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Permalink Reply by Mohanned on October 23, 2012 at 6:32am

Yep got ma LADA at 19,my old man got at 19 too same presentation.both of us tested positive but for some reason me and him are boarder line positive.the weird thing is his numbers are close to mines and haven't progressed fast and his 30years type one.so yes I do believe genetic bases have a role but doesn't tell the whole story.

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Permalink Reply by beechbeard on October 23, 2012 at 7:34am

My father was diagnosed at 26. I was diagnosed at 21. My youngest brother at 24. Another brother was diagnosed at 12. None of my 5 sisters have shown symptoms.

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Permalink Reply by hfw on January 11, 2013 at 10:28pm

There seems to have been some diabetes in my maternal grandfather's family. I remember hearing about it when I was a child. Don't know whether t1 or t2. My mom had recurring hypoglycemia that became frequent--at least one or two episodes each week. She was given GTTs, but I don't think even the 6hr indicated any diabetes. My birth father died at 45 of a heart attack. He was heavy and he smoked, but I wonder whether he might not have been diabetic also. I'm pretty sure it was in his family as well. How well would it have been diagnosed in an adult prior to 1950?

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Permalink Reply by Holger Schmeken on January 13, 2013 at 9:51am

T1 is one manifestation of an autoimmune condition. To me it is the condition that is spread in your familiy not T1 itself. By looking closely at your family tree you will find all sorts of rare autoimmune problems: thyroid, skin problems and so forth. T1 is just so rare because the likelyhood that your body will attack the little mass of beta cells is not very high. The speciality of T1.5 is just the slower development. This slower progression may also be influenced by inherited properties of the immune system.

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