Which parent do you get it from?

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For those of you who believe you've inherited your spectrum disorder, may I ask which parent you think you got it from?

The reason I ask is, my mother experienced similar kinds of rejection in her young adulthood... my dad didn't at all. I read in a few places that AS is usually inherited from the father.

So tell me... which parent do you suppose you got yours from, if you have it?

My biological father shows signs of being on the spectrum. He had obsessive interests for sure (among other things) and one of the coping strategies Tony Attwood describes in his book might have been written with him in mind. My aunt also seems rather BAPish.

As far as I can tell, there isn't any autism on my mother's side of the family.

I'm currently seeking my diagnosis, and there is no one in my family that has been officially diagnosed, but I believe that my mom may have it and my brother exhibits quite a few Aspie traits as well. I would very much like to talk to them about it, because I don't think they've ever really given it much thought. However, my mom always says that she thought that I was Autistic, but she never spoke to a doctor about it. AS would certainly explain all of our behaviours and troubles socializing. My dad is very shy, but I believe him to be very NT.

Dad.
Mum said he didn't communicate with people well. Set in his ways.
Special interests: Yoga, fishing, painting, calligraphy, anything to do with medicine.
He also seemed to know everything about everything.

Also, when my mum yelled at me in her psychotic way he would comfort me. Not in a hugging sort of way but positive reinforcement type of way.

Definitely from my father. He showed many of the usual symptoms. My mother had mental issues as well, but of a different sort.

Both my parents have/had strong autistic traits, but neither is diagnosed. Mom is in her fifties, and Dad would be in his sixties if he were still living; when they were children, autism was still considered extremely rare, and if a boy didn't speak until he was four or a girl had constant meltdowns for reasons like her sandwich having been cut the "wrong" way, then they were just considered problem children rather than autistic...

my mom.....definitely ....my dad is NT which is very frustrating since I am a guy and can relate less to my mom.

I think I got most of it from my dad. Though he doesn't have AS, he has traits of it and I have lot of him in me we both act alike except I have better social skills than he does and better empathy. I think most of mine came from my dad's side where traits show more. My parents have thought about my grandma having it but I was never sure if it was to make me feel better about myself. She was never diagnosed. My uncle could have it too and I was told to never say anything to him about it. I wouldn't have anyway since he has a bad temper so I hardly talk to him.

I would assume that the father displays more masculine traits which are more likely to be associated with austism disorders.

In my biological family, I have a deceased grandfather who undoubtedly had AS, a sister who definitely does, and a brother who probably does with high-functioning traits. The sister is a half-sister on my mother's side, and so (as the grandfather is maternal), it is confirmed to originate exclusively on that side.

In my adoptive family, my father (the computer scientist) and I share most traits and are, apparently, considered alike by non-familial parties.

Therefore, I conclude (with no real scientific study, mind you) that in my case, genetic origins are not necessarily paternal, and that nurture factors support the father's demeanor. Of course, my mother is quite the extrovert, so it is hard to dismiss such a prominent (if reactive) potential influence.

I'm almost certain that I got mine from my mom's side of the family. I already know that I have a low-functioning autistic cousin from my mom's side of the family, plus my mom has certain autistic traits.

Furthermore, my dad has two kids from a previous marriage (my half-brother and half-sister), and neither of them seem to have any autistic traits.

My dad, his dad and his granddad and so on. Some of the women on that side had AS traits too.

Even though I inherited mine from my father, he inherited his from his mother. I wouldn't say mine is a sex linked trait, rather an autosomal dominant one.

both parents had dysfunction lurking in their respective family trees.

Father

My father.