What is the likelihood of me giving birth to midget children?
I am a healthy normal-sized adult. As far as a I know there is no history of midgethood in my lineage. I would like to copulate with another healthy normal-sized adult (i have several in mind). what are the chances that my babies will be midgets?
What is the likelihood that my next child will have polydactyly?
My parents actually my Mom was a carrier of this gene . My parents gave birth to me in Dominican of Re Public. My Sister also had polydactyly (an extra finger). Strangely enough my child turned out fine a few years ago when i gave birth to him . I have heard that its a 50% chance that if it runs in your family that threes always a 50% chance that the gene will always be there . So my question is since my Mother was the carrier of this mutation ,will my future off spring still be at a 50% chance of developing polydactyly? or would it be more like 70 - 30 since my Mother was the only one passing down the gene ,and (since my first child turned out fine ) or is there always a 50% risk regardless of how many parents have this gene?
What is the likelihood of having multiple autistic children?
You cannot predict it really - we know there is a higher risk of siblings being on the spectrum if you have one autistic child, and we also know that siblings share the genetic markers for autism even if they don't appear to be autistic on the outside. It will also be significant if parents are on the spectrum - it's 85-95% heritable, and if both parents are on the spectrum you increase the chances again.I have 2 kids and both are on the spectrum, I know someone with 6 and only one is in the spectrum. You really can't predict which child will be that 1:5.The thing is, even if you struggle more than others to raise your child, you have a child who is labeled "mild". Your child's autism isn't mild, it is their outward presentation that is mild, not the condition itself - ie the impact of autism on your child is mild.This means your kid will probably grow up pretty well, be independent and manage to get by in life, possibly even be highly successful in their career and personal life - autism on this level is nothing to be afraid of.The chances are that any other children you have will also be relatively mild in their presentation if they turn out to be on the spectrum - though clearly I can't predict how exactly their neurology will turn out, the % of severely affected people is relative small, just as the % of learning disabled people is small within the general population.
What are the odds of both parents dying before a child turns 18?
Depends on the age of the parents as well as health condition, of course...You can look at this through a purely statistical lense using Gompertz function which estimates mortality risk given a person's age. Obviously, the older the parents, the higher the probability they die before the child is 18. (Additionally, I assumed the mode for the age of death among men is ~85 and ~90 for women). If both parents are 30 (male and female) when the child is born, here's the math:The probability that the father will live at least another 18 years is ~0.98 (or 98%)Therefore, the probability that the father will not live at least 18 years is 1 minus this or 1-0.98 = 0.02 or ~2% (in odds this is 49:1 odds against dying before the child is 18)The probability that the mother will live at least another 18 years is ~0.99 (or 99%)Therefore, the probability that the mother will not live at least 18 years is 1- minus this or (1-0.99) = 0.01 or ~1% (in odds this is 99:1 odds against dying before the child is 18)The probability that neither the mother nor the father will live at least 18 years is simply the joint-mortality probability, or in this case 0.02 x 0.01 = 0.0002 or ~0.02%. In odds this is ~4,999:1 against this happening. Hope this helps!
What is the likelihood of my daughter having borderline personality disorder, since I have been diagnosed with BPD 20+ years ago?
You do not say what led to you developing Borderline Personality Disorder or how you are doing now. If you have evolved out of having BPD and feel emotionally stable, your daughter has a very good chance of developing normally. It is very commendable that you are working so hard to be a good mother to your daughter.Perhaps if you had more information from research on this topic about healthy and unhealthy attachment patterns between parent and child, you could become clearer about what sort of parent-child interactions have been found to be appropriately nurturing and which are to be avoided.You might want to start by reading The Psychological Birth of the Human Infant, by Mahler, Pine, and Bergman. Margaret Mahler studied the issue of what type of mothering contributed to the development of BPD. She opened a nursery and filmed many mother-child interactions, especially those when the child was about 2 1/2 years old—a time she believed was crucial to whether the child would later develop BPD in adulthood that she called “The Rapproachment Subphase of Separation and Individuation.”Another excellent book on this topic is Daniel Stern’s The Interpersonal World of the Infant which addresses the importance of parental attunement and its role in normal development.Good Luck!Elinor Greenberg, PhD, CGPIn private practice in NYC and the author of the book: Borderline, Narcissistic, and Schizoid Adaptations: The Pursuit of Love, Admiration, and Safety.www.elinorgreenberg.com
What are the odds of having 2 left handed children?
Okay, so nobody can tell me anything? I do not think it's a bad thing at all. I never said it was. I think you misinterpreted my question. "Odds" as in chances, not like "odd" meaning strange. There really shouldn't be a "best answer" awarded on this, because my question never was answered.
If three of my cousins have autism, what are the odds of my children being autistic?
Thanks for the A2A.I don’t think anyone has actually done research on it, but let me lay down a few facts here:Even if you, yourself, had autism, your child wouldn’t necessarily have autism. To say nothing of the rest of your family.Your whole family tree could lack autism, and you could still produce children with autism.Fact: The only two people in my whole family tree that has autism, are myself, and my younger brother. Nobody else has any issues related to autism in any fashion, we’re the first the be diagnosed in the family.My advice: There’s no point in worrying about it.
Will there be a chance that my child will be autistic if my aunt has an autistic child?
Although autism most likely has a genetic cause, it is unclear to what extent that is an inheritable genetic trait, although it seems likely that it is to some extent heritable.It is quite common for autism to occur in families with no recorded history of it. Indeed this happened with my son. However the fact is that until very recently autism was an unknown phenomenon, and it is entirely possible that many of us have recent ancestors who had high functioning autism but we do not know, or that we have other ancestors with severe/nonverbal type autism but again we do not know this because sadly until quite recently they would simply have been classed as ‘retarded’ in the vague/general sense and would probably have been institutionalised.I would certainly say that it is not something which should prevent you from having children! The chances are very high that your own child will not be autistic, and if it does turn out that you, too, have an autistic child I can promise you that it will not diminish the love you have for him/her or the joy which he/she brings into your life.