r/adhdwomen • u/Mamahei2 • 1d 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/Mierkatte 1d ago

I believe it’s all genetic… 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/Blobby_Dobby 1d ago

Not in my case. Neither of my parents have it, and I’m the only one of my 4 siblings that has a diagnosis. It honestly kind of sucks having neurotypical parents… they don’t really understand the way my mind works

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u/Atarlie 1d ago

Genetic doesn't mean that your immediate family is also guaranteed to have it/have a diagnosis. Just that there's a gene expression for a condition which is passed down.

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u/Blobby_Dobby 1d ago

I’m well aware what genetic means.

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u/smulingen 1d ago

But you may pass it down... so it's genetic in your case too.

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u/Blobby_Dobby 1d ago

Yeah, but that’s not what I’m saying. It came out of no where for my family as neither of my parents have it or any of my grandparents. The closest would be my dad’s brother who’s autistic. Also, can y’all stop fighting me on this? I’m literally just telling you what happened to me

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u/MalayaJinny 1d ago

Its 60% inherited. One of your parents may have the gene but not expressed. Neither of yours could have the genes and you were the lucky one that got a gene recombo. Or, you're one of the 40% that has it for other reasons.