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Interesting. Both my cousin and I stutter. We share maternal grandparents. While allegedly our stuttering was triggered by being suddenly scared, in early child

by rdtsc 5y ago

Interesting. Both my cousin and I stutter. We share maternal grandparents. While allegedly our stuttering was triggered by being suddenly scared, in early childhood, I had always wondered if there is a genetic component to it as well.

elektor 5y ago
If you can spare ~$400, Whole Genome Sequencing can offer some insight into whether your condition has some genetic cause.
- hulitu 5y ago
  Since some years every condition has "a genetic cause". Will be nice if those studies (3.5 miliions $ for playing with data from some databases - wow) will actually do real studies not just correlation.
- rdtsc 5y ago
  I am thinking about it. Thanks for the suggestion.
technothrasher 5y ago
Do you positively know the emotionally traumatic event that caused psychogenic stuttering in you and your cousin? It’s a lot rarer than people used to believe, so I wouldn’t jump to that conclusion without good evidence. Both of you having developmental stuttering with a genetic component would seem more likely.
- rdtsc 5y ago
  Not positively, no. It's anecdotal. Both him and I must have been around the 3-5 years old. I remember the experience just not if it's 100% what triggered the stuttering. My uncle and aunt are sure it was the trigger for my cousin. I can see it being both a genetic component but it needed a trigger too to start happening.