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Docs, could a mental illness skip two/three generations, say from grandparents to great grand kids?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Yes: Sometimes there are genetic predispositions in family lines - that doesn't mean that offspring will necessarily develop a particular condition.

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Answered 4/25/2015

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