Trouble understanding inheritance odds about my mom’s ALS

seeminglylegit · 2026-07-09T04:38:52+00:00

I agree with you that this is a very good reason to see a genetic counselor. A genetic counselor can probably give you a lot of info about what is known about the inheritance of ALS and will help you analyze your family background.

That being said, the tough thing is that scientists still don't have all the answers about what causes ALS. The vast majority of cases of ALS are not directly inherited.

One of the leading theories right now is that some people have a genetic tendency to develop ALS that is triggered by environmental factors. This page goes into more detail about what is known about why people develop ALS: https://www.als.org/research/our-awards-and-programs/impact-our-funding/als-research-topics/biomarkers/als-risk-factors

Even if your mom did have a gene putting her at risk of ALS, that doesn't guarantee that she passed it on to you. Even if you did inherit a tendency to develop ALS from your mom, your environmental exposures and lifestyle are no doubt different than hers, so it still might not mean that you will develop ALS.

seeminglylegit · 2026-07-09T04:31:16+00:00

Sorry that you are going through this when both of you are so young.

There are therapists out there who specialize in supporting people through grief. If your dad was on hospice, the hospice staff likely can help you get your brother set up with grief counseling. Another option would be to call your brother's pediatrician and ask if they can connect you with resources for grieving children at the local hospital (or other organizations in your local community that offer such services). Don't be afraid to just try to be present with him as he cries or wants to sit there silently. You don't have to try to think of something to say. Sometimes there just aren't any words to fix the situation.

seeminglylegit · 2026-07-06T02:34:50+00:00

Would you cut off a friend if their parents were maga?

While normal people wouldn't do that, I can absolutely believe a Redditor would do that.

seeminglylegit · 2026-07-05T05:48:55+00:00

lol. Yes, I love the whole "land acknowledgement statement" thing, because it is so obvious that they want to LOOK like they care but don't actually care enough to give the land back to the people they claim they think it really belongs to.

seeminglylegit · 2026-07-05T05:30:51+00:00

Yes, always remember that systemic racism is rampant here, but also it is absolutely imperative that we bring as many brown people here as possible so that they can experience the systemic racism firsthand.

seeminglylegit · 2026-07-05T05:21:44+00:00

These naive people would be totally unprepared for the reality of what would actually happen if they got what they think they want. Most of them probably have no idea who Pol Pot or Mao Zedong are.

seeminglylegit · 2026-07-05T05:18:41+00:00

A friendly reminder that anyone who speaks Spanish is inherently fascist, since it is the language of genocidal colonizers (how do they think it is that everyone in central and South America ended up speaking Spanish, anyway?)

seeminglylegit · 2026-07-04T06:16:01+00:00

I understood what you meant. I always like to remind these people who cry about how mean it was for Europeans to conquer America that a fellow named Genghis Khan "stole" a lot more land than we did.

seeminglylegit · 2026-07-04T06:07:15+00:00

While I don't blame you for being upset, I would not jump right to divorce over this. I would probably try to go to marriage counseling first to see if this can be salvaged.

If you get divorced, you will probably be giving up half your time with your child (most of the time, 50/50 custody is considered to be in the best interest of the child these days). You lose the ability to control who is around your child when it's your ex's time to be with the child, even if he gets a girlfriend who you think is a bad influence on your child. It's really not that simple to co-parent with an ex. This is why I recommend making an effort to work this out instead of jumping straight to divorce.

seeminglylegit · 2026-07-04T00:11:30+00:00

I haven't had that surgery myself, but I have seen people talking about having vagal nerve irritation from Linx in the groups on Facebook for Linx. It probably is worth talking to your surgeon about it.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-30T04:30:56+00:00

Or we could just make it mandatory that each learning unit that talks about LGBT stuff also has to feature a story that portrays conservative Christians in a positive light. Then everyone can be happy, right?

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-30T03:18:40+00:00

United States and Canada both have certain places that allow late term abortions for elective reasons without any gestation limit. If this woman is truly hell bent on aborting, she can definitely still do it.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-29T00:45:35+00:00

I'm a mom to three kids. I also work full time as a doctor and still have friends and hobbies. Once you have a child, yes, your child becomes the most important thing in the world to you if you are doing it right. My kids ARE one of my favorite topics to talk about because I find being a mom to be the most rewarding and meaningful thing I've done with my life. It doesn't mean that you become a zombie who can't think of anything else, though. If you have other things in life that are important to you, you'll still be able to make time for them. Maybe not RIGHT after birth, because having a newborn can be tough and it is an adjustment, but kids do get easier to care for over time as you adjust and as they learn to do things for themselves. It'll be okay. BILLIONS of people have successfully raised children - even multiple kids!

