control it. In my late 60s it went away. Father had it bad as a young man. But that is all I know. I guess they viewed as better than a case of smallpox.
Amanda Marasca 3 years ago
I developed acne after having my kids. Brutal for 20 years until a new dermatologist told me it was hormonal and prescribed spirilactone (a diuretic) that worked amazing. Lots of scars, lost all confidence. Have had CO2 laser treatment twice and has done a wonderful job smoothing out my skin.
#29
im adopted, but me and my twin both have godawful eyesight
Phoenix Connor 3 years ago
I have twin friends and one is autistic, legally blind, ADHD, anxiety. His sister has ADHD and anxiety/depression. They got the short sticks but the male twin got the shorter one. AND THEY'RE BOTH SHORT!
3 Owls In A Coat 3 years ago
With my twin and I - both of us have astigmatism, I have strabismus, one of us is farsighted and one of us is nearsighted and I can’t keep the definitions straight in my brain so I always forget who is which :P we both have terrible eyesight but at least we compliment each other
#30
My big a*s forehead.
tuzdayschild 3 years ago
If you look at a picture of me in the first grade you can see the bags under my eyes. I was born with old eyes.
#31
Well, having the diagnosis of being autistic, being a carrier for sickle cell, and predisposition to addiction (along with impulse control problems). Also, mental illness. Yeah, family curse dies with me.
#32
Bipolar
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
Depression, anxiety. I'm the first person to be diagnosed because I actually went to get help. The rest of my family refuses to acknowledge they have issues
#33
Anger. My father gets angry and used to get violent and even beat up my mom and us kids. My first reaction for anything is anger but over the years I've tried to control my anger as much as possible and I'd say I'm doing a much better job than before.
Linnette Kessler 3 years ago
Check if you're not depressed or suffer from temporal lobe epilepsy (not the epilepsy you have a grand or petit mal). . Anti depressants and epilepsy drugs turned this around for me.
Delta Dawn 3 years ago
I swear officer, people cutting me off in traffic triggers my temporal lobe epilepsy! :D
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Paul Brown 3 years ago
I too used to be very angry all the time. Found out it was actually severe depression. With medication and therapy I'm a completely different person now. Everyone comments on how much I've changed for the better.
similarly 3 years ago
I used to be a VERY angry person. Then I realized (much too late in life) that most of the time I wasn't angry. I was sad, confused, scared, worried. When I was kid, those emotions were discouraged. Adults would tell me I was being a "sissy" etc etc etc. But anger was okay. Not always welcome, but adults would say "Well, at least no one will push him around! At least he's not a sissy!" And I got kind of conditioned. Exploring my feelings and understanding them really helped a LOT.
XenoMurph 3 years ago
EVERY time you feel even the slightlest anger, think empathetic/kind thoughts towards the people making you angry. Eventually your brain reinforces the positive pathways, and reduces the negative. You will never lose the negative, but it can reduce your instinctual response considerably, if you are lucky, almost to nil.
#34
It was a trade off great luscious hair on my head for thick body hair
#35
Bad skin
Mama Penguin 3 years ago
Not really. Genetics and hormones play a large role, too. I have sensitive skin that's prone to dryness which I seem to inherit from my mom. I take care of my skin, try to eat reasonably healthy and take daily vitamins, and drink plenty of fluid. Still, come winter, my skin still feels dry.
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extremely pale skin - to the point where i was known as the kid that has never seen the sun
InvincibleRodent 3 years ago
I was/am also deathly pale, to the point where doctors always remark on how I look sick even when I'm perfectly healthy and there for an unrelated reason.
Libstak 3 years ago
Same I have 2 skin tones available to me, white as a ghost or sunburnt red as a tomato,. I try stay white obviously.
Load More Replies... Chich 3 years ago
Not quite that bad but no tanning for me - straight to the burn. I have had 2nd degree sunburns a few times when I wasn't careful.
Ranger Kanootsen 3 years ago
Ouch, that sounds painful! Me, on the other hand: I cannot get sunburnt. Apparently I have an immunity to it? idk it's weird.
