You have UC - how about your kids?

I can guarantee this disease definitely can be passed from parent to child, my mom had UC and I have CD, I got sick with my CD BEFORE mom got sick with her UC (I was in my early 20's and mom was in her mid 60's)...my daughter has been having some mild gut issues since she was about 14 but at 21 now it's been bothering her more and more especially when she hit around 18 yrs old. She's still DX with sever IBS and no seeable signs of an IBD via colonoscopies.

It's also a matter of the disease being triggered, mom was lucky hers didn't trigger until she was older (If you can call that lucky) getting it at a young age I feel is much more devistating becasue as we all know it interferes somuch on a daily basis.

According to an excellent researcher by the name of Dr. Kevin Rioux from the university of alberta who has done significant research on "IBD and the Genetics" he stated that if one parent has an IBD (either UC or CD) their offspring has a -10 to -15 fold increased risk of developing an IBD (either CD or UC regardless of which the parent has) if both parents have an IBD their offspring has a 50-60% chance of also getting the disease...also if one twin has CD there is a 40-60% chance the other twin could also develop CD as well.

The stats suck and much more needs to e learned of course but the bottom line is that at this point there's no way of knowing for sure if your children will get it passed down to them or not or even if they do, it's also a matter of it being triggered for them as well....I just hope my daughter will not end up developing an IBD and I hope my son (18 yrs old) will also be free from IBD as well as IBS (since I too have IBS along with crohn's...CD came first).

Myself, my sister and my uncle had UC. I say had because we all had J pouch surgery (our UC was severe) and we are now cured. I also have a cousin with UC and she has it under control with meds.

I pray everyday my kids do not inherit this from me.