Can AS be passed down genetically?

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There is substantial evidence of ASDs running in families, especially among males. Anecdotally, both my father and I are aspies.

i dont Know, my grandfather might have it because he does have some traits of it but it is unknown whether he actually has it. so it might skip generations. My parents don't have it, neither does my sister or my half- brother.
My 9 year old cousin was recently diagnosed with ADHD, which may or may not be related.

Hand me down genes topic

I believe AS is random, and there are recessive and dominant genes. How these combine, mix, shift, and mutate is yet to be discovered/ascertained. Of course, there is more likelihood of AS being manifested when a parent has the traits.

I have reasoned, correctly I hope, that both parents have to have each at least one piece of the puzzle in order for it to show up in a child. Then there may be other factors, in utero, like temperature, for these puzzle pieces to fit together. I do not blame illnesses, alcohol, or even drugs for someone who is born Autistic. These teratogenics cause other problems, such as deafnesses, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and being born addicted. And the vaccine controversy, I hope, will soon be like the ether/aura (pun intended) theories.

Someone also wrote that AS is not even neurological. I take this to mean there is no smoking neuron so when a MRI or CT scan is done there are no lesions or residue indicating AS. This is very interesting. Phrenology was shown long ago to be useless.

Though I am on the edge of my seat, wanting to see this matter closed now, we will have to be patient while the search continues.

As far as we know, there is a genetic factor.

Autistic traits very obviously run in my mom's side of the family (ironically, my mom herself is very NT, though an introverted NT) I have a great-aunt who I suspect is an aspie and I have an LFA aunt. Personality types common among aspies (INTJ, INFJ, ISTJ, ISFJ, INTP) are also very unusually common among NTs in my mom's side of my family.

Interesting, as I think my father either is a sociopath or has AS and maybe ODD or something that explains him abandoning me. If that's so, I can blame him for my Aspergers He made it worse anyways, so it doesn't matter if he's the cause or not
Just be a good father, and it won't matter much whether your kid has Aspergers or not.

Don't know about the lack of adaptability that currently earns an AS diagnosis, but autism is certainly down to genotype.

It's definitely Genetic but the comorbids (side-servings of other conditions like OCD, ADD etc) vary considerably.

I'm not sure if you should say that to your girlfriend though, she might leave if she's got hangups over genetic superiority.

Hehe...thanks but I'm good. Nah, I just gotta explain to my girlfriend more about it; I see AS as more of a blessing in disguise than anything else- but it's something I will have to explain to my kids eventually; and thankfully, because of my experience, I'll be able to handle it better if they do wind up getting diagnosed with it. I can share my own experiences with them, and explain the things I've learned over time- I have a feeling they'll wind up having an even better handle on it- and head start- than I did.

My father has AS traits. So I would say, yes there is highly likely a genetic factor.

My paternal grandmother has AS. Many of my relatives have ADD as well.

It is genetic. No one way around that.
Considering that my family is full of both artists and scientists, I was due eventually.
AS isn't a bad thing at all though, it has quite a few benefits that balance the negatives despite what everyone says.

Really, if you look closely, you can find certain autistic/aspie traits in most everyone. The issue really is the degree to which they are found.

I have a lot of AS traits, but unsure if it's enough to actually be diagnosed as AS. My brother, I am certain has AS. He's never been evaluated, but with him it's very obvious. I have 3 kids, one NT, one PDD-NOS (high functioning, and will probably be classified as AS as an adult), and one child that's severely autistic.

One thing I don't understand is; why does it always has to be my father that must have been an aspie? My mother had a father too. So did my grandmother too by the way.
I always got along best with my grandpa, he adored me, I liked him and we got along well, because we both didn't like how grandma always was in a rush, being loud, making a fuss about everything.

I just don't understand why people always assume that my father must have been an aspie? For whatever silly reason, the professionals say that it must always be the father of the autistic person who must have been autistic himself. Is there a good valid reason for that statement I keep hearing?

I think its genetic as well, my brother has adhd diagnosis but def has some autistic traits. The rest of my fam history idk because i was adopted, but hes my half brother. I have just autism, and tourettes, my bf all NT, i told him the possiblities, he said doesnt matter either way, no matter what, we'll still love them the same, and all we care about is that their healthy! Its not a 100 percent chance your have a child on the spectrum, and just like somebody said, two nts can have a severely autistic, two aspies can have an nt, you really dont know until you try it out.