r/adhdwomen • u/Mamahei2 • 2d ago

General Question/Discussion Do some of y’all have genetic ADHD?

Literally my mom, my sister, my niece, my nephew, and I all have ADHD as well as me and my mom having autism.

Edit: I’m more so talking about ADHD being a dominant trait (at least for my family)

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u/Acrobatic-Aioli9768 2d ago

I mean…how else would you get it?

My dad is definitely the one who passed it down. The symptoms are so obvious with him but he won’t get diagnosed, I don’t even think he knows what it is. He goes through food hyper fixations a lot. I was the first to get diagnosed, then my sister and I’m sure my brother has it too but he doesn’t think so but I can see the signs. I think because he’s really active and he doesn’t have many household responsibilities, his symptoms aren’t as obvious.

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u/hiddenvalleyoflife 2d ago

While we do have evidence that ADHD is highly genetic, plenty of attributes exist that aren't passed down from parent to child. In my case, none of my parents show ADHD symptoms, yet I still have it.