Load More Replies... Eastendbird 3 years ago (edited)
Same here, white or sunburnt. As a teenager I was desperate for a tan and then discovered I am allergic to fake tan - brings me out in itchy, pus filled spots. So I'm now resigned to being white as a sheet for the rest of my life. Reading these posts I realise I could be a lot worse off.
#37
Same and the treatments are considered cosmetic where I live :( I just want to sweat a normal amount and not have to change my cloths multiple times a day like a normal person lol
Dave van Es 3 years ago
Botox injections can work. Also, ask your doctor about aluminumhydroxychloride. (the latter worked wonders for me)
Nolgoth 3 years ago
Bp is an aggregate site. They take the posts from reddit and add their own pictures to make these "listicles." There's another post about someone else complaining they sweat too much, this person is just saying they have the same problem.
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#38
According to women, I'm short, according to my genetics I'm a giant so I guess it depends on which angle you look at it from?
#39
Crappy immune system. It can't fight off a simple sinus infection but is always picking fights with harmless pollen, dander, my own joints.
Upstaged75 3 years ago
Same here. I had several years where my body was randomly attacking itself. It went through almost all my functions - skin, joints, thyroid, liver, pancreas, etc. I've always had ridiculous allergies too.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I have lots of allergies, chronic sinus infections, fibromyalgia and celiacs, so basically my autoimmune system hates me :(
#42
I have terrible eyesight which only affects women on my dad's side (so he's fine) and then I have an astigmatism from my mum. This all adds together to a nice large glasses prescription at the age of 18... (-6.50 L and -8.00 R)
FlamingoPanda 3 years ago
I always find it fascinating that people consider this to be bad eyesight. I have -13.5 L and -15.5 R which seems to really shock people. Even had a friend who did not realise you could get eyesight that bad.
#43
Mental illness and bumpy nose.
I used to like my bumpy nose like, I didn’t mind it until someone commented it and told me I need plastic surgery
Mrs Irish Mom 3 years ago
Have a Roman nose and every1 comments on it, i love my nose its part if my family and atleast im not like everyone else with there perfect plastic nose, Owen Wilsons nose is probley what got him his 1st acting role ✌
Bobby 3 years ago
I love unique physical features. I always crushed the hardest in the girls at my school who other people said were ugly because I thought they were beautiful for standing out
Load More Replies... CurlyCucumber 3 years ago
F them off,it is your nose which has the function of breathing and it does it's job bumpy as it is.
MIHAELA ČVORAK 3 years ago
I would trade for a Roman nose in a second. I have small nose that looks like a slide for bees. Wearing glasses is a nightmare, my nose hurts like somebody hit it with a brick after a couple of hours and I wear them all day (blind as a bat).
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
Ignore the person who said that, they're shallow and nor worth the synapses in your brain. I love my bumpy nose, came from my paternal grandfather. So did my height.
Lea Panthera 3 years ago
Have a bumpy nose that my sister teases me about all the time. I like it, so I don't care.
#44
Amelogenesis Imperfecta. My younger sister and I got it from my Dad. It’s basically a dental condition. It makes my teeth come through without enamel (the white protectively layer), basically looking like I’ve never brushed them. They’re small, fragile, sensitive as f**k and cause a shitload of other problems. From age 2 I’ve head surgeries, treatments, crowns, covers, nothing has done anything to increase my confidence in my smile. Ive always hated it, constantly been relentlessly bullied both in school and online for something I can’t control. Going back and forth to the dentist having treatment after treatment is demoralising, especially because my dentist always tells me it’s going to make my teeth look normal every time. They never do. AI also causes mouth ulcers to no end, sometimes 6-8 at a time. My teeth break incredibly easily and I can’t get normal train track braces because taking them off would pull my teeth out or break them. I’m now, at age 18, going through what is hopefully my final treatment. I’m waiting for Invisalign (my dentist is taking the p**s getting them in though) and then finally crowns that sit on my teeth like hats and baso make them look normal I’m hoping it’s done before I go to university in September, or that’s more hassle. More info here: https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/amelogenesis-imperfecta/
#45
Really cold fingers and toes
H.L.Lewis 3 years ago
For me mostly my toes. Especially in winter, and the colder they get? The more they sweat. Yes, my feet Sweat when they get cold. Always.
