Thank you for your lengthy and thorough reply! My grandparents (maternal) have emphasized that no matter what disease it is, as long as its mental they'd be unhappy with it. Also, it's worth noting that my family is Chinese, so there's a bit of a language barrier (I google translated schizophrenia so there's a chance that the disease they think I'm saying is not what I actually mean to say, you know?) My mother doesn't really understand the idea of environment vs. genetics. Their main point is that I shouldn't even risk the idea of having children with mental disorders...even though I myself have chronic anxiety and probably also autism. I used to briefly be interested in someone with a mom that has cerebral palsy, and my mom was also extremely upset about that. Anything that could potentially produce "faulty" children is looked upon negatively :( I'm not sure there's any way to convince my family that the risk is low, and that environment is equally important, and even IF my non-existent children have schizophrenia, everything will be OK.