How often does an Aspie have an Aspie kid?

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It seems my dad's side of the family is FULL of Aspies. I guess they're more geneticially likely to pass Aspie genes on to their kids or something. My mom's side has a few too (if there's hippies, there's Aspies) but not nearly as much. Both my grandpa on my dad's side and my grandma on my mom's side are Aspies, but for some reason my DAD became an Aspie but my mom just has ADHD. It kind of proves the Aspies-are-more-likely-on-my-dad's-side idea even more. The thing is, does it have anything to do with NATIONALITY? Are Aspies more likely in a Scottish family than a Sicilian one or is the fact that the Scottish half of my family being FULL of Aspies a coincidence?

I'm no AS specialist but on my dad's side, there seems to be a few people with possible undiagnosed AS, outside of myself of course: my father. my grandfather who now passed away, and a second cousin of mine on my dad's side (cousin is female). Because I was always on the functional side, but with some traits that suggested I wasn't NT, I think it is mostly though realizing my cousin was "like me, but much worse" that I figured out I might have AS.

I don't know....I'm an Aspie from an NT family; my mum has got 3 NT siblings, my dad has got 3 NT siblings, they all had children who are also all NTs, so not sure why I'm the one who is f****d.

The word you're looking for is ethnicity, not nationallity.

I'm not sure. It seems that many of the Aspie parents on here have one or more Aspie children, from what little I've read in the parents section.

I wonder if ANY sort of neurological difference or personality disorder, etc could predispose one to an ASD? As far as I know, there are no other Aspies in my family, but my mom definitely has something going on (she says things didn't happen that did, she's very obsessive with romantic relationships, she makes purchases that she can't afford, she beat my sister and I often, for things as simple as finishing a can of Pringles in two days, etc), her father is schizophrenic and my father has a very addictive personality, which led to alcoholism.

That's an interesting theory. I do have English/Irish/Scottish ancestry from both sides, but also German, French, Cherokee, you name it. I could see my dad and my youngest sister having Aspie leanings, but I'm the only one who has social deficiencies to any extreme.

If the theory is correct, ASD genes manifest differently in females than males. That is, the typical phenotype might be different while they share the same genetic propensity (setup). Females either don't have as pronounced ASD symptoms or their symptoms tend to manifest differently, predestining them to a different diagnosis than ASD. Perhaps schizophrenia spectrum? Or ADHD, NVLD? I don't know. So, it may appear to you that your mother and grandmothers have less aspieness than your father and grandfathers while in reality they may have exactly the same amount of aspie genes...

I am also interested in this.

I am an Aspie female, and have an Aspie maternal cousin (female).

I don't know whats harder having an Aspie child or neurotypical child as an Aspie mom.

I've looked through the literature for this. Unfortunately, I can't find any research that has been done on autistic parents. I think perhaps we simply don't know yet.

I'm an aspie and have 4 NT kids. I have a grandbaby that's 2 but I don't think anybody knows anything about her yet. She's talking and walking and meeting all the milestones correctly though, if that matters.

I am not a mother, but speculating based on my own expectations of raising children, I expect that initially and in the short term, having an Aspie child might be very difficult, because, like most people, I have all kinds of 'plans' for my future kids, things that I dream for them, and as an Aspie, I think it would be particularly difficult to get used to the idea that your child might not be exactly as you expected. I want an NT child, because I don't want my child to have any of the difficulties I've had.

On the flipside, in the long term, it might be easier for an Aspie to have a child with AS, as that child would likely require less emotional and physical attention, which would mean a bit more of our treasured quiet/alone time than if we were raising an NT child.

As a female, my personal experience goes against that theory

I don't know - I walked and talked by age 2 and met all the correct milestones at the average stages but I still ended up an Aspie. But, she is probably not on the spectrum.

My mom has it, so do I. That side of the family is primarily German.

Who knows?

All right, what do you mean? I think if a female has ASD it is ASD, nonetheless. I only say that the same genetic background may appear autistic in a male more often than in a female, who perhaps shows somewhat different symptoms as a result (hence the difference in prevalence). Different doesn't mean less severe.

I'm inclined to think that the differing qualities we're talking about have much to do with hormonal cycles/levels/development (at least on a physiological level, I don't want to discount the obvious social factors). It's crazy how much that stuff affects my disposition. I never used to think it was such a big deal, until I started paying attention to the calendar and realizing exactly what hormone fluctuations do to my mind.

Not trying to derail the thread, I just find the idea (and its implications) fascinating to think about and discuss!