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Balding, Crohn's disease, bad eyes, and my grandfather's mug but I have a 4.0 GPA and a big penis so that keeps me happy.
Bobby 3 years ago
Not sure, but I know at least one guy felt the need to write a song about it. https://youtu.be/HpY3ggKAPIE (these guys are pretty funny but this might not be a song to listen to around children)
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Asthma and allergies since very young. High cholesterol since early 30s.
Kobus Loots 3 years ago
I also have asthma and very bad allergies, I have found that living at the beach helps though
just me 3 years ago
High cholesterol since very young, allergies getting almost unlivable in my 30's.
Huddo's sister 3 years ago
I use a steroidal nasal spray that has made a massive difference to my allergies
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Eczema, which I grew out of. A generally feminine build/facial structure. (I am a male) Enough left-handedness that I don't know which hand to use. (Right handed) Probably alcoholism, but I don't drink just to be safe.
setsuriseikou 3 years ago
I 'm one of them! Fall head over heels for kind soft-spoken men below 180 cm, with fine facial features and big eyes.
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#49
Dad has IBS-D, mom has IBS-C. My GI said you’d think they’d meet somewhere in the middle and give you regular bowel movements. Sadly not, I’m also a C.
Aubrey Mortensen 3 years ago
I wasn't diagnosed until my 40s. Have you tried that "hypnosis" app? I can't for the lifeof me remember what it's called but it TRULY helped me with my IBSD. Search IBS app hypnosis. Even heard a piece on NPR about it. Lifesaver.
#50
Hard to tell what was s****y genetics and what was a result of my mother smoking like a chimney throughout the pregnancy.
Delta Dawn 3 years ago
That’s mainly linked to low birth weight or prematurity, not genetic disorders per se. FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome) comes with developmental problems though.
#51
A whole bunch of dumb stuff… 1. Bad blood circulation: my hands get purple with the slightest drop in temperature. Thanks dad 2. Chicken skin. Thanks mom 3. Unpredictable intestinal tract. Thanks mom 4. Anxiety. Thanks mom 5. Frequent random headaches. Thanks mom and dad. 6. 5’4” height. Thanks mom. 7. Subpar eyesight. Thanks mom. 8. Undiagnosed attention deficit disorder. Thanks dad.
Monday 3 years ago
I think OP is a guy judging from their reddit history. Not sure who came up with the idea that men should be tall but some women really obsess over it.
Load More Replies... Bobby 3 years ago
I would love if my fingers turned purple. Mine go bone white and numb in anything cooler than about 60F
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#54
Have a precursor for lung and liver disease, as well as a risk for ALSO fatty liver. Mental health issues such as ADD/ depression run strong. Also, people tend to pass in their 50’s 60’s on that side. Mensa IQ scores. But ADD makes it seem like we are disorganized. And no, I don’t have Mensa. But my dad and sister do.
#55
Gastritis from more than 2 alcoholic beverages. Can't eat without projectile puking for around 1-2 days after. Got it from my Momma, but at least I'm a cheap date lol
#56
My dads masculine face with my mom's hourglass body
SpongeBob SquarePants 3 years ago
im going to hell for this buttt..... handsome_s...17-png.jpg 
setsuriseikou 3 years ago
Have you heard about model Rain Dove? To me, they are one of the most beautiful human beings I've ever seen!
#57
I have pimples and bumps on my face. The bumps I can't get off. The pimples are extremely painful to pop. Also I have insomnia which I inherited from my mom, apparently the very sleepy genes my dad has were completely erased from me cuz I stay up so long each night and then my mom gets mad at me for staying up so long even though she should have been asleep too at that time.
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wifeofweasley 3 years ago
I unfortunately inherited my mother's terrible knees. In our case, the lateral ligaments of the patella are too long, which means that my kneecap can pop out if I make the wrong movements. Sometimes it only moves a millimetre, which is already unpleasant, but in the worst case it jumps out completely and hangs on the side of my leg. Then I can't move my leg (actually my whole body hip down) until it's back in. That's pain you don't want to have. This happend once and I was in so much pain they had to call an ambulance. They had to drug me and straighten my leg to make it pop back in.
