Will I get dementia if my great grandma has it?

Many people affected by dementia are concerned that they may inherit or pass on dementia. The majority of dementia is not inherited by children and grandchildren. In rarer types of dementia there may be a strong genetic link, but these are only a tiny proportion of overall cases of dementia.

Will I get Alzheimers if my great grandmother had it?

One might feel safe having no first- or second-degree relatives with Alzheimer’s, but the researchers found that people with a history of Alzheimer’s in three or more third-degree relatives – great-grandparents, great-uncles and -aunts and first cousins – were 1.43 times as likely as those with no family history to …

Who is at risk for Alzheimer’s?

Age is the biggest risk factor for Alzheimer’s. It mainly affects people over 65. Above this age, a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease doubles about every five years. One in six people over 80 have dementia – many of them have Alzheimer’s disease.

Do mothers with Alzheimer’s have a higher risk of developing it?

Feb. 28, 2011 — Having a mother with Alzheimer’s disease may boost your risk of getting it more than having a father who suffers from the degenerative brain disorder, new research suggests.

Do you inherit Alzheimer’s from your mother or your father?

Those are the results of a new study that looked at the brains of healthy people, some of whose parents had Alzheimer’s. The findings are consistent with earlier research showing that the chances of inheriting the disease from your mother are greater than from your father.

Do mothers with Alzheimer’s have less brain gray matter than fathers?

Mothers, Fathers and Alzheimer’s Disease. Those with a mother with Alzheimer’s had less brain gray matter, a measure of brain vitality, than those without a family history. In addition, those who had a mother with Alzheimer’s disease had about one and a half times more whole brain shrinkage per year compared to those who had a father with…

Does having a mother with Alzheimer’s mean more brain shrinkage?

The findings: Those with a mother with Alzheimer’s disease had about 1.5 times more brain shrinkage per year than those with a father with the disease. Those with a mother with Alzheimer’s had twice the gray matter shrinkage as those who had no parental history or a father with the disease.