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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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.
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
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.
And this, folks, is one of the instances where adoption is an infinitely kinder option to become a parent than having biological children.
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
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.
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.
Hair on every inch of my body except for the top of my head
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
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
Lynch Syndrome. I am on my third round of (different each time) cancer.
excessive sweating
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.
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!
Me too! I only wear black shirts... I have all black shirts but with different graphics on them. It sucks...
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I think there is some medical procedure to alleviate this problem.... read it somewhere...
Botox injections can help - maybe discuss it with a doctor, OP!
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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!
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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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.
Pretty much my current situation. Except I'm about to shave my head again, despite heading into autumn/winter
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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.
I have this. I haven't been able to find anything that helps yet unfortunately.
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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Hyperhydrosis has some treatments on the dermatologists market. Especially for the armpits and palms. Check this out.
Same! I only wear synthetic or wool clothes because cotton just gets wet and stays wet on me. I also drink about 50% more than most people. Does keep me cooler than most when exercising in the heat, but my clothes will literally be soaking wet when I am done. But compared to other conditions on this list, it’s not so bad.
niece had the same problem. Doctor retouched the nerves and all is now good.
What antiperspirant is prescribed? I've never heard of this previously. It's easier to get a prescription from my doctor if I let her know I'm making progress, and an online site gifted me the name of a very good antiperspirant. I certainly want to try it. Thank you. (Email: lcfahr@gmail.com)
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I also have this problem since I was operated on. My hair is wet in a few seconds and at the slightest effort. I seem to get out of the shower, and yet I do not sweat on the armpits. My doctor told me you couldn't do anything about it.
Absolutely hate the hot weather...wear a short sleeve top throughout winter, all my workmates are freezing, but I get the opposite....25C, too hot, turn up the cooling, turn on the fans( warehouse)... they all complain it's not hot enough, meanwhile, I'm melting
my son has this, it's called 'hyperhidrosis'. sweat just pours off his face/head expecially. like rain! he carries a towel on his shoulder.....
I have pernicious anemia.... Yet I'm always warm or flat out hot! I agree with Summer being a nightmare I never want to go out and do anything. My two siblings are perfectly healthy but they're cold all the time! I wish so much I was cold all the time you can put on more clothes you can put on a space heater, but you can't do anything when you are so hot you feel like you're melting from the inside out. No doctor I've seen can understand why my body decided to go 180° in a reaction to a condition where 99% of the time it's supposed to go in the other direction.
Yup! Thanks dad! I love cold weather and thanks to climate change I'm getting less of it. I'm not a fan of any temperature above 15°C.
https://ro.co/hyperhidrosis/ I have hyperhidrosis and I am constantly worried about sweating in public or if it gets over 70 degrees. I avoid going out in the summer because of it. I started this treatment (Drysol) on the website I linked. It's the only thing that has worked to keep my underarm sweating under control. It can also be used for scalp, face, body so I've started using it on my neckline and scalp. It's affordable and it works.
I know this all too well. I’m always being asked if I’m on drugs because I swear in the AC.
I used to be normal then I turned 42 and the hot flashes and night sweats started. I sleep in a tank top and shorts even in the winter and I have my own light blanket. I have a fan at work also. I carry deodorant spray with me in my purse as well. It sucks to get old sometimes lol
I went to my doctor about it, and she prescribed me aluminumhydroxychloride, which really helped
Shows what you know! Hyperhydrosis has nothing to do with "social issues".
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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!
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.
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.
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)
Two of my sons have muscular dystrophy. That's about as shitty as it gets.
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👍
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!
I'm slowly going blind from RP. Thanks mom. My spinal discs are deflating and pinching off my nerves, Thanks dad.
It's alcoholics all the way down
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Me, too. Every day is a c**p shoot, every movement a gamble. It is exhausting, mentally and physically.
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.
Just a few generations ago, short life expectancy didn't see these long term breakdowns.
Mother has a full head of thick hair
Father had thinning hair and a receding hairline
Guess whose genes this guy got
From the extensive research I did on balding, it comes from the morhsr
dark circles under my eyes
same. hereditary AND bc it's hard for me to fall asleep.