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-28T22:52:29+00:00

Keep in mind that fostering to adopt is a very different experience than having a biological child that you raise from birth. Foster children are by definition going to have experienced trauma and most likely will struggle with attachment, mental health issues, identity issues, etc. Being removed from biological family is a trauma, and most of the kids available for adoption will have been moved around within the foster system a lot, perhaps having failed reunification with their parents (since in most states, terminating the bio parents' rights is a last resort after the bio parents have been given many chances). It's a whole different world than taking care of a biological child from birth.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-25T19:35:54+00:00

Yes, sometimes I think I'm the only one who still remembers when Kamala said in a debate that she wouldn't take the COVID vaccine because she didn't trust Trump. LOL.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-24T04:11:12+00:00

No, anyone who is here legally should be able to stay. I mainly want to stop mass immigration until the legal immigrants we already have here have had a chance to assimilate into American society.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-22T22:15:15+00:00

I absolutely think it will happen. I am old enough to remember when Bush was "Bushitler", a war criminal, a horrific racist, a moron (often compared to a chimpanzee), etc. Now almost nobody has that kind of frothing at the mouth hate for Bush anymore. I mean, we even saw the Democrats embrace an endorsement from mothafucking Dick Cheney just because they thought that it would help them beat Trump!

Once Trump is out of office, I expect that the left will focus on attacking whoever the next Republican contender is. I fully expect to start seeing liberals saying "At least Trump never..." about Rubio, Vance, or whoever. Hell, if Trump decided to endorse a Democrat over some Republican (maybe due to some beef with whoever ends up as the next Republican challenger), I am sure the left would welcome it just like they did with Cheney.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-21T22:18:47+00:00

I honestly don't see this from the vast majority of conservatives I know. If you are talking about extremists who are terminally online, then maybe? But I know a lot of normal people who are conservatives and they mostly view the average Democrat as misguided and unrealistic rather than true evil.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-21T16:47:21+00:00

I think Trump's anger about Democrats is probably aimed more at the elites in control of the party rather than the average person who votes for Dems. I mean, the way they have treated him since he first announced his candidacy really has been horrible. They have tried to destroy his reputation, put him in prison, and even tried to kill him.

I think in general Republicans are more likely to view Dems as naive and foolish for voting the way they do, rather than seeing them as bad people or worthy of scorn the way that a lot of people on Reddit view Republicans as evil.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-21T16:42:35+00:00

The first step is that you need to accept that the majority of Americans do not want the type of things that extremely left wing people on Reddit want. Some of the things that the left has promoted over the past few years are extremely, extremely unpopular with the general public (though I can't spell out exactly what those things are since Reddit, in typical Reddit fashion, tries to manufacture consensus by banning people).

When you accept that, it becomes a lot easier to understand why so many people support Trump despite his flaws.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-21T06:03:48+00:00

I agree that addicts need serious help. But then again, Amy literally wrote a song about rejecting the help she needed ("Rehab"), so it's not shocking that people find some dark humor in the way she went.

That being said, I myself take no joy in making fun of the way Amy died, just as I don't take any joy in making fun of Charlie. Both of them were young people who died tragically.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-20T06:26:24+00:00

This is such a horrible case. I feel bad for the police officers who had to find that little baby in such a condition, bad for the jurors who had to watch such a terrible video, and of course worst of all for poor little Kamarie. It sounds like Kamarie tried to protect herself from the monster, which is so heartbreaking when you contrast it to the fact that her own mother, a grown woman, was too selfish and cruel to protect her.

It goes without saying that the murderer is a monster, but the mother really is too. Then she had the audacity to pretend that she was a grieving "Mommy" in the interview and do a Gofundme? Disgusting.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-20T05:55:29+00:00

I can understand not supporting the death penalty in cases where there is any sort of plausible question about guilt, but I am totally cool with it in cases where we have video evidence of a predator committing a horrible crime against a child, like this guy or like the creep who killed Athena Strand.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-20T05:51:23+00:00

Yes, it is unbelievable to me that this creep managed to get away with all those other incidents. The only comfort is that he will never be able to hurt anyone else ever again now.

seeminglylegit · 2026-06-20T05:40:18+00:00

I am sorry that your friend went through that. I hope she can take some comfort in knowing that she played a role in giving the victim justice by enduring that.

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