Home › Welcome to the ADDitude Forums › For Teens and Young Adults with ADHD › How genetic is ADHD?Tagged: ADHD, GeneticsCan ADHD skip a generation?
How do the genes work? I am the older sister of a child with severe ADHD, and our father also has ADD. Is it possible for me to not be ADHD when most of my dad’s family is?
Also, if my sister and my dad have some genetic form of ADD, then does that mean that my future kids could have it? Does that mean I have a dormant gene or something?
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