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So the bf has type 1 diabetes. if we were to get married and have children, how likely would it be for them to inherit his disease?

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Dr. Brian Nguyen answered

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Genetic Risk: The lifelong risk of type 1 diabetes is markedly increased in close relatives of a patient with type 1 diabetes, averaging about 6 percent in offspring, 5 percent in siblings, and 50 percent in identical twins!

Answered 9/29/2016

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