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#1071466

Hey mamabear,

Genetics is a strange thing eh? Both me and my sis have GD but neither parent has it and there is no sign of it in the rest of my siblings (there are 6 of us).

My mum was diagnosed ( after 20 years of iron injections) with heamatomachrosis (a life threatening iron storage condition) , it turned out she had 2 faulty genes from both parents so we were all made to be screened by a genetic test. I turned out only one of my sisters has it and get this – she has 2 faulty genes also so my dad had to be screened and he has it (although it hasn’t kicked off yet "" :” title=”Question” /> :” title=”Question” /> ).

My youngest was tested on day 5 after birth for anitbodies but he was fine but they said that it doesn’t cancel out GD.

I wonder sometimes if we should all have genetic screening for these conditions or would we then be living our lives waiting for a condition to kick off :” title=”Question” /> :” title=”Question” />

I don’t know about the grey hair issue though but there could possibly be a link?

M x

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#1019406

I have a question… A new member stated that his son has gray hair and he is only 28.
My mom has a brother(older brother#1) who I thought had Hypothyroidism since he takes Supplement thyroid everyday. His daughter has Hashimoto’s disease and she said that he had it too. Swinging from hyper to hypo.

My my moms other brother(older brother#2)surely had Graves’ disease and so did his daughter who took RAI i guess. I guess he did too but I don’t talk to any of them so I can only assume that since the aunt said "we fixed" that they did something like that.

Ok so my questions
Older brother #1 was gray by the time he was a teenager, is Graves disease related to going gray or is Hashi’s or is it both?

Both my grandmother and my grandfather didn’t have any of this as far as we know of. My grandfather died after being in a vegitated state for 10 years after a stroke. And my grandmother died jan 08′ and nothing about her or him having thyroid issues ever came up. So where did it come from is what I am wondering?

wow for both my uncles to have it and not my mom. And for one of their kids each to have it and I get it but my mom doesn’t have it. wow simply amazing.

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