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If a woman married a man that has a diabetes . is her children in the future will be diabetic?
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Depends: Diabetes is not a pass thru defect or gene issue like eye color. Lifetime risk in offspring would be higher than the general population for type 1dm but not >5%. For type 2dm lifestyle(feeding) factors heavily influence lifetime risk and could be substantial.Healthy dietary & exercise practices decrease type 2 risks.
Answered 9/30/2020
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Not necessarily: There is evidence that a child has a higher risk of developing diabetes if a sibling is a diabetic than if either parent is.
Answered 11/20/2012
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