I was wondering if anyone had looked back into their family tree to see if aspie traits were apparent down a particular branch.
While researching my family tree, I have found that a common personality trait through my Dads male line (Nelson to MacNeil) They are consistently known as being eccentric or odd, and known for finding a way around rules. My uncle and his daughter definately exhibit aspie traits.
Sorry slightly non technical but thought it was the most appropriate place.
i think its passed a a resetive gene on the x chromsone. from mother to all her offspring each carrying the possiblity for it or any of there offspring. thats how it can skip, and be more pevalting in the male gender.
edit the first 'a' should be as.
i think my materal great grand father had traits and even farther back,most of the women of my materal family were or are sort of trailblazers, ecentrics most resently is my uncle. my pateranal family- count my father. and of course me.
Down the the maternal line, I heard it was all down the male line, certainly there are signs of it down the maternal line but not as strong as down the male line. My Dad, my uncle, (me and my cousin both girls) and my grandad are all definate eccentrics, and it seems that going back through the nelson line most of the nelsons seem to have a reputation for being different or odd.
Maybe it was more tolerant in Scotland (my paternal line).
I would just like to add that there's nothing wrong with being eccentric or even odd, as every family has someone who is slightly out of place or unconventional in some significant way, both families with evidence of AS and families mostly NT.
There's lots of Quirky NTs, at least in my experience there is, and some even more eccentric than people with Asperger's Syndrome.
I absolutely agree, nothing wrong with being odd, in fact I think it should be celebrated, my brother and mum would come under quirky NT as they don't have any social problems but still stand out.
I haven't stated that these people in my family definately are aspie, just that they stand out and it could be an evidence scrap worth pursuing, that aspergers runs down that line in my family.
Of course it could be that these eccentric ancestors of mine have all only genetically contributed towards my uncle and cousin being aspie.
I haven't stated that these people in my family definately are aspie, just that they stand out and it could be an evidence scrap worth pursuing, that aspergers runs down that line in my family.
Of course it could be that these eccentric ancestors of mine have all only genetically contributed towards my uncle and cousin being aspie.
Are your uncle and cousin actually diagnosed, or self-diagnosed... OR do you highly suspect that they are Aspie?
Ah sorry I did mean 'highly likely' aspie. I will try and ask them next time I see them but they are like me but fit the profile more. It is quite likely that most of these ancestors will have some traits but not enough to be diagnosed.
Genetics/geneology... Yes, another interesting subject. One I’m currently obsessed with. Seems a difficult science to unravel without microscopes and Universities. I’ve read some studies, just makes me more curious.
Simply family observations will say the source is from my dad’s line. But there’s evidence on my maternal side as well. Problem being, we skirt that gray area between diagnosis and norm (yeah right, What’s norm?).
I can trace my father’s side back to a small town in southern Germany. We actually visited the local township there looking for records. Didn't find any and the search ended. Mom’s side is even more obscure. But the observed evidence is that the women were cold, stoic, and weren’t huggers. On my father’s side there was a quite-eccentric female cousin whose oddities included obsessive collections. One was a matchbook collection gathered along her travels. Not just a few, if I had to guess I’d say several hundred and those are the only ones I saw, could be a thousand. She never married, was extremely intelligent, and very curious about the world. She had a passion for travel as much as her funds, and her obligation to her mother would allow. By the way. her mother lived until just shy of her 100th birthday.(do aspies live longer?).
So where does this leave me? Still a question, like everything else. Perhaps I got the double-whammy and both sides contributed. I’ll keep my eyes open and ready to read the next tidbit or research. Hurry up, more, more, please give me more new data....
Hard to tell in my family there aren't many of us to look at and none through modern lense.
Mom's side is very old colonial American and has dwindled over the centuries mostly through in-breeding in the south to my only-child mother with very few second cousins.
That said, the women in mom's family have always been highly intelligent (breaking a lot of cultural barriers in their communities) and eccentric, and several have either been "strange" or had children who were "strange" (would probably be labeled autistic today).
And all of us start going crackers around 56. Before altziemers there was dementia. Most just gradually sink into a cationic state without the classical delusional period of altziemers. I'm hoping for a heart attack myself
My dad's family is immigrant mix, I'm second generation, of Irish and Ukrainian. Dad is a very "by rote" person. Very big on keeping things simple. Dad is not very emotional (even with anger) and even mamma has said "I'm not sure your daddy knows
how to feel very deeply about anything or anyone."
Daddy is musical and likes to spend time alone and quiet, and doesn't talk much. But Daddy is also very athletic (or was most of his life) and whenever stress (like when my brother was ill) gets too much for him, he has to "move", run, walk, jog, pace or he can't deal. Even standing still, he will rock on his toes (one of my sims).
He is just like his Ukrainian father and my learning disabled (through brain surgery not inherited) brother is just like "that side of the family" and is often take for Specti because of his disabilities until someone hears the story.
Unfortunately, the Russian revolution wiped out most of Dad's extended family so I don't know much about the ones that didn't come over.
...A little accident in the past made me become an aspergian...
Very good point. Perhaps a subject to start another Thread like: “Have you had any injuries that might relate to your condition, or the label they’ve given you” – (too long) . You try.
For myself, it is possible that two injuries occurred that might have helped with this person that I have become. First was my Birth experience where some sort of asphyxia was involved. I’ve read some research implicating that clamping of the umbilical cord is a big no-no. A second incidence was a horrific fall down some stairs, which left me unconscious for more than an hour – “He was all gray”, exclaimed a friend as I was coming to consciousness.
Perhaps despite the injuries, there are underlying genetics at work, which I believe plays the most important role. My I.Q. is off the charts in some areas. I prefer to call it an: Adaptability Quotient (AQ) and it is something that was innate before the accidents within my genes, evidenced by some of my family members. Which would say that, basically, I had the wherewithal to circumvent the injuries, by allowing other areas of my brain to compensate.
It’s strictly individual. I like the person that I have become...