Can a kid automatically have bipolar tendencies, if his parent is bipolar?

Maybe: There are some symptoms that may indicate future affliction with bipolar disorder. Children of bipolar parent are 14 times more likely to develop a bipolar disorder.

Bipolar: Possible, since genetic predisposition is dominant.

Bipolar: There is an increased risk of the children of bipolar people also being bipolar, but there is not a guarantee of this, as such.

Not automatic: There is strong evidence of genetic predispositions with Bipolar disorder in families. However, some children show the signs others do not.