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If my dad has asthma, is the chance of my children being born with it hightened?
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Maybe: Asthma and allergic disorders are partially influenced by genes, your kids may or may not have them depending on your spouse's genes too. The environment plays a role in the development of the disease, so it is a complex issue to predict.
Answered 3/16/2013
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Yes: A positive family history for asthma can increase the chance of a future child having asthma, but it doesn't assure that it will happen. Be sure to let your children's doctor know of the positive family history so that they can be on the lookout for symptoms of asthma that might otherwise be written off as "just another cold".
Answered 3/18/2017
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Familial: There is a generic factor, but it is only a part of his genetic make up.
Answered 4/24/2016
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