Raquel
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Hello,
I am new to this forum and my mother in law has been diagnosed with FALS (we do not know what gene yet). She has 6 siblings, 3 of which were diagnosed with ALS in the past in their late 50's to mid 60's. My mother in laws mother is in her 80's and DOES NOT have ALS, she has also indicated no one in her family has ever had it in previous generations, many which lived to be quite old. My mother in laws father passed in his 40's or 50's of a heart attack and never had ALS. According to my mother in laws mother, there was no ALS in his family as far as she is aware. Both of his parents lived to be old without any diagnosis, and none of his siblings, aunts or uncles had it.
Heres my question, if only one generation in a family has shown to be effected by ALS does this mean that this is likely an autosomal recessive form of ALS? In this case my mother in laws children would have a very low risk of ever getting the disease because it would require 2 carriers to produce a child with the disease. Im very worried about my husband and his siblings ever developing this. They are currently in their late 20's. Im literally worried sick. I want children but also dont want out lives ruined by doing a test when theres no cure so its all been very hard for me. Has anyone else seen this type of genetic pattern of only one generation being effected (men and women)? what does it mean regarding the chances of getting it?
I am new to this forum and my mother in law has been diagnosed with FALS (we do not know what gene yet). She has 6 siblings, 3 of which were diagnosed with ALS in the past in their late 50's to mid 60's. My mother in laws mother is in her 80's and DOES NOT have ALS, she has also indicated no one in her family has ever had it in previous generations, many which lived to be quite old. My mother in laws father passed in his 40's or 50's of a heart attack and never had ALS. According to my mother in laws mother, there was no ALS in his family as far as she is aware. Both of his parents lived to be old without any diagnosis, and none of his siblings, aunts or uncles had it.
Heres my question, if only one generation in a family has shown to be effected by ALS does this mean that this is likely an autosomal recessive form of ALS? In this case my mother in laws children would have a very low risk of ever getting the disease because it would require 2 carriers to produce a child with the disease. Im very worried about my husband and his siblings ever developing this. They are currently in their late 20's. Im literally worried sick. I want children but also dont want out lives ruined by doing a test when theres no cure so its all been very hard for me. Has anyone else seen this type of genetic pattern of only one generation being effected (men and women)? what does it mean regarding the chances of getting it?