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Question
I'm planning on receiving eggs from a family in which the paternal grandmother developed
diabetes at the age of 17. However, the mother
and father are clean of the disease. What is the risk this may have for me and/or my child?
Answer
The family history of the egg donor should not affect your risk of developing
diabetes.
The risk to your child cannot really be calculated since the family
history is distant. What is not known is how the
grandmother developed diabetes. Did she have a genetic
predisposition or did she acquire diabetes due to pancreatic damage
such as a viral infection? If the rest of the family history is
unremarkable then I would suppose that your child would not be at
any greater risk. Understand, that diabetes can result from
many factors which are not predictable.