Hugo Farr 3 years ago (edited)
When I was a child, I could easily dislocate many of my joints and then push the bone back into place. It usually caused little or no pain. Sometimes I did it on purpose just to creep out other kids. This situation diminished quite a bit as I got older. One of the bones in my left wrist still occasionally dislocates as does my left shoulder. Unfortunately, it is now extremely painful when this happens and difficult to put the bone back in place. I also have osteoarthritis now.
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witchling 3 years ago
At 50 I've had 4 total joint replacements. And other orthopedic surgeries. Much of my problem is genetic predisposition to soft tissue degeneration. That's likely a result of my fathers exposure to agent orange. Add to that my being conceived and born on the air force base where the first nuclear bomb was tested and the potential for a pain filled life is severely compounded. I take more pills every day then I care to think about. But ya know what? I'm happy. Other then joint pain... in EVERY joint.... I'm remarkably healthy. And I'm lucky to have the means to treat my issues. Life could be so much worse. Perspective is everything.
Summer Mason 3 years ago
My little brother died from ewwing sarcoma at age 20. We didn't share the same dad, but his father was a war vet and was exposed to agent orange and it caused a genetic defect in my brother causing one of the more rare cancers. It was pretty bad in the end. He was in huge amounts of pain but would hide it. I'm sorry your experiencing effects from agent orange. You have a great outlook on life!
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Evolution: As long as you live long enough to breed, it stays in the gene pool. *sigh*
Kill-Bunny 3 years ago
If I have posed in my family photo, you would think that I'm just a stranger from the street. In my maternal family line, they all have Barbie like faces, beautiful hair, small cute noses, blue eyes. From paternal line - huge noses, classic eastern european gray hair, dark skin, very stocky build. Both sides have (what it seems) genetic weigh issues of weighting either too much, or too little. Me? Almost black hair, green eyes, huge nose, ultra ultra white thin skin that doesn't tan and ultra black thick long eyebrows that made me look mad all the time. I also was born with cellulite and because of the thin skin, I had my first stretch marks at the age of 5. Because of this, I grew up from my both sides from the family referred as "different" (and treated so), bullying from family members was also quite a thing. Hated my genes for the bigger part of my life. Oh, and also inherited endometriosis, that does not respond to the treatments in a way it should.
Tenacious Squirrel 3 years ago
What’s “classic Eastern European grey hair”? Grey hair exists literally everywhere. Or are you saying people in Eastern Europe are born with grey hair?!
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Mary Stallings 3 years ago
Oh my. After reading all this I feel a lot better about my personal issues. We are not alone with our inherited issues or insecurities. Stay strong. Love you self, and be kind to others.
Poppy 3 years ago
Mental illness. Everyone on my mum's side of the family has some form of mental illness or another. From depression and anxiety to addiction and schizophrenia we've got a whole raft of them. Whilst I feel my own particular brand of mental illness has ruined my life (depression and anxiety which meant I couldn't work for a very long time, make friends or have what most would consider a 'normal' life), it's mild compared to others in my family. My sister has anxiety, my mum is Bipolar, my Aunt absolutely refuses to go to her GP about her mental illness so we're not too sure what she suffers with by even as a kid my dad used to call her 'Loopy Lou'. My sister and I (and my Aunt's kids) have all decided not to have children as we don't want to pass this hell on to them.
Lillian Swaim 3 years ago
This post is mostly "boo hoo, I have something inconvenient" followed by "I have a legit genetic disorder that means I suffer and die"
Llama_flower93 3 years ago
I have health issues that inhibit me from working, doing my hobbies or seeing friends, and still I have it better than a lot of people. I think sometimes we can all find things to be thankful for if we stop to think about it. I'd love to just have cosmetic downsides, whereas someone with a deteriorating or terminal condition would love to be in my position. It's all about perspective.
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wifeofweasley 3 years ago
I unfortunately inherited my mother's terrible knees. In our case, the lateral ligaments of the patella are too long, which means that my kneecap can pop out if I make the wrong movements. Sometimes it only moves a millimetre, which is already unpleasant, but in the worst case it jumps out completely and hangs on the side of my leg. Then I can't move my leg (actually my whole body hip down) until it's back in. That's pain you don't want to have. This happend once and I was in so much pain they had to call an ambulance. They had to drug me and straighten my leg to make it pop back in.
