Brother And Sister Come Out As Transgender Within One Month Of Each Other

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/12/09/transgender-siblings-together-america_n_8758132.html

The Huffington Post UK  |  By Chloe Kerr
Posted: 09/12/2015 15:14 GMT Updated: 09/12/2015 15:59 GM

A brother and sister have both come out as transgender to their parents less than a month of each other.

The siblings, from Ohio, struggled with gender identity from a very young age. Now they have decided to go ahead with gender reassignment surgery.

Beth McGarrity told Good Housekeeping that she always knew her children were "a little different."

Growing up 17-year-old Gavin McGarrity, who used to be known as Aly, was a tomboy who enjoyed playing football with the boys, while older sibling Rai, formerly known as Russie, preferred playing dress up with the girls.
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Fascinating.

It would be interesting for someone to review the family medical and biological history to see if there is anything that stands out about them - it might add another data point to the discussion about what causes a person to be born transgender.

Quote from: Eva Marie on December 10, 2015, 09:12:33 AM
Fascinating.

It would be interesting for someone to review the family medical and biological history to see if there is anything that stands out about them - it might add another data point to the discussion about what causes a person to be born transgender.

It's not as rare as you might think. If we go with the 1 trans person born in 300 (probably an undercount), that means that 1 in 90,000 families with two children will have two trans children. I.e. there would likely be a dozen or so per million, which means there would be hundreds such families in the U.S. alone.

Quote from: suzifrommd on December 11, 2015, 07:03:02 AM
It's not as rare as you might think. If we go with the 1 trans person born in 300 (probably an undercount), that means that 1 in 90,000 families with two children will have two trans children. I.e. there would likely be a dozen or so per million, which means there would be hundreds such families in the U.S. alone.

But a family with two children that are both trans kinda stands out - what are the chances? That's why I was thinking that a study would be interesting if it were possible to see if anything in their past stood out as unusual.

Quote from: Eva Marie on December 11, 2015, 11:32:11 AM
But a family with two children that are both trans kinda stands out - what are the chances? That's why I was thinking that a study would be interesting if it were possible to see if anything in their past stood out as unusual.

My partner and his half brother are both trans, they weren't raised together or anything. My partner didn't even know he had a brother until he was a little older and hasn't had much contact with him since. It really might be genetic