Thanks for your reply. And I'm sorry about your Mum & your family. All this is new to me and I am just starting to look into it - so all of the information on the internet is a lot to take in. I think I need to find out a little bit more about my Dad's cousins who passed away. It would...
Thanks for taking the time to respond. I have done a bit of further research and the two cousins that my Dad had who have both died from ALS didn't (as far as we know) have parents who had the disease (they lived into their 80's). I know that my Dad's grandparents on this side of the family...
Hi & thanks for reading. Two of my Dad's first cousins have passed away from ALS. These cousins weren't siblings of each other. None of their parents (ie my Dad's aunts & uncles) had ALS. My Dad has been having trouble with his thumbs (they are kind of cramping up) and he now has reduced...