Hugo Farr 3 years ago (edited)
When I was a child, I could easily dislocate many of my joints and then push the bone back into place. It usually caused little or no pain. Sometimes I did it on purpose just to creep out other kids. This situation diminished quite a bit as I got older. One of the bones in my left wrist still occasionally dislocates as does my left shoulder. Unfortunately, it is now extremely painful when this happens and difficult to put the bone back in place. I also have osteoarthritis now.
Raymond Buxton 3 years ago
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Load More Replies... witchling 3 years ago
At 50 I've had 4 total joint replacements. And other orthopedic surgeries. Much of my problem is genetic predisposition to soft tissue degeneration. That's likely a result of my fathers exposure to agent orange. Add to that my being conceived and born on the air force base where the first nuclear bomb was tested and the potential for a pain filled life is severely compounded. I take more pills every day then I care to think about. But ya know what? I'm happy. Other then joint pain... in EVERY joint.... I'm remarkably healthy. And I'm lucky to have the means to treat my issues. Life could be so much worse. Perspective is everything.
Summer Mason 3 years ago
My little brother died from ewwing sarcoma at age 20. We didn't share the same dad, but his father was a war vet and was exposed to agent orange and it caused a genetic defect in my brother causing one of the more rare cancers. It was pretty bad in the end. He was in huge amounts of pain but would hide it. I'm sorry your experiencing effects from agent orange. You have a great outlook on life!
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Evolution: As long as you live long enough to breed, it stays in the gene pool. *sigh*
Kill-Bunny 3 years ago
If I have posed in my family photo, you would think that I'm just a stranger from the street. In my maternal family line, they all have Barbie like faces, beautiful hair, small cute noses, blue eyes. From paternal line - huge noses, classic eastern european gray hair, dark skin, very stocky build. Both sides have (what it seems) genetic weigh issues of weighting either too much, or too little. Me? Almost black hair, green eyes, huge nose, ultra ultra white thin skin that doesn't tan and ultra black thick long eyebrows that made me look mad all the time. I also was born with cellulite and because of the thin skin, I had my first stretch marks at the age of 5. Because of this, I grew up from my both sides from the family referred as "different" (and treated so), bullying from family members was also quite a thing. Hated my genes for the bigger part of my life. Oh, and also inherited endometriosis, that does not respond to the treatments in a way it should.
Tenacious Squirrel 3 years ago
What’s “classic Eastern European grey hair”? Grey hair exists literally everywhere. Or are you saying people in Eastern Europe are born with grey hair?!
Load More Replies... Mary Stallings 3 years ago
Oh my. After reading all this I feel a lot better about my personal issues. We are not alone with our inherited issues or insecurities. Stay strong. Love you self, and be kind to others.
Poppy 3 years ago
Mental illness. Everyone on my mum's side of the family has some form of mental illness or another. From depression and anxiety to addiction and schizophrenia we've got a whole raft of them. Whilst I feel my own particular brand of mental illness has ruined my life (depression and anxiety which meant I couldn't work for a very long time, make friends or have what most would consider a 'normal' life), it's mild compared to others in my family. My sister has anxiety, my mum is Bipolar, my Aunt absolutely refuses to go to her GP about her mental illness so we're not too sure what she suffers with by even as a kid my dad used to call her 'Loopy Lou'. My sister and I (and my Aunt's kids) have all decided not to have children as we don't want to pass this hell on to them.
Lillian Swaim 3 years ago
This post is mostly "boo hoo, I have something inconvenient" followed by "I have a legit genetic disorder that means I suffer and die"
Llama_flower93 3 years ago
I have health issues that inhibit me from working, doing my hobbies or seeing friends, and still I have it better than a lot of people. I think sometimes we can all find things to be thankful for if we stop to think about it. I'd love to just have cosmetic downsides, whereas someone with a deteriorating or terminal condition would love to be in my position. It's all about perspective.
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