A very rare case of keratosis pilaris (it covers my whole body not just the limbs, apparently it's super rare)
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.
im adopted, but me and my twin both have godawful eyesight
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!
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.
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.
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.
extremely pale skin - to the point where i was known as the kid that has never seen the sun
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.
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
Botox injections can work. Also, ask your doctor about aluminumhydroxychloride. (the latter worked wonders for me)
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?
Crappy immune system. It can't fight off a simple sinus infection but is always picking fights with harmless pollen, dander, my own joints.
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.
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)
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.
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
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/
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.
Asthma and allergies since very young. High cholesterol since early 30s.
I also have asthma and very bad allergies, I have found that living at the beach helps though
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.
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.
Hard to tell what was s****y genetics and what was a result of my mother smoking like a chimney throughout the pregnancy.
That’s mainly linked to low birth weight or prematurity, not genetic disorders per se. FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome) comes with developmental problems though.
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.
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.
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
My dads masculine face with my mom's hourglass body
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.
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.
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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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.
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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Evolution: As long as you live long enough to breed, it stays in the gene pool. *sigh*
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.
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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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.
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.
This post is mostly "boo hoo, I have something inconvenient" followed by "I have a legit genetic disorder that means I suffer and die"
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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Evolution doesn't work the way cartoons say it does. It not "all coming together". It's all falling apart.
Ain’t genetics just great folks? Some of us copped a poor roll of the dice but we do the best we can..right? Right?
Hmmm, ADHD, i dbout most people that claim to have it as I keep hearing people get "diagnosed" in their 20s and 9 times outa 10 its a youtube video self diagnosis, I was actually diagnosed in the 5th grade and put on ridalin, rittilin? Speed but for kids. I'm also extremely antisocial yet I crave interaction, 14 therapy sessions at the age of 12, I maybe said about 4 words total. Need some of those hair seeds aswell. I have 0 balance and spacial awreness, often dropping things on my toes then hit my head picking it up. Can't look up without falling over either, glasses and I don't know if it was tourettes because I grew outa it but I useto rapidly shake my head about once every minute like clockwork. Enough of that tho, I'm also 183cm(6') and freakishly strong(according to others) mainly because I don't work out and am pretty much a skeleton yet I "move people around like paper" plus my skeleton is insanely durable. So it's not all bad.
In my family we have a big bouquet of diseases that can be passed down (it's kinda like a lottery at this point). I consider myself very lucky that I don't have most of them (yet). That is one of the reasons I chose not to have children. I see in this post a few people that are upset that their parents chose to have kids even though they knew what they will pass on. Surprisingly, when I tell people about my choice and reason, they keep telling me that "such things" shouldn't stop me.
My big feet, long legs, and maybe my too much testosterone... I look like I was put together with spare parts
I inherited my dad’s back and knees. That means I will probably need full knee replacement by the time I am 50. He is doing okay with it, so I will as well. I am only 37 and have arthritis in my lower back from my job!
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I mentioned that my eyesight is going but hilariously enough, that isn't the one that upsets me the most. It's the back problems. Turns out a teenager that complains about a sore spine doesn't get much sympathy from parents with their own back problems and was often told that kids can't get back pain. I'm 35 now, it's not a severe case of scoliosis for surgery to be a mandatory, just optional. But guess how many issues can branch off from scoliosis? I can't even walk properly, my right leg barely works. I don't have much expectations for my life expectancy. I also cone from a long line of alcoholics on both sides, depression, anxiety, bad knees. The only one I managed to be spared was asthma. Though I was exposed to second hand smoke for much of my childhood so.....
My inheritance is easy to get fat, early gray hair, dandruff (is that even possible?) bad eyesight, probably diabetes, liver disease and alzheimer in the future too (paternal great-grandma, grandma, dad and uncle had them). All in my father's side of the family.
