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/Atarlie 2d 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/[deleted] 2d ago

I’m well aware what genetic means.

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u/smulingen 2d ago

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

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u/[deleted] 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