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Like if one person is severely allergic to something, how likely is it that their sister or brother will be allergic as well?
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Moderate: It depends on the type of allergy. You inherit the ability to be allergic, what you become allergic to depends on a number of factors, including exposure. Families share exposures to dogs, etc., so we do see that increased frequencies of that type of allergy.
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