I got terrible eyesight from my parents. My father had -10 and -13, and my mother has -5 in both eyes. I have -5 and -8. I never stood a chance.
i am really short ( 5ft) and i can't gain weight no matter how much i eat ( im currently 39kg) and I have a small face & high voice, as well as hitting puberty late ( i got my period at nearly 16) so im not as physically developed as my friends, so all of these together make me look 12yo even tho im 17 and im so insecure. I have the worst genetics ever. Also i have quite bad eyesight ( -4.5), a terrible memory, astigmatism, severe anemia, social anxiety, misophonia.
No male in my father's line has lived past 53. I'm a 71 year-old male. Any time now.
Ehlers danlos ( daily catastrophic dislocations) pots (heart rate has temper tantrums) mcad ( I can get allergic to anything at any Minute) crps
My dad gave me his absolutely TERRIBLE eyesight, had to wear glasses since I was 4 (without a special thinning thing they would be 2lbs). He was also heavily addicted to alcohol, so guess who’s also likely to get addicted… woo…
I inherited my parents awful teeth but my brother didn’t I also got all the back problems aswell
I have a fair few things that others might call minor, and usually theyre only bad enough to call annoying, but together make my life a living hell. Stuff like a small (?) number of possible undiagnosed mental problems, bad joints, the threat (family history) of scoliosis and/or cancer, a fair amount of trauma, coupled all together with long covid. and i just keep discovering more problems i thought were normal (mentally and physically). There is a /long/ family history of mental problems and i refuse to burden another kid with what i went through. This s**t ends with me
Corneal degenerative disease, will need corneal transplant one day soon. Uterus cancer, eat like a bird and carry weight like a bloated chicken. Can't tolerate alcohol, 2 sips of light wine and my white skin turns cherry red, my lips and gumscgo numb and I fall in a deep sleeping heap.
I'm having to wait and see as I've no idea about my biological father side of the family
This list is so strange to me. As an often debilitatingly-disabled ambulatory wheelchair-user with a f*cky spine, tons of chronic pain, regular migraines that can last for weeks, significant hip problems, severe ear pain problems causing hearing loss, and endo, it would never have occurred to me to say acne scars, excessive sweat, or poor circulation, all of which I also have. People's ideas of the worst of themselves can vary so greatly. Not trying to make this a p*ssing contest--suggesting one person's suffering is invalid because another person's suffering may be worse only serves to hurt everyone--just genuinely fascinated by how things that are a footnote in some people's lives can be so crushing in others' lives.
I inherited my grandfathers benign essential tremor, that gets worse as you get older, and i get random twitches when I stress. During finals I looked like I was possessed because of my neck twitching to the side constantly
I don't mind it at all, but I started going grey in my early twenties - just like my mother, and her mother before us. By this point I've got quite the salt 'n' pepper look going on.
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.
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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Load More Replies... 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.
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... Evolution: As long as you live long enough to breed, it stays in the gene pool. *sigh*
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.
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... 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.
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.
This post is mostly "boo hoo, I have something inconvenient" followed by "I have a legit genetic disorder that means I suffer and die"
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.
Load More Replies... Evolution doesn't work the way cartoons say it does. It not "all coming together". It's all falling apart.
Ain’t genetics just great folks? Some of us copped a poor roll of the dice but we do the best we can..right? Right?
Hmmm, ADHD, i dbout most people that claim to have it as I keep hearing people get "diagnosed" in their 20s and 9 times outa 10 its a youtube video self diagnosis, I was actually diagnosed in the 5th grade and put on ridalin, rittilin? Speed but for kids. I'm also extremely antisocial yet I crave interaction, 14 therapy sessions at the age of 12, I maybe said about 4 words total. Need some of those hair seeds aswell. I have 0 balance and spacial awreness, often dropping things on my toes then hit my head picking it up. Can't look up without falling over either, glasses and I don't know if it was tourettes because I grew outa it but I useto rapidly shake my head about once every minute like clockwork. Enough of that tho, I'm also 183cm(6') and freakishly strong(according to others) mainly because I don't work out and am pretty much a skeleton yet I "move people around like paper" plus my skeleton is insanely durable. So it's not all bad.
In my family we have a big bouquet of diseases that can be passed down (it's kinda like a lottery at this point). I consider myself very lucky that I don't have most of them (yet). That is one of the reasons I chose not to have children. I see in this post a few people that are upset that their parents chose to have kids even though they knew what they will pass on. Surprisingly, when I tell people about my choice and reason, they keep telling me that "such things" shouldn't stop me.
