Trans, gay and traits within a family

[Jared]

My mother was pregnant in the 50s and 60s when they could drug you with things you didn't know about that may have had side effects when pregnant, wo who knows.

Jay

My mom also thinks that I might be trans because of her hormonal treatment she got while she was pregnant.
For the original question, I have a gay cousin.

[kelly_aus]

In a single generation of my family we have 1 gay guy, 2 gays girls and me - the trans lesbian..

[Blaine]

I've heard an awful lot about my mom's fertility treatments, too. A lot more than I'd like to hear, but it's a possible explanation. My family reproduces like rabbits without needing meds or therapy for it, so I've been thinking about this quite a bit lately. Is PCOS a common trait for mothers of transguys?

[AdamMLP]

I've wondered occasionally whether my mother being on birth control when she conceived me might have messed me up, but that's a bit of a long shot.

[~RoadToTrista~]

I've wondered occasionally whether my mother being on birth control when she conceived me might have messed me up, but that's a bit of a long shot.

Me too sort of. My mom stopped taking it because I guess her doctor said that birth control made her unable to have kids. (She prolly just misunderstood due to language barrier) I was concieved months later, maybe her uterus had adverse effects during my stay there.

[Liminal Stranger]

My parents only...erm, did things that one time, used protection, and here I am.
Conclusion: We are obviously created by supergamtes unable to be stopped by protection, and being trans is nature's way of getting back at us for such feats of amazingness 

[GentlemanRDP]

I've definitely heard about the possibility of a 'gay or trans gene,'
My mother personally thinks that being trans is related to being autistic (I don't really know why, but this is just her own personal theory)
...But she also thinks that I'm autistic, and a doctor or therapist (Which I've been to plenty) have never mentioned the possibility.
But anyway, back on topic.
I personally don't believe in it, namely because no one that I've ever known in my family; immediate, extended, or otherwise...Has never come forward as being gay, trans, or even bi. Then again, that doesn't mean that none of them are, maybe there's someone hiding it?
Either way, I don't think there's a hereditary connection to being gay or trans...or anything else covered by the LGBT community...
But I could definitely be wrong.

[Liminal Stranger]

...But she also thinks that I'm autistic, and a doctor or therapist (Which I've been to plenty) have never mentioned the possibility.

Are you my long-lost brother, dude?

[GentlemanRDP]

Are you my long-lost brother, dude?

Haha, so it's not just me getting it then?
Maybe she's onto something xD

[Blaine]

Haha, so it's not just me getting it then?
Maybe she's onto something xD

I got that a lot, too. Maybe it's just the avoidance behavior and unwillingness to socialize that comes from being picked on?

[Jamie D]

I actually just read a paper that looked at multiple twin studies that were done specifically to test the hypothesis that genes are at least partially responsible for GID. While no mechanism has fully described GID (just as none has fully described homosexuality), they did find that identical twins were more likely to both be trans than fraternal twins, so there is support for some genetic component to this whole process.

I haven't looked at whether a similar study has been done to look at gay twins, but I'm sure it has...

You really need to do a study on identical (monozygotic) twins separated at birth to help eliminate the "nurture" part of the equation.

[Jamie D]

No one in my mother's side of the family that's LGBT (or even friendly XP). I'm unfamiliar with my father's side with the family. I know diabetes runs like you wouldn't believe in that family :'P. That's completely unrelated though xD.

You actually reminded of this documentary that I saw a while back. I wish I remembered the name, all I know it was it was on Netflix instant streaming. Hopefully you guys know. It was about 5 siblings, all gay. Their parents were very homophobic and not fond of any of them XP. Anyone know which one I'm talking about?

"Gay Siblings: a film about 21st century families"

[CursedFireDean]

Nobody in my family is gay or trans, but I also come from a pretty conservative religious family so for all I know I have closet relatives.

[Arch]

Dean, did you just change your name, like, thirty seconds ago?

[CursedFireDean]

Dean, did you just change your name, like, thirty seconds ago?

Yeah, I did Since we've got another Dean posting sometimes, I figured I'd add something to my name.

[brainiac]

You really need to do a study on identical (monozygotic) twins separated at birth to help eliminate the "nurture" part of the equation.

Seconding this. Very important methodologically.

I've definitely heard about the possibility of a 'gay or trans gene,'
My mother personally thinks that being trans is related to being autistic (I don't really know why, but this is just her own personal theory)
...But she also thinks that I'm autistic, and a doctor or therapist (Which I've been to plenty) have never mentioned the possibility.
But anyway, back on topic.

Actually, I think I read somewhere that FAAB people on the autism spectrum are more likely to identify as FTM than the general population. Unfortunately, I have no idea where it was, so I can't back it up. Anecdotally, my dad has Asperger's, and my mom has PCOS, which is also higher in the FTM population than the general population; I personally don't have either, but it's possible that those two things contributed to my trans-ness?

[CursedFireDean]

Actually, I think I read somewhere that FAAB people on the autism spectrum are more likely to identify as FTM than the general population. Unfortunately, I have no idea where it was, so I can't back it up.

I remember reading that somewhere too, afraid I can't remember where either.

[ntxboi]

I am trans, both of my brothers are gay. My sister is not. My mother is attracted to women, but has too much of a religious guilt complex to act on it. My grandmother's brother was gay.

My girlfriend's father is gay, as is his brother. Our son, though he hasn't come out and said it, is most likely gay.

I think there is a definite genetic component.

[Kyle_S]

As far as I know, I'm the only one in my family (on my mother's side at least...don't know any of my father's side) that is in the LGBT spectrum at all. My father's side is very, VERY catholic, so I'd say even if any were...they wouldn't have told anyone. Mom told me a while before she died that my father would NOT have accepted me for being trans. Good thing he's dead, I suppose.

[Edge]

I'm trans, my sister is bi, and brother is cis and hetero. I am also possibly a chimera, but can't confirm that unless I get access to a genetics lab. I don't know of any other lgbt people in my family, but I'm also not close with them, so who knows?