My big feet, long legs, and maybe my too much testosterone... I look like I was put together with spare parts
I inherited my dad’s back and knees. That means I will probably need full knee replacement by the time I am 50. He is doing okay with it, so I will as well. I am only 37 and have arthritis in my lower back from my job!
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I mentioned that my eyesight is going but hilariously enough, that isn't the one that upsets me the most. It's the back problems. Turns out a teenager that complains about a sore spine doesn't get much sympathy from parents with their own back problems and was often told that kids can't get back pain. I'm 35 now, it's not a severe case of scoliosis for surgery to be a mandatory, just optional. But guess how many issues can branch off from scoliosis? I can't even walk properly, my right leg barely works. I don't have much expectations for my life expectancy. I also cone from a long line of alcoholics on both sides, depression, anxiety, bad knees. The only one I managed to be spared was asthma. Though I was exposed to second hand smoke for much of my childhood so.....
My inheritance is easy to get fat, early gray hair, dandruff (is that even possible?) bad eyesight, probably diabetes, liver disease and alzheimer in the future too (paternal great-grandma, grandma, dad and uncle had them). All in my father's side of the family.
I got terrible eyesight from my parents. My father had -10 and -13, and my mother has -5 in both eyes. I have -5 and -8. I never stood a chance.
i am really short ( 5ft) and i can't gain weight no matter how much i eat ( im currently 39kg) and I have a small face & high voice, as well as hitting puberty late ( i got my period at nearly 16) so im not as physically developed as my friends, so all of these together make me look 12yo even tho im 17 and im so insecure. I have the worst genetics ever. Also i have quite bad eyesight ( -4.5), a terrible memory, astigmatism, severe anemia, social anxiety, misophonia.
No male in my father's line has lived past 53. I'm a 71 year-old male. Any time now.
Ehlers danlos ( daily catastrophic dislocations) pots (heart rate has temper tantrums) mcad ( I can get allergic to anything at any Minute) crps
My dad gave me his absolutely TERRIBLE eyesight, had to wear glasses since I was 4 (without a special thinning thing they would be 2lbs). He was also heavily addicted to alcohol, so guess who’s also likely to get addicted… woo…
I inherited my parents awful teeth but my brother didn’t I also got all the back problems aswell
I have a fair few things that others might call minor, and usually theyre only bad enough to call annoying, but together make my life a living hell. Stuff like a small (?) number of possible undiagnosed mental problems, bad joints, the threat (family history) of scoliosis and/or cancer, a fair amount of trauma, coupled all together with long covid. and i just keep discovering more problems i thought were normal (mentally and physically). There is a /long/ family history of mental problems and i refuse to burden another kid with what i went through. This s**t ends with me
Corneal degenerative disease, will need corneal transplant one day soon. Uterus cancer, eat like a bird and carry weight like a bloated chicken. Can't tolerate alcohol, 2 sips of light wine and my white skin turns cherry red, my lips and gumscgo numb and I fall in a deep sleeping heap.
I'm having to wait and see as I've no idea about my biological father side of the family
This list is so strange to me. As an often debilitatingly-disabled ambulatory wheelchair-user with a f*cky spine, tons of chronic pain, regular migraines that can last for weeks, significant hip problems, severe ear pain problems causing hearing loss, and endo, it would never have occurred to me to say acne scars, excessive sweat, or poor circulation, all of which I also have. People's ideas of the worst of themselves can vary so greatly. Not trying to make this a p*ssing contest--suggesting one person's suffering is invalid because another person's suffering may be worse only serves to hurt everyone--just genuinely fascinated by how things that are a footnote in some people's lives can be so crushing in others' lives.
I inherited my grandfathers benign essential tremor, that gets worse as you get older, and i get random twitches when I stress. During finals I looked like I was possessed because of my neck twitching to the side constantly
I don't mind it at all, but I started going grey in my early twenties - just like my mother, and her mother before us. By this point I've got quite the salt 'n' pepper look going on.
